【the greeks, eroticism and ourselves】

This may be the greeks, eroticism and ourselveshard to believe, but Meghan Markle —Duchess of Sussex and newly-married wife of Prince Harry — was once just a young tourist sitting on the railing in front of Buckingham Palace.

What happened? Well, a blind date, a love story, and a record-setting amount of glowing the hell UP.

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For those of you who need some refreshing on the term, Mashable's MJ Franklin defines the act of "Glowing Up" as "when you re-do your whole damn life for the better." With that said, who, may I ask, has glown up better than Meghan Markle?

While the royal couple got hitched on Saturday, an old photo of Markle as a teen on a trip to London began circulating the internet.

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The actress-turned-Duchess is seen posing in front of the royal residence looking like a regular old tourist, which prompted Twitter users to declare her transformation from tourist to royal the Ultimate Glow Up.

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Fans began sharing the old photograph alongside shots of a present-day Markle, and the absolutely stunning Royal Glow Up meme was born.

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Thank you Meghan for our new inspirational glow up goals. BRB, booking a trip to London.

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