Harry & Megan's Mutual Passion
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|4 June 2018

The couple are united in their desire to do good work.

Harry & Megan's Mutual Passion

It’s one of the things that brought Prince Harry and Meghan Markle together – a mutual passion for humanitarian causes. Right from their very first date back in July 2016, the pair talked about how they wanted to make the world a better place and a spark was lit.

“It was really one of the first things we connected on,” revealed Meghan in the interview she and Harry gave when they announced their engagement.

“One of the first things we started talking about when we met was just the different things we wanted to do in the world and how passionate we were about seeing change. I think that was what got date two in the books, probably.”

After those two dates, Harry invited Meghan to Africa, where he was spending three weeks helping out one of his favourite causes, wildlife conservation. Meghan joined him for five days in Botswana, where they camped out in very basic conditions. Meghan’s friend Janina Gavankar believes this is where their romance was truly cemented.

“They fell in love with nothing around them, no frills, no bells and whistles,” she says. “All they had was each other, doing good work in a place where nobody was watching them.”

Meghan was pleased to see how involved Harry was when it came to philanthropic work, adds Janina.

“I remember when Meghan told me about Botswana. I loved how she was pleasantly surprised. Like, this boy is actually doing this for real. This is not some flouncy trip – he really means it.”

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