Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a whirlwind romance in the early days of their relationship after the Duke proposed to the Duchess just over one year after they first started dating.
After the former Suits actress said yes, the pair began their life together as a married couple meaning Meghan began accompanying her husband on royal engagements.
And one of the biggest things that they carried out together prior to their fairytale wedding at Windsor was a joint outing with Prince William and Princess Kate when the Royal Foundation held its first forum event.
The foundation which was established by the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Harry saw them speak at the event in February 2018 while Meghan joined them.
The three royals spoke about the charity foundation and their plans for its future while the Duchess confidently opened up about her own future plans, the Mirror reports.
During the forum, Markle said she was keen to "hit the ground running" when it came to working with royal charities.
However, royal author Tina Brown wrote in her book The Palace Papers that Meghan's firm comment filled the Palace "an institution of cautious consensus, with dread".
During an interview with the Telegraph, Ms Brown, a former editor of Vanity Fair who was friends with Princess Diana said: "I think Meghan felt she could get in there and change it all.
"Frankly, she could have done a great deal to change things had she stuck around, but the thing that’s most baffling is such impatience.
"She could have spent a year away and come back with a great game plan."
Just short of two years after that event, it was announced that Harry and Meghan were stepping down from their royal duties to start a new life together in the States.
The Duchess gave up on her royal duties within 20 months while Ms Brown noted that: "Diana gave it 16 years."
The Sussexes have been fairly quiet the last couple of months with many left wondering what their next big career move will be following the loss of their $20m Spotify deal last month.
Recent reports state that the pair will now focus on building separate careers instead of working together.
Their controversial Netflix series Harry & Meghan dropped at the end of last year and saw the couple make a number of shocking allegations against the royal family which brought in a huge audience on the streaming platform.
This was followed by Harry's bombshell memoir in January of this year with rumours circling about new books being released after the success of Spare but so far there has been no confirmation if this is the case.
According to royal experts appearing on True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat the end of their Spotify deal was probably the first indicator that their failure to pivot into new territory was a cause for concern.
Vanity Fair's royal editor Katie Nicholl told the show: "Harry and Meghan have churned out a narrative that I think has become quite tiresome for most people now.
"There has been for some time an expectation of when we will hear and see content that isn't related to the fallout of the royal family and isn't related to his past, and seeing something new. As of yet, we haven't."
The Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers also commented that the media world will start questioning the couple's star power as he opined: "The issue for Meghan and Harry is, are people interested in what they have to say?
"That's not just the general public that's the executives working for these big [media] firms as well... Are they the hot ticket anymore?"
