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Ahead of the royal couple's first wedding anniversary, we're taking a look back at the highlights of the big day.
Ahead of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's first anniversary on May 19, we're taking a look back at the highlights of their incredible royal wedding. See every incredible moment of the magical day below:
Shortly after Meghan and Harry announced their plans to marry on November 27, we got our first look at the custom diamond engagement ring Prince Harry used to propose. Harry designed the piece, which was then made by court jewelers Cleave and Company using one diamond sourced from Botswana and two smaller stones from Princess Diana's collection.
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"The ring is obviously yellow gold because that's [Markle's] favorite and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana and the little diamonds on either side are from my mother's jewelry collection, to make sure that she's with us on this crazy journey together," Harry said during the couple's first sit-down interview with the BBC.
During their wedding ceremony, the bride and groom exchanged rings made by Cleave and Company. Meghan's ring was created out of Welsh Gold, and Harry's ring is a platinum band, according to the Palace.
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The wedding took place on May 19, 2018. The ceremony began at 12 p.m. BST (7 a.m. ET), followed by a carriage procession through Windsor at 1 p.m. BST, (8 a.m. ET).
Harry and Meghan's wedding was televised and live streamed around the world. If you missed it, you can watch the livestream from the Royal Family's official YouTube account here:
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On March 15, the Queen gave her formal blessing to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's marriage. "My Lords, I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, which Consent I am causing to be signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the Books of the Privy Council," reads her official consent.
According to the Successions to the Crown Act, the first six in line to the throne need the monarch's authorization (Harry is currently fifth in line).
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The formal wedding invitations were mailed out in late March. Get your first look at the cards below, then head here for all the details.
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The invitations follow many years of Royal tradition and have been made by @BarnardWestwood. They feature the Three-Feathered Badge of the Prince of Wales printed in gold ink. pic.twitter.com/cd7LBmRJxO
Meghan and Harry's gorgeous wedding ceremony took place at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. After walking down the aisle with her bridesmaids, page boys, and later Prince Charle, Meghan met her groom at the altar of St. George's Chapel. The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry delivered a rousing sermon during the ceremony, and the bride and groom said their vows and exchanged rings.
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Meghan and Harry could have been married in Westminster Abbey had they decided to. A spokesman for the Abbey confirmed that their marriage could take place in one of the world's most famous churches thanks to a recent ruling by the Church of England. “The Abbey follows the General Synod Ruling of 2002," the spokesperson said. "Since then it has been possible for divorced people to be married in the Church of England."
Many members of the British royal family, including Prince Edward, have been married at the chapel. "Prince Harry and Ms. Markle are delighted that the beautiful grounds of Windsor Castle will be where they begin their lives together as a married couple," it reads.
Immediately following the exchange of vows, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took a carriage ride through Windsor. The route went go along High Street through town before returning back via the Long Walk. See all of the gorgeous photos from their carriage ride here.
The royal family gathered on the steps of St. George's Chapel to wave Harry and Meghan off on their procession. That's where the royal couple shared their first kiss.
Harry and Meghan previously revealed their desire to include their families in the wedding ceremony and reception. In late April, the Palace shared that Prince Harry chose Prince William to serve as his best man, a break in royal tradition. William was "honoured to have been asked" by his brother. On May 4, the Palace revealed that on the wedding morning, Prince Harry and his best man, Prince William, will arrive at the ceremony by walking. Will and Harry will also greet the royals fans on the Castle grounds ahead of the ceremony.
Harry and Meghan also paid tribute to Princess Diana on their wedding day. The Palace revealed that all three of Diana's siblings, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Baroness Jane Fellowes, and Earl Spencer would attend the wedding. Additionally, Jane Fellows gave a reading at the wedding.
On the wedding day, Meghan traveled to the Castle in a car through the procession route with her mother Doria Ragland by her side.
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Meghan was then joined by her Bridesmaids and Page Boys before arriving at St. George's Chapel. She walked through the first portion of the aisle on her own, and then met Prince Charles for the remainder of the walk. Meghan asked Prince Charles to accompany her down the aisle after her father, Thomas announced he would not attend the wedding this week. Markle Sr. shared with TMZ that he is recovering from heart surgery.
Meghan's stunning wedding dress was designed by British designer Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy. Here's everything we know about her dress. The designer also created Meghan's shoes for the big day. And, royal fans were treated to Meghan's first royal tiara moment: the bride wore Queen Mary's diamond bandeau tiara for her wedding day look.
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Meghan also had a second ensemble on her wedding day, just as Duchess Kate did back in 2011. The public got a glimpse of her gorgeous Stella McCartney dress when Harry and Meghan departed Windsor Castle for their evening reception at Frogmore House.
