Business as usual! Meghan Markle's mother Doria, 61, is spotted picking up her dry cleaning as her daughter settles into Royal life

Doria, 61, was spotted nipping out of a laundrette near her home in Los Angeles
Comes as daughter Meghan moved in to Kensington Palace with Prince Harry
The couple are set to tie the knot in May next year, after Kate's third child is born
Meghan's mother, a yoga and social worker, says she is 'incredibly happy'

Published: 13:38 GMT, 10 December 2017 | Updated: 17:08 GMT, 10 December 2017

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Her daughter is currently settling into royal life after swapping Toronto for Kensington Palace with fiancé Prince Harry.

But it was business as usual for Doria Ragland as she completed household chores near her Los Angeles home on Friday night.

Meghan Markle's mother was spotted nipping out to pick up her dry cleaning, clad in a padded gilet and jogging bottoms.

The social worker and yoga instructor, 61, kept cosy with a pair of Ugg slippers as she was seen leaving her local laundrette.

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Incognito: Meghan's mother Doria Ragland completes household chores near her Los Angeles home on Friday night, as her daughter settles into Royal life in London

Doria is said to be overjoyed at the news, announced last month, of daughter Meghan's engagement to Prince Harry.

She had previously kept tight-lipped about the couple's blossoming relationship but said in a joint announcement with Thomas Markle: 'We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry.

'Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents.

'We wish them a lifetime of happiness and are very excited for their future together.'

Meghan, who is currently installed in Nottingham Cottage with Prince Harry, completed her first royal engagement in the Midlands.

The actress has previously opened up about her parents, who divorced when she was almost six years old.

Proud mother: Doria is said to be overjoyed at the engagement news, announced last month, of daughter Meghan's engagement to Prince Harry

Royal couple: Doria had previously kept tight-lipped about the couple's blossoming relationship but said in a joint announcement with Thomas Markle: 'We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry'

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Close bond: The actress has previously opened up about her parents, who divorced when she was almost six years old (Meghan and Doria are pictured in March 2015)

She told how her father Thomas, a lighting director, and her mother met in the late seventies while Ragland worked temporarily at the same studio as him.

'I like to think he was drawn to her sweet eyes and her Afro, plus their shared love of antiques,' she wrote in an Elle UK essay, in which she reflected on her life as a biracial woman.

'Whatever it was, they married and had me. They moved into a house in The Valley in LA, to a neighbourhood that was leafy and affordable. What it was not, however, was diverse.

'And there was my mom, caramel in complexion with her light-skinned baby in tow, being asked where my mother was since they assumed she was the nanny.'