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The Royal Wedding

Hello everyone!

The world just watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married in a beautiful ceremony in St George's chapel at Windsor Castle. In this post, I'm going to share my thoughts on everything from the arrivals to the procession.

 Arrival of Prince Harry and Prince William: 
I was very surprised that Harry and his brother and best man William walked to the chapel, it seemed to be a bit of a long walk and I thought they might get tired and what if they start sweating? They looked smart and handsome in their suits. I thought Harry might shave his beard for the occasion. He didn't but still looked good.

 Meghan Markle's wedding dress:
All Royal brides have worn grand dresses with patterns, lace and a lot of work on them with very long trains so I expected Meghan's dress to be the same but it was a very simple white gown with a long veil designed by Clare Waight Keller, the first female artistic director of Givenchy. A lot of social media users didn't like it and were commenting things like it was "boring" and "the worst dress ever" but I loved the simplicity of it and the slight off-the-shoulder part gave it a modern look and the tribute to the commonwealth countries on the veil was a nice touch. 
Meghan in her Givenchy dress

Meghan's arrival and walk down the aisle:
Usually you see a maid of honor or flower girl helping the bride with her dress but two of the page boys, the sons of her friend Jessica Mulroney, did it for Meghan which I thought was so sweet. They held the ends of her veil as she walked up the steps and entered the chapel. The page boys and bridesmaids, including Prince George and Princess Charlotte followed as Meghan walked halfway down the aisle boy herself and then with Prince Charles the rest of the way. I would have loved to see her mother Doria walk her down the aisle but it was sweet of Charles to do that for her. 

The Mulroney twins help Meghan with her veil


Page boys and bridesmaids:
The children looked so cute! The boys wore similar suits to Harry and William and the girls worse basic white dresses with flowers on their heads. Most of them were too young to understand just how big the event they were involved in was but one of the pageboys was clearly very excited. The image of him smiling widely as Meghan prepared to walk down the aisle went viral. 


The pageboy was very excited!

Wedding vows:
The vows were beautiful but the "Harry, will you take Meghan...." and "Meghan, will you take Harry...." part confused me because after they both said "I will" people laughed, even they did. I don't understand why. 


The Rev Bishop Michael Curry:
I loved his speech. It was really good and light-hearted, the congregation, including the royal family and the couple had a laugh. I think it went on for too long but it was enjoyable. 


Interactions between Harry and Meghan:
There were quite a few sweet moments between Harry and Meghan during the ceremony including his reaction to seeing her and the way she looked at him when he removed her veil. Of course, the kiss between the newly married couple was the moment everyone was waiting for, it happened quickly. 

Harry was emotional seeing his bride
A beautiful moment
The newlyweds kiss outside the chapel

Carriage Procession:
After the ceremony, Harry and Meghan went on a carriage procession through the streets of Windsor. I loved seeing the happy couple waving at the crowd of well-wishers who had waited for hours, even days, to catch a glimpse of them. I thought it was nice that the rode through some quite streets where there wasn't anyone around so they could have a private moment to enjoy the ride by themselves. 





Congratulations Harry and Meghan, who are now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex!












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