Meghan Markle aged 15 playfully poses like any other tourist outside Buckingham Palace

Meghan Markle playfully poses like any other tourist outside Buckingham Palace during summer tour of Europe aged 15, Daily Mail has found the photo.

This stunning photo shows Meghan Markle's astonishing rise from teenage fan of the monarchy to member of the Royal Family.

Posing outside Buckingham Palace, the 15-year-old American tourist could not have known she would enter its gates 21 years later as the fiancée of a prince.

The remarkable image – taken during a European summer trip in 1996 – emerged the day after the announcement of her engagement to Harry.