Prince Harry, Meghan Markle release engagement photos

'I cannot help but smile when I look at the photos... such was their happiness together,' says photographer

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Caption: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their impending nuptials on Nov. 27. The couple released official engagement photos on Thursday. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via The Associated Press)

Prince Harry and his American fiancée, actress Meghan Markle, have released a series of portraits by New York-based fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski to mark their engagement.

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Lubomirski, a former assistant to Mario Testino, famed for his photos of Harry's mother Princess Diana, took the pictures this week at the royal retreat(external link) of Frogmore House, near Windsor Castle.
The retreat, west of London, is where the couple are due to marry on May 19.

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"I cannot help but smile when I look at the photos that we took of them, such was their happiness together," Lubomirski said.
Queen Elizabeth's 33-year-old grandson, Harry, fifth-in-line to the throne, and Markle, 36, who starred in the Toronto-shot American legal drama Suits, announced their engagement last month.

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