11 Facts About Doria Ragland

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Doria Loyce Ragland was born on September 2,1956 and is an American social worker, and former makeup artist and yoga instructor.

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Doria Ragland is the mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

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Doria Ragland was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to nurse Jeanette Arnold and her second husband Alvin Azell Ragland, an antiques dealer who sold items at flea markets.

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Doria Ragland's parents moved to Los Angeles when Ragland was a baby and later divorced.

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Doria Ragland has two older maternal half-siblings, Joseph, and a younger paternal half-brother, Alvin Joffrey Doria Ragland.

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Doria Ragland's surname came from slave-owner William Doria Ragland, a Methodist planter and land speculator who had emigrated during the eighteenth century from Cornwall, England to North America.

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Later on, their daughter Meghan stayed with Thomas Markle as Doria Ragland pursued a career.

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Doria Ragland later worked as a travel agent and owned a small business before filing for bankruptcy in the mid-2000s.

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Doria Ragland has accompanied Meghan to public events and attended her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry in Berkshire.

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Doria Ragland flew to the United Kingdom to see her grandson, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, and his parents.

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Doria Ragland's granddaughter, Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on June 4,2021 in Santa Barbara, California.