Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Their Birth Orders

                 

         Prince Harry and Meghan

The British Royal family is in the news with the upcoming 

marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.  The mystery

of attraction and the enduring stability of a marriage or 

relationship has eluded men and women from the beginning

of time.  Not anymore. By using birth order theory, we can

reveal the answer to this question. Prepare to be enlightened.

 

Love at First Sight

Is there such a thing as love at first sight?  The answer is 

yes.  Using birth order we find there are two types. The first 

one is the most exciting, when you meet someone with your 

exact same birth order.  You see life the same and react to 

others in a similar manner.  In a sense, you are seeing yourself

in a mirror. The attraction is intense. The problem begins 

when you both want to occupy the same space.  There can 

only be one image in the mirror at a time.  This strong initial 

attraction can become a lifetime commitment as soon as the 

two people decide who is the one that will be in the mirror, 

and learn to give and take in the relationship.  The second 

type of love at first sight is when you meet someone with the 

exact birth order position of one of your siblings.  Gender 

makes a difference, it must be an exact match for birth order 

and gender. If the gender is different then you see the person 

in the light of a different gender.  This type of love at first sight 

is not as exciting as the first type, but is comfortable and long 

lasting.  

Prince Harry a Second Born

Prince Harry is the second born.  As a child his brother was 

referred to as the heir and Harry the spare. The Second born 

is sometimes referred to as the middle child, this only applies

if there are three children. In reality, a second child’s 

personality does not need a third child to develop. The second 

child wants to be as different as he can be from his older 

sibling.This is the child that you don’t tell what to do. He is 

usually more athletic than his older sibling who would be the 

better student. At Eton College, Harry’s former teachers said 

he was a weak student but excelled in sports, particularly polo 

and rugby. After school he entered the Royal Military 

Academy becoming an accomplished Apache helicopter pilot. 

On the personal side, he has earned a reputation for being 

rebellious having the press label him a “wild child”. During a 

holiday in Las Vegas he was photographed naked playing strip 

billiards. Marrying an American woman, and one of mixed-
race, is just another way this second born is showing that he is 

different from his older brother.

Harry’s Girls Friends

It has been reported that Harry has had two significant 

relationships. The first was Chelsy Davy from South Africa, 

this lasted for five years. She was quite an athlete and her 

birth order was the same as Harry’s, a number two.  This 

would have been a natural love at first sight for both of 

them. Obviously they never worked out who would be the 

one image in the mirror.  Harry had a shorter relationship 

with Cressida Bonas of only two years. She was from 

England and of a royal lineage. She was the fifth of the five 

siblings she lived with.  There is a four-year gap between 

Cressida and her next oldest sibling.  This gives her the 

Double birth order of a five/only.  Birth order numbers repeat 

after number four so a five is much like a number one but a 

little less pushy. She gets the Only birth order because of the

time she spent at home while her older siblings were at school. 

Her relationship with Harry was almost the other type of love 

at first sight. Harry does have a firstborn brother, but Cressida 

has a second born sister. Not a perfect match for either of 

them.

Meghan Markle

Harry is now engaged to Meghan Markle. Meghan has a 

Double birth order. She has two older siblings 12 and 15 

years her senior. This makes her a Third born but because 

of the large gap in age from her older siblings she also 

gets the Only birth order. She interacted with her older 

siblings while she was growing up but lived in a different 

household. The Only/Three birth order gives her multiple 

characteristics. The Only side gives her self-confidence 

and a much more adult personality than Harry. Her three 

side gives her an ability to read people and situations.  

You might say she can easily manipulate people with this 

very strong but subtle double birth order. She likes to be

center stage and she usually gets what she wants. Her next 

older sibling is a boy and makes an exact birth order match 

with Harry.

  

Harry and Meghan

Harry must be fascinated by Meghan as he has no idea how 

someone with an Only/Three birth order behaves. He had no

girls in his family and no one in the three position. He cannot

possibly understand her and that may be why he is so 

attracted to her. Meghan has a brother in the number two 

position, this allows her to understand Harry. This gives her 

an advantage. It will take Harry some time to unmask 

Meghan’s real personality.

Princess Diana 
Harry's mother Princess Diana was a 3/1 double birth order.
This may give Harry an little insight into the Three 
personality.  A Three/One is nothing like a Only/Three.

Marriage Longevity

All birth order combinations can work; some just take more 

work. Understanding your spouse is easier if you have grown 

up with a sibling of the same birth order. For Harry, this is 

going to be difficult, he has no sisters and no third sibling. He

may never understand Meghan.  For her, the prize, her Prince, 

may be difficult to control or manipulate. If she tries to tell 

Harry what to do, it may be the end of the marriage. Having 

an older brother that is also a number two will be very helpful 

to her. For Harry, he will be marrying two people, an Only and 

a Three. This should make things interesting and should keep 

both Harry and Meghan at the top of their game.

