20 The Australian Women’s Weekly | JUNE 2018
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There were tears, laughter and a fabulous gospel choir as Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle tied the knot in a beautiful and poignant ceremony.In
their engagement
interview, Prince Harry
said he really missed
having his mother
around to share in
his happiness. But Meghan Markle
reassured her iancé, “she’s with us”.
And so it was that the irst thing to
greet Prince Harry as he walked up
the West Steps to enter St George’s
Chapel was a beautiful white loral
tribute arch to his mother Diana,
Princess of Wales. The loral theme
of lush green foliage and white
peonies (Meghan’s favourite lower),coupled with white garden roses
(Diana’s favourite) and a medley
of additional white blooms all
gathered from Savill Garden in
nearby Windsor Great Park by
lorist Philippa Craddock was
continued inside the chapel.
Prince Harry and Prince William
arrived irst, Harry looking nervous
and incredibly dashing; William, calm
and smiling, supporting his younger
brother as he has since Harry was
born – and christened in this very chapel.
When Harry’s bride, Meghan,
arrived in that impeccably elegantGivenchy gown with its exquisite
embroidered silk tulle veil trailing
behind her, she made a powerful
statement. She walked up the aisle
on her own, a conident, modern,
independent woman, followed by her
10 attendants of six bridesmaids and
four pageboys, who ranged in age
from two to seven.
Halfway up the aisle, Meghan was
joined by the man who an hour later
would become her father-in-law, the
Heir Apparent Prince Charles. The
break in protocol came in the wake
of Meghan’s father, Thomas, pulling →A ROYAL special
In a touching break from protocol,
Prince Charles walks Meghan the final
steps down the aisle in place of her
father. RIGHT: The Archbishop of
Canterbury solemnising the marriage.