From Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to George and Amal Clooney: How influential couples first met

Do you believe in love at first sight?

When Prince Harry was asked when he knew that Meghan Markle was ‘the one’, he simply replied: “The very first time we met.”

And after learning of George and Amal Clooney‘s first encounter, we’re starting to believe that we can in fact leave romance to the stars.

But for some A-list couples, their first meeting isn’t one they’ll be rushing to tell the grandchildren. For instance, Ivanka Trump once described her marriage to Jared Kushner as “the best deal we ever made.”

From Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, these are the ways in which some of the world’s most influential couples first met…

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