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Meghan Markle’s Heartbreaking College Love Story Revealed
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has had her fair share of relationships before she met Prince Harry and married him last year.
But what was the reason behind her college boyfriend dumping her?
Let's take a closer look at Meghan's dating history.
Meghan met Steve Lepore in her first year at Northwestern University.
He was a 6'5 basketball star from Ohio who raised her stock with her sorority sisters.
According to royal biographer Andrew Morton, a former classmate said they were quite the pair.
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In his 2018 book Meghan, A Hollywood Princesses, Mr. Morton wrote that her association with Lepore raised her stock with her Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters, who were impressed that she had snared such a hottie.
However, their romance was short-lived, and he has previously declined to talk about Meghan.
Meghan has dated men from all sorts of backgrounds, from a TV actor to a business tycoon.
According to a friend, Meghan used to be an avid follower of the rules, a dating self-help book published in the 90s.
The rules included never approaching a man, never suggesting a date, and no more than casual kissing on a first date, and not rushing into s**.
The former Suits actress is said to have used the handbook while dating her most famous ex, former husband Trevor Engelson, as well as other past boyfriends.
Meghan is believed to have dated comedy writer Sean Zarkhan for six months in 2003.
The pair met as students at Northwestern University in Chicago, embarking on a romance the year Meghan graduated.
After leaving college, Meghan is said to have dated TV actor Brett Ryland for five months.
Brett, who lives in LA, starred in television shows Mother's Little Helpers and South of Nowhere.
He later became a staff writer on Two Broke Girls, as well as working as a writer on the Disney Channel.
Meghan is believed to have gone on a date with actor Simon Rex, who starred as George in the Scary Movie franchise.
The actor guest-starred with Meghan in the same episode of the TV series Cuts in 2005, where the pair first met.
Simon has continued to have a successful career, and is known for his rap-ultu-ego Dirt Nasty.
He is also due to appear in Avengers of Justice, Fast Wars later this year.
In 2002, during her final year at college, Meghan reportedly dated an unnamed Argentinian businessman while working as an intern at the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires.
A source told The Sun that he was a successful businessman and it was a case of, “I will send a car for you, be ready.”
Meghan is believed to have only gone on one date with the businessman but found it exciting, according to the insider.
Meghan is also said to have dated an unnamed wealthy student for nine months while at Northwestern University.
The former actress is said to have been very much in love with her college sweetheart but broke things off after going to Argentina.
The student's family are said to have been well-off diplomats.
Meghan was moving into a new world from LA, and being able to land a guy who was already settled and popular was important for her.
She was very proud of having landed this handsome guy and happy to share photos of him.
In conclusion, Meghan Markle has had a colorful dating history, with various relationships before finding true love with Prince Harry.
Despite some heartbreaks along the way, she ultimately found her happily ever after.