Testing time ahead for UK's new royal

Markle faces 'baffling' entrance exam in quest for citizenship

LONDON - US actress Meghan Markle will join Britain's royal family when she marries Prince Harry this month, but before she can become a British citizen, it will help her to know how big the Lake District is and the age of "Big Ben".

Markle plans to take the nationality of her new husband after their wedding on May 19 but, like tens of thousands of others wanting to become British every year, she will first have to demonstrate knowledge of some historical facts and obscure trivia that many Britons are oblivious to.