Bringing this query over from Invictus Games thread since it's mainly related to M&H's relationship:
Meghan said they met through friends in London. There were reports that they could've met when Harry was in Toronto promoting the game last year. He made a trip last May after the location was announced to promote this year's game.
There's confusion because of errors in the VF October cover story.
In the online version of VF's cover story, Meghan was quoted as saying she met Harry in London in July 2016, but then VF also quoted Meghan as saying that she and Harry had been dating quietly for six months before their relationship became public. Since their relationship became public in early November 2016, six months would place their meeting in May 2016, not July 2016.
I think the confusion is the fact that H&M's relationship began to take off in mid-July 2016 after Wimbledon, when they reportedly flew to LA to stay at the home of one of Harry's wealthy friends.
VF made a correction in the print version of October 2017 issue indicating that M&H first met in May 2016 at a charity event. Unfortunately in the very next passage VF made another error by indicating that the Invictus Games took place in Orlando this year, when they meant to say it took place in Orlando last year (2016). The correction doesn't indicate that the charity event was for Invictus Games, but seemingly it was. There's also no indication whether H&M met in Toronto, L.A., Orlando, or Miami at a charity event. There may have been more than one Invictus fundraiser, aside from the one in Toronto.
I think there were a number of actors and staffers on the
Suits set who were familiar with the fact that Meghan met Harry in May 2016 because that was initially the leaked gossip. But it remained unconfirmed rumor. There was gossip that Meghan was somewhat amused and giddy about a royal prince texting her and asking for a date. Plus there have been a number of reports claiming that Prince Harry was bombarding Meghan with texts in May and June of 2016.
Apparently, Harry & Meghan arranged to meet when Meghan planned to be in London to watch her friend Serena Williams play at Wimbledon. It's been fairly confirmed that Meghan and Harry did see each other at Soho House in London in early July 2016. By mid-July, after Wimbledon, (reportedly) that's when the relationship really took off on solid footing (likely after their presumed trip together to LA). I would imagine that Harry took the time to make it clear to Meghan that he was seriously interested in dating and getting to know her out of the glare of publicity, and that he would do everything he could to protect their privacy. After mid-July, Meghan reportedly stopped talking openly about dating Harry.
Whether or not it was Misha Nonoo who first introduced Meghan to Harry at the charity event in May, and then Markus Anderson who facilitated their re-introduction at Soho House in London in July remains unclear. But it's well known that both Nonoo and Anderson were acquaintances of Harry's and close friends of Meghan's well before Meghan and Harry met.
Of course Prime Minister Justin Trudeau & his wife Sophie, also knew Harry and had become friends of Meghan's sometime after she relocated to Toronto to film
Suits. Stylist, Jessica Mulroney (who's married to the former Canadian Prime Minister's son) also became a close buddy of Meghan's in Toronto. So it was Meghan's role in
Suits and her move to Toronto that changed her life. However, it's who Meghan is as a person that made every good thing that's happened to her, possible.