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With a broad smile, an eye-catching Afro hairstyle and a photo of Bart Simpson engraved on her faded blue jeans, Meghan Markle evokes the quintessence of California youth on her eleventh birthday party.
Sitting at the bedside of her in orange shorts and a top that showcases her belly, her mother, Doria, then aged 36, looks almost young enough to be her sister.
As these charming photographs reveal, as Meghan emerged from the childhood chrysalis and entered adolescence, she remained at heart a devoted family girl.
The photos are taken from an album kept by Meghan's uncle, Joseph Johnson, Doria's half-brother.
Fan of Bart Simpson: Meghan on the occasion of his 11th birthday with his mother Doria in 1992, seen on pretty pictures kept by his uncle Joseph Johnson
Ready for a close-up: The young Meghan was not at all shy in front of a camera when she posed for her father, Thomas Markle, at his home in Los Angeles in the eighties.
In the first two parts of Mail's exclusive series, we saw Meghan as a baby and a toddler.
Today, we show her growing and blossoming to become the beautiful young woman who would become famous as an actress before finding her prince.
The images appeared at a time of growing excitement among royal observers. Yesterday, Meghan and Harry suggested that the birth of their baby was imminent by posting a seemingly important message on Instagram.
Sunny life: Meghan, almost seven, holds a bucket and spade for a day at the beach near her home in Santa Monica in 1988
The sparkle of Markle: A teenage girl Meghan sports her megawatt smile while she holds by the hand her grandmother Jeanette Johnson, who looks more like a fleeting resemblance to her mother Doria
Thanking their admirers for donating to charities for children and parents rather than sending them gifts, he was delivered "in the name of the Duke and Duchess (and Baby Susbad)." A clue that the baby could arrive at any time?
Our last footage sequence begins in July 1988, a month before Meghan's seventh birthday.
Dressed in a red patterned bikini and carrying a bucket and shovel, she spends a day at the beach near her home in Santa Monica.
She was taken there by her grandmother, Jeanette Johnson, who often kept her while her parents, Doria and Tom Markle, worked. In another photo, Meghan, showing the bond that united them, smiles while grabbing a Cabbage Patch doll.
We will see her again at the age of 12, again flanked by her grandfather, at the fourth birthday party of her cousin Donovan (who was out of breath), son of the youngest sister of M Johnson, Saundra.
A slice of happy family life: Sitting next to her grandmother Jeanette, 12-year-old Meghan prepares a cake for her cousin Donovan's birthday party in 1993.
A stitcher of a beautiful young Meghan (right) and her mother Doria (left) with her cousin Shawn
Even then, her maternal instinct shone, recalls Mr. Johnson. "She liked Donovan a lot," he says.
"He was a lot younger than Meghan and she liked the fact that he was a baby. She has mothered him. She treated him like a living doll!
Meghan's tenderness is evident in a moving image of her, a teenager, holding in Jeanette's hand, whose health was deteriorating then. In her late grandmother's late years, in the late 1990s, Meghan and her mother spent three hours driving every two weeks to visit her at their home in Fresno, California.
At that time, Meghan was in full swing and made up for the sumptuous nature of these trips by going out with her cousins. "My sons Shawn and Jason were close to Meghan," said his uncle. & # 39; They went to parties together. & # 39;
For the moment, at least, his holidays are on hold. The gaping teenager who has become a beautiful duchess has more pressing issues to deal with.
Dedicated: a young Meghan is holding a Cabbage Patch doll posing with Jeanette (left), who is often busy with her beloved granddaughter while Doria and Tom were working
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