Meghan Markle is the princess of British Google search trends in 2017

2017 was the year the UK really wanted to find out who this Meghan Markle person was.

The Suits actress is the top person that the UK searched for this year, and her name is the top trending term. Funnily enough, her new fiancé, Prince Harry, didn’t even crack any of the top 10 lists.

And no prizes for guessing what event caused that sudden spike in search interest? We’ll give you a clue. It was on 27 Nov 2017 and involved a diamond ring. 

Image: google trends

Here are the other topics the UK was searching for in 2017. 

Top Trending
1) Meghan Markle
2) iPhone 8
3) Hurricane Irma
4) Fidget spinner
5) Manchester bombing
6) Grenfell Tower
7) 13 Reasons Why
8) Tara Palmer Tomkinson
9) Shannon Matthews
10) iPhone X Read more…

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