Update 1-14-2019
The wedding is over and Meghan is now pregnant. It has been 
just over a year ago that she married into the Royal family. Her 
demands on her staff have the British media branding her 
"Duchess Difficult." Interviews with her family in Vanity Fair 
paint her as a calculating social climber, she carefully 
choreographs every moment of her life. Her goal was always to 
become a household name. Not a person you can really 
become friends with. What she got with Harry was 
unimaginable attention. It looks like this Only/Three has found 
her place in the world. Will Harry ever see the real Meghan?

Update 1-13-2020
Almost one year to the day Harry and Meghan are back.
It looks like our happy couple is in the news again. Prince 
Harry and wife Meghan have decided to leave the Royal 
family and make a new life on their own. This is not 
surprising as the number two boy is not directly in line to 
inherit the family business and in Harry's case the Throne. 
We can see the sibling rivalry out in public as his older 
brother says he can no longer put is arm around his brother. 
Wife Meghan is sure to have influenced the decision with 
her three/only double birth order she holds a lot of power 
over Harry. 

 

Update 3-11-2021 

Harry and Meghan just had an interview with Oprah. It's

hard to keep a Only/3 birth order quiet for long.  They 

want the spotlight and Meghan is the poster child for this

Double birth order. She revealed in the interview just 

how difficult she can make her situation. She is truly

the drama queen. 

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John McCain His Birth Order Makes Him The Maverick Senator

                                                 Senator John McCain III

John Sidney McCain III long time US Senator from Arizona 

and a former prisoner of war in Vietnam.  Known as a Senator

that goes his own way sometimes breaking with his own party.    

Why does he have this reputation? His birth order answers the 

question.

Early Years

John Sidney McCain III was born August 29, 1936 in the Canal 

Zone in Panama. This is where the family was living as his 

Father John McCain Jr. was serving with the Navy. His older 

sister Jean “Sandy” McCain was born two years earlier in 1934

and his younger brother Joseph was born in 1942.  This gives 

John the # two birth order.  Coming from a military family with 

both his father and grandfather four star admirals, it is safe to 

assume that John, the firstborn son, got the attention that only 

a firstborn child receives. 

The Second Born

Everyone with the same birth order are not alike.  There are 

other factors as explained in my book Life’s Fingerprint that 

color one’s personality. The fact that he was the first born 

boy, he may have felt from his parents, expectation of high 

achievement.  This would add extra pressure on him that he 

may resented The second born wants to control his own 

environment and doesn’t like others telling him what to do. 

He also has an inner understanding about what is right and 

fair.  You don’t have a second chance to make a first 

impression with a second born. This birth order is often 

referred to as the stubborn middle child. McCain fits the 

description and has won the title of “Maverick” for this 

behavioral trait.

Education

John attended 20 different schools before the family 

settled in Northern Virginia. Following his father and 

grandfather, he entered the United States Naval Academy 

at Annapolis. During his time there he was known for

 standing up for other students that were targets of 

bullying, second borns can’t turn their backs on injustice. 

He also had a hard time with the rules and came into 

conflict with higher ranking personal. His class rank 

was 894 of 899 as he didn’t take his education seriously. 

His lack of achievement could have been the direct result 

of the high expectations that his family expected from 

this rebel. No one tells a #2 what to do.

Vietnam 

McCain was trained as a naval aviator. He was known 

as a man that partied and was a bit of a reckless pilot. 

Two of his flight missions crashed and a third mission 

collided with power lines, he received no major injuries. 

In 1967 he was aboard the USS Forrestal flying missions 

in Operation Rolling Thunder when he was involved in 

an accident on the flight deck. He escaped from his 

burning jet but the ensuing fire killed 134 sailors and 

put the USS Forrestal out of commission.  He then went 

to the USS Oriskany to continue flying missions. His 

plane was shot down over North Vietnam where he 

suffered two broken arms and a broken leg before he 

was taken to the Hoa Lo Prison nicknamed the “Hanoi 

Hilton.” He spent five and a half years suffering repeated 

torture and beatings.  When they offered him early release 

because his father was an Admiral he refused and would 

not accept special treatment. He honored the military

code of first prisoner in first prisoner out. The stubborn 

second born trait can be seen even in the most trying of 

situations. 

Politics

Leaving the military, he entered Arizona politics in 1982. 

He was elected to the US House of Representatives and 

next elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. Although a 

conservative, he has been known to disagree with his 

party on certain issues. He ran for the office of President 

in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama.  During the Trump 

Presidential campaign, he was insulted by Trump 

referring to his Vietnam capture. Second borns don’t 

forget an insult. When it came time to vote on the repeal 

of Obama Care his vote was the one that denied President 

Trump a victory.  The maverick title was still intact.

Brain Tumor

In 2017 John McCain was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma 

brain tumor.  Success rates are very low for this type of 

tumor.  Knowing this number two we know he is up for

the challenge.  He will do all he can not to let this problem

“tell him what to do”. Know his history, he may also win  
this, the toughest of all battles                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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