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Like many details of Harry and Meghan's royal wedding, the bouquet included a personal touch. The all white arrangement featured flowers picked by Prince Harry himself before the wedding. Blooms in the bouquet included Forget-Me-Nots, which were Princess Diana's favorite flower, sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine and astrantia. Like all royal wedding bouquets, it included a sprig of myrtle, which dates back to the wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Victoria. Myrtle symbolizes hope and love, making it a fitting addition to any bride's bouquet, royal or not.
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Meghan chose 10 bridal attendants to serve in her wedding party, including her newly-minted niece and nephew, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Find out who else was a page boy and a royal bridesmaid on the big day.
In terms of a reception Meghan and Harry's nuptials were not a repeat of what we've recently seen from the royal family.
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After their Westminster Abbey ceremony, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge greeted the thousands of well-wishers who waited to see catch a glimpse of the carriage procession back to Buckingham Palace, where the Queen hosted a lunch for 650 guests. They later enjoyed an evening reception for their most trusted friends and family inside the Palace.
Meghan and Harry's first reception took place at St. George's Hall, a state room within Windsor Castle. Approximately 600 guests were invited to the ceremony and then lunch, which was hosted by the Queen. On May 4, the Palace revealed after the Carriage Procession begins, all guests will walk from the Chapel to the reception at St. George's Hall, and that all guests invited to the ceremony will also attend the reception.
The final public element of Harry and Meghan's wedding day was the moment the newly married couple leaves Windsor Castle for Frogmore House, where their evening reception took place. Around 200 guests were invited to this reception, which was hosted by the Prince of Wales.
Royal wedding cakes are typically fruit cakes, but Meghan and Harry bucked tradition, and had a lemon elderflower cake created by Claire Ptak, a pastry chef who was raised in California but now owns London-based bakery Violet Cakes. Get the scoop on the royal wedding cake here.
Tradition may suggest the bride's family pay for the wedding expenses, but the royals picked up the tab for Meghan and Harry's celebration. "As was the case with the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, The Royal Family will pay for the core aspects of the wedding, such as the church service, the associated music, flowers, decorations, and the reception afterwards" reads a statement from Kensington Palace.
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Full statement from @KensingtonRoyal about #princeharry & #meghanmarkle’s wedding next May. The Queen & DoE will obviously be there, as will Meghan’s parents. The Royal Family will pay for the wedding. #RoyalWedding2018 pic.twitter.com/wzDh3wx1lx
Now that Meghan Markle has officially married Prince Harry, her last name is technically Rachel Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor. "Junior members of the royal family have the option of using the surname ," royal historian and author Carolyn Harris tells Town & Country. But royals rarely use their surnames. More on that, here.
Additionally, Harry and Meghan received a new title from the Queen on their wedding day: Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Although Meghan now holds the rank of princess, she won't be known as Princess Meghan. According to the customs of British peerage, a woman takes the title of her husband, meaning Meghan would become HRH Princess Henry of Wales, but she's not a British "blood" princess, so calling her Princess Meghan would be incorrect. More on that, here.
With around 1,900 guests invited to the Westminster Abbey service and a global television audience estimated at two billion people, Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding was a major production. Yet history shows that the weddings of second siblings in the royal family aren't always understated either.
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Both Princess Anne, the Queen's second child, and her younger brother Prince Andrew got married in Westminster Abbey. Anne's marriage to Mark Phillips in 1973 was declared a public holiday and both occasions attracted a global television audience of an estimated 500 million. The royals also followed the tradition of having a carriage procession after the ceremony, which is a chance for the newlyweds to wave to the crowds before they appear on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for the moment everyone is waiting for—the first public kiss.
But Harry will follow Prince Edward's example of a more private wedding day. Edward was the only one of Charles's siblings not to follow the pattern of previous royal weddings when he married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999. Like Meghan and Harry, the couple chose to have the ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor and according to the BBC, their reception St. George's Hall was primarily for family and friends.
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See all the celebs–and the unexpected names–who attended the May 19 ceremony.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding took place at Windsor Castle on May 19, with 600 guests present in St. George's Chapel to witness their vows, and over 2,000 others awaiting them on the grounds of the castle.
Following the ceremony, Prince Harry and the Duchess welcomed the 600 ceremony guests to one of two wedding receptions. The first, a luncheon hosted in St. George's Hall, was hosted by the Queen. The second, which took place later in the day at Forgmore House, was hosted by Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Unfortunately the Obamas were confirmed to not be on the guest list—along with other political leaders like Donald Trump and Theresa May—but there were more than enough famous faces, royals, members of the public and friends of the couple invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's big day. Here, the standouts from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's royal wedding guest list.
