Unseen high school pictures of Meghan Markle show the bride-to-be receiving a diploma and posing with pals on an ice rink
UNSEEN snaps of royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle show her surrounded by friends and classmates during her formative years in school and university.
Heartwarming pictures of Prince Harry's fiancé as an 11-year-old schoolgirl, receiving her diploma and having fun with pals on an ice rink give a glimpse of her childhood in the US.
The actress and activist, now 36, grew up in Los Angeles where she attended Hollywood Little Red School House and the Immaculate Heart High School, a Catholic all-girl institution.
The Suits star was named Rachel Meghan Markle at birth but later decided to go by her middle name.
Newly released vintage photos from the future royal's elementary school yearbook show her donning a mortarboard cap as she received a school diploma and posing with pals.
Meghan, the daughter of a physiotherapist yoga instructor and a lighting instructor, was also photographed as a 21-year-old with her sorority at Northwestern University in 2003.
Childhood friends have shared old photos of Meghan at university, where she read theatre and international studies.
The pictures reveal Meghan's ease in the spotlight as a youngster before she shot to fame playing Rachel Zane in seven seasons of US drama Suits.
In one of her first public performances in 1986 she sang The Wheels On The Bus at an end of year show hosted by the private school.
Meghan is due to wed Prince Harry next year and the pair have already greeted Brits as a couple in their first official public engagement.
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