Meghan Markle & Prince Harry's Marriage Has One Thing We Know Will Keep Them Together

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When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals, they also opted out of the shroud of strict protocol that has long kept royals' personal lives out of the public view. Of course, Meghan and Harry remain private celebrities — for example, we've only gotten a few glimpses of Meghan's daughter Lilibet's red hair — but when they've lifted the curtain to share private moments from their relationship, it's clear this couple shares one key quality that makes for a strong, lasting bond: they have fun together.

Meghan shared a throwback video of herself and Harry dancing while waiting in the delivery room, hoping to induce labor. At the time, Meghan was pregnant with her overdue daughter, Lilibet. From Meghan's twerking to Harry voguing back and forth in front of the camera, the video is pure intimate silliness. There might be some weird things about Meghan and Harry's relationship, but they know how to laugh together.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new playful, public-facing personas are a dramatic contrast to the formal roles they inhabited while they were working members of the royal family. Like many of the spicy outfits Meghan could have never worn as a royal, the intimate video shares a personal, relatable side of these public figures that we never would have seen if they stayed in the U.K. Over the years, we've seen glimpses of their private relationship, including through Harry's memoir "Spare" and in the unified front they presented for a 2021 interview with Oprah. Harry has framed his relationship with Meghan as a profound connection that inspired a healing journey that ultimately led him away from the royal family; in the 2022 Netflix special "Harry & Meghan," he said, "There can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who fits the mold, as opposed to somebody who you perhaps are destined to be with."

Meghan's video gives us a brief glimpse of that profound, seemingly destined love. That's because simply having fun is among the best predictors of long-term romantic success. A study in the Personal Relationship journal reports that shared laughter is a "uniquely positive" indicator of relationship satisfaction. Couples who laughed together reported stronger feelings of closeness and mutual support. It's proof that Meghan and Harry's silly dancing video reflects a couple who is in it for the long haul.