No Matter How You Feel About Netflix's "Harry & Meghan", These Moments From The Show Are Undeniably Sweet

"The craziest thing is that... I think this love story is only just getting started."

It's not news that there's been a lot of media surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over the years, and the lot of it has been... controversial, to say the least. Recently, in the new documentary series from Netflix, Harry & Meghan, the couple gave their accounts of various events over the course of their relationship that had been skewed negatively by the media.

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The series was very illuminating and it genuinely gave me a lot to think about, but one of my major takeaways from it all is that; at the end of the day, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are two real people that love each other very dearly and individually gave up a lot to be happy and safe together.

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There's an abundance of sweet moments between the two in the docu-series that just warmed my heart! So let's take a moment to celebrate fairytale-like love, shall we? Here's every cute lovey moment from Harry & Meghan for everyone else that just loves love:

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1. Prince Harry found some lovely similarities between Meghan and his mum, the late Princess Diana.

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The love and respect Prince Harry has for his mother to this day is truly beautiful. In the documentary, there were a few points where he compared parts of Meghan Markle's personality to the Princess Diana that he knew.

He stated, "So much of what Meghan is and how she is, is so similar to my mum. She has the same compassion, she has the same empathy, she has the same confidence. She has this warmth about her."

2. That love for Princess Diana is felt so much in their home – they even had a photo of her in baby Archie's room.

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It was just really cute to see him babble to the picture of his grandmother. Like really cute, I'm sorry!!

3. Prince Harry was willing to "wait forever" on his second date with Meghan.

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After the Prince was a half hour late to their first date because of traffic issues, on their second date (which was the following day) the tables turned, and Meghan was the tardy one! Even though the couple recalls that she was only late by about five minutes, Prince Harry was apparently prepared to wait for her the whole night. 

He joked about his thoughts during that brutal five-minute waiting period, "You could be as late as you want, I ain't moving. I want to see you again."

4. The couple's third date... was a philanthropic trip to Botswana. Imagine.

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Prince Harry reminisced about his time maturing in Botswana doing conservation work and being embraced by a community there, and how it was "critical to share it with Meg." After only two dates, the budding relationship matched their coincidental synchronised vacations with their excitement to see each other again and spent a week getting to know each other in the "bush" of Botswana.

According to Meghan, as soon as she got there, Prince Harry handed her a chicken sandwich, they spent the week happily getting to know each other more deeply, and she was thankful to have heeded the advice of her friend to "save room in her travel plans for magic."

5. Meghan and Prince Harry's friends instantly knew how much they cared for each other just by the way they spoke about their time together.

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Meghan's close friend, Abigail Spencer, noted that as soon as Meghan told her about Prince Harry, "I could tell it was different. It was very clear from the moment that she told me about him that they were in love and they were gonna go to the ends of the Earth to be together."

Prince Harry's friend, Ignacio Figueras, recalled, "Right after they'd met, my wife, me and him had dinner together and he looked at us as said, 'Guys, I've met a girl'... and you could tell right away that those were the eyes of someone that had fallen in love."

6. The night before the news of their relationship broke to the public, the couple decided to have one last night of fun in anonymity at a Halloween party.

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Meghan recalled how "H tried to prepare [her]" for the initial bout of press that would surround her once their relationship was made known to the public. But before that, as their last show of anonymous freedom, the couple decided to costume up and have a good time at a Halloween party with friends. 

Prince Harry joked, "We could be completely dressed up and no one would know... it was our last chance to pull the pin on the 'fun grenade'. Which we did." 

7. Meghan's mum knew that Prince Harry was "the one" for Meghan after their first meeting.

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When asked if she remembered how Meg told her she was dating Prince Harry, her mum, Doria, said "from the beginning, it was very sweet" as she recalled how they whispered about it on the phone to each other excitedly. 

When looking back on the first time she met H, Doria joked, "He was just like 6'1", handsome man with red hair. He was just really nice... and they looked really happy together. Yeah, like he was 'the one'."

8. Prince Harry tried not to laugh at Meghan recreating her first curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II.

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At one point, Meghan recalled how Prince Harry advised her to curtsy when meeting his grandmother, The Queen, for the first time. There are a few ways a curtsy can be done, and Meghan (who was still learning) accidentally thought the most ~extra~ curtsy was the mannerable move. 

The story sounds like a joke right out of The Princess Diaries and watching Prince Harry try not to laugh too hard at his wife recreating the moment was funny and cute in and of itself. On the bright side, members of the Royal Family like the Duchess of York said things like, "You did great!" after Meghan's funny curtsy.

9. "I remember my family first meeting her and being incredibly impressed... I think they were surprised. Maybe surprised that the ginger could land such a beautiful woman. Such an intelligent woman." — Prince Harry

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10. Watching the couple humorously recollect how sweet Prince Harry's proposal was.

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Prince Harry notes that because he "had to ask permission from Grandmother," the proposal had to happen in the UK, which gave way to the cute but lowkey proposal.

He joked, "I popped a bottle of champagne while she was roasting a chicken, and that kind of gave the game away... It's not that I knew she'd say yes, but she had already moved [her dog] over, so I had him as a hostage."

"Then by the walled garden, being overlooked by the staff flats, I got 15 of those electric candles... and of course I got down on one knee."

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Their friend, Lucy Fraser, even mentioned that at the engagement party to celebrate the couple, the theme was to wear animal onesies and "Meg and Harry were in matching penguin onesies, because penguins mate for life. And they were so sweet."

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11. They calmed each other down during their wedding by just sharing glances.

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Meghan stated, "H and I are really really good at finding each other in the chaos. When we find each other, we reconnect to, like, 'Oh, it's you. It's you. It's not that the rest of it doesn't matter, it's that the rest feels temporary."

12. "It felt like a moment where the world paused and celebrated love."

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Their close friend, Vicky Tsai, continued by saying, "I remember watching him look at her, and I just almost started to cry."

13. These pictures are also just so fun and cute!

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14. Lastly, Meghan's wedding speech was romcom sweet.

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After all these years, Meghan has kept a screenshot of her handwritten wedding speech on her phone, and it was beautiful. The speech talks about the journey of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from meeting to their wedding day, or "The Actress and The Prince", as she described them.

One thing that's very special to share from the speech (but really, watch the whole clip when you get to it!!) is the last line:

"I appreciate, respect and honour you, my treasure for the family that we will create and our love story that will last forever. I ask you to raise a glass to the astounding assurance that now life begins, and the everlasting knowing that, above all, love wins."

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Bonus: I just think it's hilarious that Idris Elba DJ'd their wedding reception!

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Like, yeah, he's a great DJ but HUH???

Part 1 and 2 of Harry & Meghan are currently streaming on Netflix.