Meghan Markle: 'I can't wait to be a mother'
Meghan Markle has told friends she "cannot wait to be a mother", saying she "would absolutely love to have children", her former agent has claimed.
Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne, Ms Markle's friend and agent, disclosed the former actress had shared the news she was dating Prince Harry during a whispered conversation over lunch, and spoken about her hopes of having a family.
Appearing in a Sky documentary, she claims she had once asked Ms Markle if she saw children in her future when they were travelling together for work in the Cayman Islands.
"She said to me, 'I would absolutely love to have children, and I can't wait to be a mother'," Ms Nelthorpe-Cowne said.
Ms Markle is to marry Prince Harry on May 19 at Windsor Castle, becoming an official member of the Royal Family.
The Prince has previously spoken regularly about his desire to have children, his affection for his nephews and niece Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, and his godchildren.
In his engagement interview with Ms Markle, in November, he said of having children: "One step at a time and hopefully we'll start a family in the near future."
Interviewed for Harry and Meghan: A Love Story, which broadcasts on Sky One at 9pm on Wednesday, Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne also shares details of one of their last meetings together before Ms Markle embarked on life in the UK.
"Meghan and I were at lunch and she was really excited that day at lunch and I said to her you look fantastic Meghan. What's going on in your life, you seem excited?" she said.
"And she [Meghan] said well yes, I have a date tonight. And I said really, with who, do I know him? And she said yes I'm sure you'll know him, I'm meeting Prince Harry. In a whisper she sort of said it.
"And I said who? And she said, Prince Harry, I'm meeting Prince Harry tonight. And I said Prince Harry?!"
