哈里王子公佈婚訊

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have today announced they are engaged and will marry early next year after days of fevered speculation that he had proposed to his American girlfriend.

哈里王子和梅根·馬克爾（Meghan Markle）今日宣佈訂婚，明年初結婚。此前有關哈里向這位美國女友求婚的猜測相當熱門。

The couple will appear together on national TV in the UK for the first time this evening to discuss their engagement and whirlwind relationship of 16 months.

兩人將在今晚的英國國家電視臺中首次同時露面，談談訂婚和16個月以來的閃電式戀情。

Harry, 33, who revealed a year ago he had fallen for the actress after a four to six month secret relationship, proposed to Meghan, 36, in London earlier this month.

哈利今年33歲，一年前被曝和梅根陷入地下戀情長達4-6個月，梅根今年36歲，本月初抵達倫敦。

Royal protocol dictated that fifth in line to the throne Harry had to ask his grandmother the Queen for permission to marry and she agreed in the month where she celebrated her own 70th wedding anniversary.

哈利是王位的第五繼承人，需要通過女王同意才能結婚。今年女王慶祝結婚70週年時同意了哈利的婚事。

In a statement Her Majesty and Prince Philip said they are 'delighted for the couple and wish them every happiness' and this morning huge crowds of tourists and royal fans gathered outside Buckingham Palace.

菲利普王子和夫人說他們“爲兩人高興，希望他們幸福”。今天早晨，大批遊客和王室粉絲聚集在白金漢宮門外。

Harry and his American fiancee, who divorced her first husband in 2013, will move into Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace next door to his brother William and sister-in-law Kate.

哈里和他的美國未婚妻將入住肯辛頓宮(Kensington Palace)的諾丁山屋（Nottingham Cottage），緊鄰威廉王子夫婦。梅根2013年和首任丈夫離異。

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said in a joint statement: 'We are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together'. The boys' father Prince Charles said he was 'thrilled' and 'very happy indeed' for them.

威廉夫婦在公報中說：“我們爲哈里和梅根感到高興。認識梅根很開心，她和哈里在一塊很好。”哈里和威廉的父親查理王子說他“很激動”“特別高興。”

Harry also asked Meghan's parents Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, who divorced when their daughter was six, for her hand in marriage before popping the question a few weeks ago, it emerged today.

求婚前幾周，哈利還曾向梅根的父母托馬斯·馬克爾(Thomas Markle)和多拉·瑞根（Doria Ragland）提親。直到今天大家才知道此事。梅根的父母在她六歲時離異。

They said: 'Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents'.

他們說：“我們的女兒是個善良溫柔的姑娘，哈里王子也是個溫柔的人。她和哈里的結合對我們做父母的來說是莫大的幸福。”

Harry and Meghan have not said where they will marry but most senior royals marry at Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral or the chapel at Windsor Castle. Sources have said it is likely to be a church wedding.

哈利和梅根尚未公佈結婚地點，但是絕大多數王室都在威斯敏斯特修道院（Westminster Abbey）、聖保羅大教堂('s Cathedral)或溫莎城堡（Windsor Castle）的教堂舉辦婚禮。有關人士說他們可能會辦一場教堂婚禮。

Meghan could become a princess or alternatively be given the title Duchess of Sussex when she marries the fifth in line to the throne and joins the royal family.

梅根和哈里結婚後，可能成爲王室公主，或被授予蘇塞克斯郡公爵夫人的頭銜。

But they are likely to wait until Prince William and Kate have their third child, which is due in April.

但是兩人可能會等威廉王子和凱特的第三胎在明年四月出生後再結婚。