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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are in the spotlight more than ever with the upcoming release of the unofficial royal biography, Finding Freedom. The unofficial biography is expected to shed light on the couple’s frustrations with the palace and press as well as their journey into royal life.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have distanced themselves from the book, saying they were not interviewed for the biography and did not make any contributions to it.

However, extracts of the book published by The Times discuss details of Harry and Meghan’s first ever date, and how Harry warned Meghan about royal life.

The extract reads: “On that first date at Soho House’s Dean Street Townhouse Meghan had enough dating experience to know a charmer when she saw one, and Harry was obviously not at all that. If anything, he was unfiltered.

“While it was clear he wanted to impress her with details about his work, he spoke without overthinking — and he never mentioned anything about being a royal or a prince.”

However, Harry did hint royal life wouldn’t be easy.

The extract said: “The most he had admitted at that point was that his life was ‘sometimes a little mad'”

The book, written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand spoke of how Harry tried to “impress” Meghan on the date.

However, it wasn’t as easy as the Prince may have anticipated.

The extract read: “Harry quickly realised that impressing Meghan was going to be tougher than just giving her one of his big smiles.

“’I am really going to have to up my game here, sit down and make sure I’ve got a good chat!'”

“Harry talked about his charity work, excitedly telling her stories from his extensive trips to Africa.

“Their ‘passions for wanting to make change for good’, as Harry described it, was, as Meghan said, ‘One of the first things we connected on.'”

Indeed, the couple are involved in a number of projects close to their hearts today, and are planning to launch their new organisation Archewell this year.

Meghan has since appeared in numerous video calls with charities close to her heart and has also received widespread praise for her speech on George Floyd.

The Duchess of Sussex recently gave a virtual keynote speech at the UN Foundation’s 2020 Girl Up Leadership Summit.

During the speech, Meghan Markle encouraged women to be the voice of the next generation.

She said: “They know that all of you, at a younger age than any modern comparison, are setting the tone for an equitable humanity.

“Not figuratively, literally. This is a humanity that desperately needs you.

“To push it, to push us, forcefully in a more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction.

“To not only frame the debate but be in charge of the debate—on racial justice, gender, climate change, mental health and well-being, on civic engagement, on public service, on so much more.

“That’s the work you’re already out there doing.”

The duchess also shared advice on how to support others.

She added: “We are not meant to be breaking each other down; we are meant to be building each other up.

“So, use your voice both on and offline to do just that—build each other up, support each other.”

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