Hot tea, alert! Prince Harry wasn’t fully unattached when he met his wife, Meghan Markle. He was actually *casually* dating model Sarah Ann Macklin at the time. Obviously, everything worked out for him and the Suits actress but we’re still shook over the royal having eyes for anyone else.

Royal biographer Angela Levins dug up some dirt in her book Harry: Conversations with the Prince, including details on his love life. The author claims that Harry, 34, and Sarah Ann, 29, met at a private party in 2016 and hit it off. They exchanged phone numbers, started texting and eventually went on a few dates. Before you start hating on the hunky prince, he and the model supposedly weren’t exclusive and “it turned out to be just a fling,” according to the writer.

Model Sarah Ann Macklin Poses in a Black Suit With Roses All Over It While Smiling With Her Long Brown Hair Straightened
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As for Harry and Meghan, 37, the two got together because of their mutual pal and fashion designer Misha Nonoo, which reminds us all that we need better friends. “It was definitely a set up, it was a blind date,” the Horrible Bosses star divulged during an interview with Vanity Fair in October 2017. “I didn’t know much about him and so I asked her when she said she would set us up: ‘Is he nice?’ If he wasn’t kind it didn’t seem like it would make sense.”

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The redheaded royal was definitely bitten by the lovebug because their relationship moved fast. “We were introduced, actually, by a mutual friend … but it was literally through her and we met once and then twice, back to back, two dates in London last July, beginning of July,” he confessed to the BBC shortly after their engagement was announced. After those first encounters, he knew he wanted more alone time. “It was about three, maybe four weeks later that I managed to persuade her to join me in Botswana.”

The husband and wife just celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary on May 20 and have their 1-month-old son, Archie, to gush over. As for Sarah Ann, she is now a nutritionist, wellness editor and founded her own charity organization, Be Well Collective, for the mental and nutritional wellbeing of models. We’d say she’s doing A-OK.

Yes, Harry had a few other irons in the fire when he met Meghan, but they were clearly meant to be. We’re glad these two found each other!