Williams and Markle apparently hit it off when they met in 2014 at a celebrity charity football event, according to the Daily Mail. The two have been close friends for several years, and it was widely speculated that the tennis legend would be getting an invite.
Originally, Williams was slated to play matches in Madrid and Rome at the Madrid and Italian Opens during the time of the royal wedding, but she recently withdrew from the tournaments, following the advice of her coach, Patrick Mouratoglu, Page Six reports.
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Markle wrote about becoming friends with Williams for her now-defunct blog The Tig, and said, "She quickly became a confidante I would text when I was traveling, the friend I would rally around for her tennis matches, and the down-to-earth chick I was able to grab lunch with a couple of weeks ago in Toronto."
Originally Williams wasn't sure if her plans to compete would interfere with her attendance at Meghan and Harry's wedding. "We'll see if I can make it," Williams said during a Good Morning America interview, according to ABC producer Carolyn Durand. According to Reuters, when Williams arrived to train with him in France in late April, she wasn't quite ready; as a result, she withdrew from playing in Spain and Italy.
The champion took a 14-month absence for maternity leave after the birth of her daughter, Alexis Olympia, and she arrived to the royal wedding in Atelier Versace with her dapperly dressed husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The two sat in the intimate Quire for the ceremony, the same room as the royal family, and were guests at the 200-person Frogmore House party later in the evening.
A source recently confirmed to People that the Clooneys would be attending the royal wedding ceremony and the evening's Frogmore House reception, due to Meghan and Amal's close friendship over the years.
The source shared that the two have much in common, and have become even closer since Meghan moved to the United Kingdom, given Amal's human rights passions and Meghan's philanthropic goals. Conveniently, George and Amal's English countryside home resides just a 30-minute drive from Windsor. Unlike some other celebrity guests who flew in from all over the world for the occasion, these two might have had one of the easiest commutes to Harry and Meghan's May 19th ceremony and the evening reception at Frogmore House.
While there were many royal guests at Harry and Meghan's royal wedding, one guest that flew under the radar until her prompt arrival at Windsor Castle was Oprah Winfrey.
The legendary activist, actress and American icon arrived to the ceremony walking alongside English actor Idris Elba, donning a Phillip Treacy hat from her own closet (she's owned it for years and pulled it out for the occasion) and a custom Stella McCartney dress that was reportedly created for her "overnight" after she had a wardrobe malfunction. According to the star's Instagram video about the issue, the original look photographed as a white dress rather than a blush pink, and she felt strongly that she not wear white to Meghan's wedding, so as not to compete with the bride.
The Luther leading man arrived in Windsor with his fiancée, Sabrina Dhowre, for the royal wedding, and arrived alongside Oprah Winfrey bright and early.
According to Bustle, while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren't close with Elba, the invitation for the actor may have come from Prince Charles. In 1976, the Prince of Wales established The Prince's Trust, aimed at improving the lives of disadvantaged young people in the United Kingdom. Reportedly, Elba was one of those young people, and credits the generosity of the Royal Family and the trust with his ability to change his life for the better.
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Elba, became a Prince's Trust ambassador in 2013, and spoke about his challenging childhood and the life-changing grant he received. "I left school at 16 with dreams of attending the National Youth Music Theatre but was disheartened when I realized how much it would cost," he wrote. "It was The Prince’s Trust who made it possible. They gave me a £1,500 grant and set me on the path that would eventually change my life." His ambassadorship and continued work with a charity important to the Royal Family earned him a spot on the royal guest list, and a seat in the chapel for the couple's ceremony.
According to the Daily Mail, fashion designer Misha Nonoo is Markle's close friend, and could have potentially been behind Harry and Meghan's set up. The designer was credited early on with their introduction, after Meghan wore one of Nonoo's designs to The Invictus Games for her first public appearance with Harry, although reports surfaced that Violet von Westenholz—a PR director for Ralph Lauren–was responsible for their set-up. Nonoo's ex-husband reportedly attended Eton College with Prince Harry and Prince William, which is how she first met Meghan.
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However, others credit Meghan's friend Markus Anderson with the set-up. After he was seen seated next to her at the Invictus Games, reports clarified that Anderson works for Soho House, where Meghan and Harry had their first date–the date that started it all. While there wasn't any sign of Misha or Violet at the ceremony, Markus arrived with Izzy May, cementing the rumor that he may indeed have been behind the couple's initial introduction.
The late night TV star and his wife were seated in the nave during Meghan and Harry's ceremony, but Corden's invitation and presence at the royal wedding was apparently most felt at the Frogmore House evening reception, where he supposedly acted in the role of MC.
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