Before her marriage to Prince Harry, the actress had a long courtship that culminated in her wedding to Hollywood producer Trevor Engelson. But the ending was unexpected and somewhat cruel. Today a series that he is producing could be his revenge
When Lady Di's youngest son confessed to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II that he was in love with her, the long-lived monarch surely looked at him proud and somewhat suspicious. She is proud because it is known that Harry is one of her favorite grandsons. Distrustful, because the boy was known for his little or no desire to commit. But like every grandmother, surely she also wanted to know everything about the candidate. We invite the reader to imagine that scene. A grandmother who is also the queen of one of the most powerful countries in the world hears her grandson told her that he is going to marry a beautiful young woman. So far so good, but then the boy adds that the owner of her heart is American, a commoner, works as an actress, is mixed-race and was also married. If at that time the queen did not call her personal physician, it was another display of her legendary strength.
When the news spread that Prince Harry was in love with her and who was the chosen one, the media began to find out about her past. It was then that the name of Trevor Engelson arose, the man who gave her heart to Meghan Markle and according to what is said, she returned it to him in little pieces.
The relationship between the then-actress and the film producer was neither a fleeting love nor a summer romance. They were dating for more than six years and married for two. When they met she was a rising actress with a rare beauty. He was quite a well-known producer and he had style.
The love began in the year 2004, Meghan had not yet achieved the success that she would achieve in Suits. Trevor was going through an interesting career behind the scenes. Although he studied journalism at the University of California, his first jobs were as a production assistant and over time he specialized in scouting. Before meeting Markle, he already had her own production company, Underground, with which he had ventured quite successfully into film and television.
Meghan and Trevor decided to get married in Jamaica. Far from the protocol that she would have to respect many years later when she married Harry, at this wedding, the bride was original and relaxed. The ceremony was held on the beach and more than 100 people including family and friends were invited. The previous day's guests and boyfriends took over a hotel and had fun with drinks, dances, and games in the sand. Years later, magazines showed photos of the wedding with Meghan in a tiny bikini.
On the day of the ceremony, September 10, 2011, Meghan wore a simple white strapless bohemian-style dress. She showed her hair loose and without any accessories, still far from the conflicting tiara that she would wear many years later. The ceremony lasted just 15 minutes and the party hours. No refined and elaborate dishes were served but a mega barbecue on the beach and between dances. Like every bride, at one point Meghan's feet hurt and she took off her shoes to move comfortably and happily. The party ended with the chair dance. Trevor is Jewish and respected that traditional community wedding dance where the bride and groom are seated in chairs raised by the guests while they try to kiss each other. Since Meghan and Engelson were not joined with a religious ceremony, the bride did not have to convert to Judaism.
But one detail was missing. When the festivities ended after four days, the bride gave each attendee a small souvenir: a bag with the best marijuana on the island. The future duchess personally chose the gift bags, although they assure her that she was not in charge of tasting the quality of the content.
Barely two years later, Trevor was at his home in Los Angeles when a small package was delivered by mail from Canada. She received it and signed the form certifying that it had already been delivered. When he opened it, his surprise was enormous: inside it was the engagement ring that two years before he had given to his beloved girlfriend and with which they had sworn eternal love. In this way, Meghan ended her marriage.
According to Andrew Morton, Diana Spencer's biographer, she was based in Toronto and in Los Angeles, so they could not keep love alive at a distance. The occupations of one and the other forced them to be separated and try for the couple to survive despite the little contact they had. And, unsurprisingly, that fragile bond didn't last.
Engelson was devastated by his now ex-wife's decision. He did not understand what had happened, since he thought that despite the distance things were going and that they would finally meet again. It was he who elevated her to the category of great series actress and who promoted her so that she would star in Suits.
But it wasn't the only humiliation Morton described. When they were still fighting - or so it seemed - to keep her love alive and she moved to Canada, a simple “domestic” gesture also fell like a bombshell on Engelson's dignity. Meghan decided to take a multiprocessor to cook with. It was a gesture that shocked the producer and made him suspect the worst.
Meghan made Engelson feel, according to friends of hers interviewed by Morton, that he was "a thorn in her side" during her final months. She already had financial independence and was famous and did not need a producer, according to the English author.
On May 19, 2018, after a romance of just one year, Meghan Markle married Prince Harry. Her new wedding was attended by 800 guests, including Harry's two ex-girlfriends: Cressida Bonas and Chelsy Davy, but Trevor was not part of the party.
In May of last year, as the Duchess of Sussex celebrated her motherhood with the arrival of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, her first husband basked in love with an ostentatious second wedding in the United States. Under a curtain of 32,800 photos, he married Tracey Kurland in Montecito, California. The film producer had proposed to his beloved in June 2018, two weeks after her ex's marriage to Prince Harry.
If with Markle the wedding lasted four days with Tracey it had two events. Trevor was first married in a simple ceremony at his Los Angeles mansion in October 2018, and the following year he hosted a second, lavish wedding. For many, it was not clear if theirs was a great show of love for Tracey or a shot for elevation to her ex.
Still, with his Meghan gone and remarried, Egelson can't escape his past. A few weeks ago he endured a journalistic guard while getting a haircut. As he left the barbershop, he was asked what he thought of Harry and Meghan's decision to step down from their royal duties. The man looked between astonished and annoyed and only replied that he had nothing to comment on. Unlike Meghan's relatives who do not miss the opportunity to speak in front of the pest press about Harry's wife, since her engagement to the prince became known, Trevor never spoke of her ex, neither badly nor well. What is said by a true gentleman?
But there is always a but and he revealed that he is producing a comedy together with the Modern Family team. The series stars a divorced father who shares custody of his children with his ex. So far nothing original except that this ex has just married a member of British royalty... and becomes the center of attention of the London tabloid media. The series would be broadcast by Fox and in this case, it is known that some facts will not be pure coincidence.
What is not known is if Engelson treated his breakup with Markle in therapy, but in this series, he will surely be able to make the much-mentioned and famous catharsis or simply take his little great revenge against that woman who sent him the engagement ring.
