Ultimately, they didn’t choose the Mediterranean island, but the-now Duchess of Sussex fell in love with the former British possession on a three-day visit just under three years earlier.

She has previously revealed that her great-great grandmother Mary was born in Malta in 1862, and Meghan said she was surprised to find locals with her own facial features.

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