I'M KRISTINE JOHNSON.
PRINCE HARRY IS ENGAGED TO HIS
GIRLFRIEND MEGHAN MARKLE.
THEY SAT DOWN FOR A FIRST
INTERVIEW AS AN ENGAGED COUPLE
AND WE HAVE DETAILS ON THE
CONVERSATION.
Reporter: HOLDING HANDS AND
ALL SMILES THE NEWLY ENGAGED
PRINCE HARRY STOOD BY HIS SOON
TO BE BRIDE AMERICAN ACTRESS
MEGHAN MARKLE OUTSIDE
KENSINGTON PALACE.
IT WAS THE FIRST APPEARANCE
TOGETHER SINCE PRINCE HARRY
SECRETLY POPPED THE QUESTION
THIS MONTH.
IT'S AN AMAZING SURPRISE AND
SO SWEET AND NATURAL AND VERY
ROMANTIC.
HE GOT ON ONE KNEE.
Reporter: DIDN'T GET A GASP
FROM YOU?
YES, I COULD BARELY LET HIM
FINISH.
Reporter: THE STUNNING THREE
STONE DIAMOND RING DESIGNED BY
THE PRINCE HIMSELF COMMEMORATES
THE LATE PRINCESS DIANA AND THE
TIME THE COUPLE SPENT IN
AFRICA.
THE RING IS GOLD BECAUSE (
INAUDIBLE ) AND THE MAIN STONE
ITSELF IS FROM BOTSWANA AND THE
LITTLE DIAMONDS ARE FROM MY
MOTHER'S JEWELRY COLLECTION.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND HE
DESIGNED IT AND THAT'S
INCREDIBLE. IT LOOKS GREAT ON
YOUR FINGER.
Reporter: THEY STARTED
DATING LAST YEAR, INTRODUCED TO
EACH OTHER BY A MUTUAL FRIEND.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A SET UP,
IT WAS A BLIND DATE.
I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM
AND THE ONLY THING I ASKED HER
WHEN SHE SAID SHE SET HIM UP
WAS IS HE NICE?
I NEVER HEARD ABOUT HER
UNTIL THIS FRIEND SAID MEGHAN
MARKLE.
I SAID GIVE ME A BIT OF
BACKGROUND.
Reporter: 36-YEAR-OLD MEGHAN
MARKLE STREAM IS FROM THE DRAMA
SERIES SUITS THOUGH HER DAYS AS
AN ACTRESS ARE LIKELY OVER.
SHE WILL TAKE ON THE ROLE AS A
ROYAL FOCUSING ON CHARITABLE
AND HUMANITARIAN CAUSES.
THE CAUSES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO ME I CAN FOCUS
MORE ENERGY ON BECAUSE EARLY
OUT OF THE GATE WE REALIZE ONCE
YOU HAVE ACCESS OR A VOICE THAT
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LISTEN
TO, WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY WHICH I TAKE
SERIOUSLY.
Reporter: THE ROMANCE
FLOURISHED DESPITE THE
CHALLENGES OF LONG DISTANCE AND
TABLOID SCRUTINY FOCUSING ON
HER PREVIOUS MARRIAGE AND
ETHNICITY.
HER MOTHER IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IT'S DISHEARTENING.
IT IS A SHAME THAT IS THE
CLIMATE IN THIS WORLD TO FOCUS
THAT MUCH ON WHAT WOULD BE
DISCRIMINATORY IN THAT SENSE
BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY I REALLY JUST PROUD OF WHO
I AM AND WHERE I COME FROM.
Reporter: NOW THE COUPLE
WILL FACE NEW CHALLENGES LIKE
PLANNING A ROYAL WEDDING.
IT'S NOT EASY FOR ANYBODY
BUT I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY
SHE CHOOSES ME AND I CHOOSE HER
AND THEREFORE WHATEVER WE HAVE
TO TACKLE TOGETHER OR
INDIVIDUALLY WILL ALWAYS BE US
TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
Reporter: AND THE ROYAL
WEDDING WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT
SPRING.
