Megan Markle was not the inaugural or exclusive person of color on the balcony as part of the British royal family.
This was never an issue until Megan attempted to make it one. Gary Lewis, a builder and avid surfer, the nephew of esteemed Kiwi writer Witty Imahira, married his royal wife, Lady Deina Windsor, at Kensington Palace in London in 2004. They had met in Bali four years earlier when he was on a surfing vacation.
Lewis's father, Larry, had won the Golden Shears competition in 1982. Lady Deina is the daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and the grandson of King George V. As the eldest daughter of the late Queen's first cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, and a great-granddaughter of George V, Lady Deina has close ties to today's leading Royals. When born, she was 10th in line to the throne.
Lady Deina married Gary in 2004 at the private chapel at Kensington Palace, her childhood home. Gary became the first person of Maori descent to marry into the royal family, and they had the first biracial children. In June 2010, Deina gave birth to a daughter, Senna Kaai, and two years later, they welcomed their son, T Mahuta. However, after 14 years together, the couple divorced in 2018, with cultural differences cited as one of the causes.
Born on November 19, 1977, Lady Deina was 10th in line to the throne at her birth but moved to 35th place due to the Queen's grandchildren. Despite attending Prince William and Princess Katherine's wedding in 2011, the Lewis household was not invited to Prince Harry and Markle's wedding. This exclusion from the guest list stirred controversy within the royal family.
It's reported that Lady Deina Windsor was allegedly removed from the guest list by Megan, causing disappointment among those who felt that longstanding traditions were not being upheld. Additionally, the wedding guest list featured many celebrities, some of whom had only met the Sussexes once. It's essential to note that the claim that Megan is the first royal of color is false, as evidenced by other royal families worldwide.
