The Duke and Duchess of Sussex first met in early 2016 and have built a solid relationship over six years. As an actress, Meghan Markle is no stranger to the big and small screen. Her fairy tale wedding with the second son of Charles III, in 2018, permitted her to win the royal title: the Duchess of Sussex. The couple has two children, Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, and they have settled in California. Below, we have compiled the ups and downs the royal couple has faced through 2020.

On January 16, 2022, the Duke of Sussex offered to pay the Metropolitan Police for security when his family was in the UK. Nonetheless, his request wasn’t approved by the Home Office.

King Charles III invited the Sussexes to stay with him and his wife. At that time, the king was Prince of Wales, and he had never met Harry and Meghan’s new-born daughter Lilibet Diana.

In 2021, Prince Harry announced to his family that he was writing a memoir to be published in 2022. The book is entitled Prince Harry Spare, that is expected to be published on January 10, 2023.

The alleged feud between Prince William and Harry has only intensified in recent years.

On May 19, 2022, the two lovers celebrated four years of their marriage. In the same month, they confirmed to attend the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

While on their way for the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, the couple made a stop in the United Kingdom to visit Elizabeth II. The visit marks their first trip to England since they moved to California.

Prince Harry regularly plays polo in Santa Barbara, California. Meghan Markle congratulated her husband with a kiss after his team, the Los Padres’s victory.

In June 2022, the twosome travelled to the U.K. for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They stated that they wouldn’t have missed for the world the queen’s historic 70 years as monarch.

On 4 June 2022, Lilibet “Lili” Diana celebrated her very first birthday. The party was at the couple's former home of Frogmore Cottage along with their friends and family.

On July 2022, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle walked hand in hand in honour of Nelson Mandela Day at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The Duke of Sussex gave a speech.

Meghan Markle's podcast premiered on August 23, 2022. She revealed that they were “upset about the dynamic of the hierarchy”.

The Duchess of Sussex expressed in an interview with New York magazine's The Cut that they were like salt and pepper. They can never move one without the other.

In the The Cut interview, Meghan Markle revealed that Prince Harry felt like his relationship with his father was damaged. This is the result of the couple's decision to leave the royal family.

In September 2022, Prince Harry travelled to Balmoral, Scotland to see his grandmother who died on 8 September at the age 96. Markle, however, remained in London.

After Queen Elizabeth's death, King Charles III made mention of the Sussexes in his inaugural speech. He said with a touching gesture that he wanted to express his love for the couple though they build their lives overseas.

The death of the Queen in September 2022 brought siblings together. The Sussexes joined the Prince and Princess of Wales as they greeted mourners near Windsor Castle.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have faced severe backlash since they stepped back as senior royals. The couple put an end to the rumours by collaborating with Netflix to release the “Harry and Meghan” documentary.

The royal couple congratulated their friend Elton John in a tribute video ahead of his last concert. Prince Harry said, “Thank you for being the friend that you were for my mum, thank you for being our friend."

On December 2022, the long-awaited trailer for the Sussexes finally drops. The couple reveals on the six-part series their relationship with never-before-seen photos and footage.