Us Weekly is going full-throttle with their royal coverage, and I’m starting to find it suspicious. At this point, I honestly believe the story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s courtship, which is that they were introduced last spring and that it got serious very quickly, and that Harry is crazy in-love with her. But here’s what I also believe: that Harry’s team (the same team he shares with William and Kate) is doing an epic girlfriend rollout. And I’m not sure why. When he was dating Cressida Bonas, SHE was the one spreading information about herself and their relationship. So far, I can’t tell if Meghan’s PR team is doing much, which might just be evidence of how good they are – I can’t find her fingerprints on most of these stories. But it absolutely feels like a royal rollout and that Harry wants people to know about Meghan. Which might be even more evidence of how serious it is for him. Anyway, Us Weekly’s cover story this week is about how Meghan met Prince William and Harry is thinking about proposing.

Big bro approves! Meghan Markle had already met Prince Harry’s father, Prince Charles, when news of their romance went public. But on her most recent visit to London, she got acquainted with another member of the royal family — Prince William. Sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly that Prince Harry introduced his older brother to the Suits star and philanthropist while she was staying at Kensington Palace last week.

“William met Meghan,” one insider tells Us. “They got on fabulously. I’m sure Harry had been looking forward to introducing his girlfriend.” Adds another source, “Naturally, William is very happy for his brother.”

Markle, 35, spent much of her London visit with Harry at Kensington Palace in his Nottingham Cottage abode after Suits — which she films in Toronto — went on hiatus until early January. “It was a low-key visit,” says the source. There were rumors that the couple would make their first public appearance at an England vs. South Africa rugby match on November 12, but Us exclusively reported that Markle returned to Toronto on Thursday, November 10, and no such plans were made.

However it won’t be long until they’re reunited. Sources tell Us that after Harry completes his 14-day official tour of the Caribbean on December 4, the prince has plans to take Markle away on a romantic trip. (Us is keeping the location private for security reasons.) “It will be a one-week trip,” says the source. “There are just a few details left to finalize.”

And it seems that Harry’s valor is making Markle feel like, well, a princess. “It may not seem like they have been together for long, but it’s been very intense,” says a friend of the actress and U.N. Women advocate. “They’re super serious and can see a long future together.”

[From Us Weekly]

“Us is keeping the location private for security reasons”??? Or Us Weekly doesn’t know. Or Us Weekly is getting info from Poor Jason and Jason is trying to stretch it out because…?? I actually have a theory about this! I’ve been saying for a long time that Harry needs his own dedicated staffers, especially his own communications staff, separate from William and Harry. There are just too many times when the KP communications staff throw Harry under the bus to make Will and Kate look better. And I suspect that there’s something larger happening with Will and Kate right now, something that KP doesn’t want us to pay any attention to, so they’re pushing these Harry-Meghan stories. Does that mean that Harry and Meghan’s relationship is any less real or intense? Of course not. But I just think they’re both being used in service of something Will and/or Kate want.

Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Us Weekly.