The Reason Meghan Markle Divorced Her First Husband
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00:00 This is what Meghan Markle's first wedding looked like, as far from a royal event as
00:04 you can imagine.
00:12 This is the biggest reason why Meghan Markle divorced her first husband, and there's
00:17 some pretty surprising details that come out of this story.
00:20 Before Meghan Markle became a member of the British Royal Family by marrying Prince Harry,
00:25 she was married to Hollywood producer Trevor Engelson.
00:29 They got married back in 2011 when Meghan was gaining fame for her role in the TV show
00:34 Suits.
00:43 However unfortunately their marriage didn't last that long at all and they divorced in
00:48 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.
00:55 Now about a decade later, Meghan and Trevor have taken completely different paths in life.
01:02 Meghan married Prince Harry and became a royal, while Trevor married Tracy Kurland, who comes
01:09 from a very wealthy family.
01:11 Trevor has also been building his own wealth.
01:14 So in that sense, it was kind of similar.
01:16 Both of them did marry wealthy spouses.
01:19 Meghan and Harry left their royal duties though and they moved to the United States.
01:24 And during this time, they have been in the spotlight for various reasons, including their
01:28 Netflix documentary and their Spotify deal, as well as Harry's book titled Spare, as
01:34 well as all the drama and stuff surrounding the royal family that they've caused.
01:41 But before Meghan was a royal and a media sensation, her love life wasn't in the constant
01:48 spotlight at all.
01:50 She had a relatively peaceful marriage with Hollywood producer Trevor Engelson and their
01:55 marriage began after 6 years of dating.
02:04 But it couldn't withstand Meghan's growing fame from her role in the TV show Suits.
02:10 And then trouble started not long after their wedding.
02:14 Maintaining a long distance relationship is pretty difficult because Trevor lived in Los
02:19 Angeles in the US while Meghan was working in Toronto, Canada and that's a 5 hour flight
02:26 away.
02:27 And this created a whole lot of strain on their relationship.
02:39 But Trevor was really shocked when he found out that Meghan Markle filed for divorce just
02:45 2 years after they got married.
02:48 Long distance relationships are known to be challenging and Meghan started growing apart
02:53 from Trevor when she was in Canada but he was really hopeful that it would work.
03:03 It's reported that when she had told Trevor that she wanted a divorce after a couple years
03:07 of marriage, he was completely heartbroken and had called Meghan Markle's father and
03:14 told him that he was feeling lost and didn't really understand what went wrong.
03:19 So what if it was long distance?
03:20 We could work it out right?
03:22 It was just a complete shock to him and he was totally blindsided.
03:25 And then just 3 years after their divorce, Meghan Markle started dating Prince Harry
03:29 which was very devastating for Trevor.
03:32 However after almost a decade, Trevor has moved on from his divorce with Meghan.
03:38 Although it still left a pretty sore spot inside of him and all of his friends know
03:43 to not talk about Meghan.
03:46 Also Trevor is doing really well for himself though.
03:50 He's found great financial success.
03:52 He's estimated to be worth around 10 million dollars, mostly from his highly successful
03:58 production company, Underground Films.
04:05 And Trevor married Tracy Kurland and she's the daughter of Penny Mac Mortgage Investment
04:11 Trust CEO, Stanford Kurland.
04:14 And Tracy inherited a substantial part of her father's 500 million dollar fortune
04:20 when he passed away back in 2021.
04:23 And this means that Trevor and Tracy now have a combined net worth of around 300 million
04:29 dollars.
04:30 And apart from this marriage into wealth, Trevor has been creative in increasing his
04:36 net worth.
04:37 Like his primary source of income is his production company, Underground Films, and he founded
04:42 that back in 2001.
04:44 And the company has produced several popular movies including License to Wed, Remember
04:48 Me, as well as All About Steve.
04:51 And Trevor Engelson has found a lot of happiness in his marriage with Tracy and they now have
04:57 two children together.
04:59 They're even more wealthy than Meghan and Harry when you look at their total combined
05:04 net worth.
05:05 So despite the challenges that he faced from divorcing Meghan Markle and the pain that
05:09 it caused him, it's great to see that he's been able to live such a fulfilling and happy
05:14 life.
05:15 It was like, I guess, a blessing in disguise that she wanted to divorce him.
05:19 As for Meghan though, she seems happy with Prince Harry, although there have been rumors
05:23 of marriage trouble that have risen between her and Harry.
05:27 As well as Meghan is also working nonstop to get out of the flop era funk that she's
05:33 been in ever since publicly blasting the royal family.
05:37 And that's where I'll end this one guys.
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