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Why Meghan Markle Wrote Robin Thicke Wedding Invitations — Meghan Markle and Robin Thicke Karwai Tang/WireImage; Santiago Felipe/Getty Images

Robin Thicke knew Meghan Markle lengthy earlier than she was the Duchess of Sussex.

“When I got married in 2005, Meghan Markle wrote my wedding invitations in calligraphy,” Thicke, 46, tells Us Weekly’s “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” characteristic.

Prior to turning into an actress, Markle, now 42, made ends meet by doing calligraphy. The Masked Singer decide and ex-wife Paula Patton (who finalized their divorce in 2015) employed 23-year-old Markle for her handwriting expertise. It was one in every of her extra memorable jobs.

“I went to an all-girls Catholic school for six years during the time when kids actually had handwriting class,” the Suits alum advised Esquire in 2013. “I’ve always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn’t wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations, for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton’s wedding.”

Catch Thicke on the judges desk when The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox and scroll all the way down to be taught 25 issues followers won’t learn about him:

1. The evening I used to be born, my dad and mom have been headed to an L.A. Kings hockey sport when my mother [Gloria Loring] realized I used to be arriving two weeks early. My father [Alan Thicke] joked, “You better be 100 percent sure because we have VIP parking tonight.”

2. I used to be the primary white artist to high the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart since George Michael did again in 1988.

3. I come from six generations of musicians on my mom’s aspect. We had touring household bands like The Sound of Music.

4. My mom had a No. 1 tune, “Friends and Lovers,” and sang the Facts of Life theme tune.

5. My father wrote and sang the Diff’lease Strokes theme tune.

6. When I used to be 11, Wayne Gretzky babysat me for 2 weeks whereas my father was out of city. I answered the telephone the morning he was famously traded to the L.A. Kings.

7. I taught myself to play piano at 11. I began composing songs at 12.

8. I recorded my first demo at 13 and commenced writing and recording songs at 14.

9. I revealed my first report as a songwriter on Brandy’s debut album. She was 14, I used to be 16.

10. That similar 12 months, Brian McKnight signed me to a recording contract with Interscope Records and Jimmy Iovine.

11. I wrote and produced songs on greater than two dozen gold and platinum albums, together with Michael Jackson, Marc Anthony and Pink.

12. I like having dinner with my household whereas the solar units over Malibu.

13. As a teen, I had small roles in The Wonder Years, Growing Pains, The New Lassie and Just the Ten of Us.

14. At 22, I met my mentor and govt producer, Andre Harrell. He taught me all the things I learn about being an artist.

15. My Cadillac Escalade is one thing I can’t reside with out. It’s my fly soccer dad automobile.

16. My debut single, “When I Get You Alone,” featured the disco music of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

17. One of my favourite data I ever wrote and produced for an additional artist was “Can U Handle It?” for Usher.

18. I had my first No. 1 single and album as a songwriter, producer and artist in 2007. The tune was “Lost Without You,” and the album was The Evolution of Robin Thicke.

19. Lil Wayne has been my commonest collaborator.

20. I’ve 4 stunning kids: Julian Fuego, Mia Love, Lola Alain and Luca Patrick.

21. When I received married in 2005, Meghan Markle wrote my marriage ceremony invites in calligraphy.

22. I’ve had the glory of touring with Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson.

23. One of my favourite jobs I’ve ever had was starring with Kevin Hart on BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood.

24. Our home burned down within the Malibu fires in 2018 and we moved again in November 2022.