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Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Date19 May 2018
VenueSt George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
LocationWindsor, Berkshire, England
ParticipantsPrince Harry and
Meghan Markle

The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is due to take place on 19 May 2018 at Windsor Castle in England. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family. The bride, Meghan Markle, is a former American actress.

Announcement of engagement

Harry and Meghan attending church on Christmas Day, 2017

Prince Henry of Wales, known as Prince Harry,[1][notes 1] is the second son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. He and Meghan Markle, an American actress best known for her role in Suits, have been in a relationship since June 2016. The relationship was first acknowledged on 8 November 2016, when an official statement was released from the royal family's communications secretary addressing the "wave of abuse and harassment" directed toward Markle.[2]

On 27 November 2017, Clarence House announced that Prince Harry would marry Meghan Markle in the spring of 2018.[3] They were engaged earlier the same month in London, with the Prince giving Markle a bespoke engagement ring made by Cleave and Company, consisting of a large central diamond from Botswana, with two smaller diamonds from his mother's jewellery collection.[4] At the same time, it was announced that they would live at Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace following their marriage.[5]

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh expressed their delight at the news, while congratulations came in from various political leaders, including the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn. After the announcement, the couple gave an exclusive interview to Mishal Husain of BBC News.[5]

Markle will be the second American[notes 2] and the first person of mixed race heritage to marry into the British royal family.[6] The engagement announcement prompted much comment about the possible social significance of Meghan Markle becoming a proudly mixed-race royal.[7][8][9][10][11]

Since Harry is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne,[12][notes 3] he obtained royal permission to marry under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013,[notes 4] from the Queen through a declaration made to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom dated 14 March 2018.[14]

Although Markle attended a Catholic school in her early years, she did not identify as Roman Catholic.[15] On 6 March 2018, she was baptised and confirmed into the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at St. James's Palace.[16] The Church no longer denies marriage to divorced persons with a living spouse.[17][18] After the engagement, Markle began the years-long process of becoming a British citizen.[19] According to some sources, she will also retain her US citizenship[20] but Kensington Palace indicated in late November 2017 that the decision had not yet been made.[19] The couple was invited to celebrate Christmas 2017 with the royal family at the Queen's Sandringham estate.[21] The official engagement photographs were taken by Alexi Lubomirski, a former assistant to Mario Testino, at Frogmore House, and were issued by Kensington Palace on 21 December 2017.[22]

Wedding

St George's Chapel, Windsor

Following the engagement announcement, it was subsequently announced that the wedding would take place on 19 May 2018 at St George's Chapel, Windsor.[23] The venue was previously the site for the weddings of Prince Harry's uncle, the Earl of Wessex, and his cousin, Peter Phillips, as well as the blessing for the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, Harry's stepmother.[24]

Experts expect the wedding to cost around half a million pounds;[25] the royal family have announced that they will pay for the wedding.[26] In December 2017 Israeli designer Inbal Dror was asked to submit designs for a wedding dress.[27][28] As of January 2018, British designer Stewart Parvin is the bookmakers' favourite to design her wedding dress.[29]

The British government has stated the wedding day is not planned to be a bank holiday, as was done for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.[30] Kensington Palace subsequently announced that the wedding is to be held on Saturday 19 May 2018, the same date as the FA Cup Final, which Prince Harry's brother William normally attends in his role as President of the Football Association.[31] Holding the royal wedding on a weekend is a break with the royal tradition of having weddings on a weekday.[32] On 12 February 2018, Kensington Palace announced that the ceremony will occur at 12:00 PM BST. In addition, the palace announced that the Dean of Windsor, David Conner, will conduct the service while the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, would perform the marriage ceremony. There will also be a carriage procession through Windsor after the ceremony as well as two receptions. The first reception, for those attending the ceremony, will be hosted by the Queen and will take place in St. George's Hall after the carriage procession. A second reception at Frogmore House, for family and close friends and hosted by the Prince of Wales, will occur later in the day.[33]

Approximately 250 members of the British Armed Forces were announced to be contributing to the wedding, the majority of which were from units that have a connection with Prince Harry:[34]

Title

Traditionally, royal princes have been awarded substantive titles prior to their marriages; this occurred with both of Prince Harry's uncles, the Duke of York and Earl of Wessex, as well as his brother, the Duke of Cambridge. In the event that Prince Harry is awarded a title, his wife would automatically receive the title proper to the wife of a holder of such a title (e.g. if he is made a duke, then she would automatically become a duchess). Should no title be awarded, then Meghan Markle will assume the title HRH Princess Henry of Wales.[notes 10][37][38]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Harry is a traditional nickname for Henry—see also Henry.
  2. ^ American Wallis Simpson married Edward, Duke of Windsor in 1937, after his abdication, becoming the Duchess of Windsor.
  3. ^ Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant as of March 2018. If she gives birth before the wedding, Harry will be sixth in the line of succession at the time of the ceremony.
  4. ^ The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 allows the monarch to veto marriages of members of their immediate family, a right which is limited to the first six persons in the line of succession.[13]
  5. ^ Prince Harry served as an officer in the Blues and Royals
  6. ^ a b Prince Harry served with these units in Afghanistan
  7. ^ Prince Harry holds the appointment of Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving
  8. ^ Prince Harry holds the appointment of Captain General Royal Marines
  9. ^ Prince Harry holds the appointment of Honorary Air Commandant, RAF Honington
  10. ^ The most frequently speculated title has been "Duke of Sussex"[35] but in the present reign the announcements of princes' titles have only been made on the morning of the wedding day.[36]

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