Breaking: Meghan married the man she loved and conditioned herself to be the ‘Duchess’, at his side– and the people of his world hated her, including the public. Harry could see what had happened to his mother, happening to his wife…

Prince Harry of Britain marries Meghan Markle, an American actress, in St. George’s Chapel within the grounds of Windsor Castle. Some 600 guests attend the ceremony and nearly 2 billion people worldwide watch the televised event.

For the ceremony, Markle wore a white boat-neck dress by British designer Clare Waight Keller, the first female designer of the French fashion house Givenchy. The groom wore the frock coat uniform of the Household Cavalry (the “Blues and Royals”). Harry’s brother, Prince William, served as best man; Markle chose not to have a maid of honor.

The nuptials were presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. Breaking from tradition, the bride walked into St. George’s Chapel by herself, and was met halfway down the aisle by Prince Charles, the future king of Britain. Guests included Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney, Serena Williams and Sir Elton John. Apart from former Prime Minister Sir John Major, a special guardian to Princes William and Harry, there were no politicians, ambassadors or foreign heads of state.

The nuptials between Prince Harry, then sixth in line for the British throne, and the biracial, divorced Markle, were viewed by many at the time as a sign of the British royal family entering a new, and integrated, modern era.

Queen Elizabeth II sat opposite mother-of-the-bride Doria Ragland, who is descended from Africans forcibly taken to work as slaves in Georgia. The Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, gave a sermon that quoted Martin Luther King Jr. The Kingdom Choir gospel choir performed Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me,” as well as the civil rights anthem, “This Little Light of Mine.”

Harry and Meghan were given the titles Duke and Duchess of Sussex by Queen Elizabeth II on the day of their marriage. On January 8, 2020, the couple issued a statement confirming they were “stepping back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family” and would balance their time between the U.K. and North America.

In a document filed on April 15, 2024, Harry formally updated his country of residency to the United States.
Nearly one year to the day of their wedding, the couple welcomed their first child, Archie, who was born on May 6, 2019. Meghan gave birth to their daughter, Lilibet, on June 4, 2021.