The Australian Women\'s Weekly - June 2018

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e’ve been waiting

for this wedding

for a long time,

but it was certainly

worth it. To see

Prince Harry, the

most popular of the young royals,

bursting with happiness on what

must surely be the best day of his life

to date was totally mesmerising.

Protocols were pushed aside as each

and every part of Prince Harry and

Meghan Markle’s wedding said

something new and special about this

very modern multicultural couple.

The royal town of Windsor went

into lockdown and meltdown with

120,000 descending; arriving by train,

car, boat and plane. Many chose to

sleep out overnight in a chilly six

degrees to nail prime positions along

the carriage route. As the sun came up

and shone brightly throughout, the

crowds swelled and every corner of

the town and Windsor Great Park

illed with lag-waving revellers.

This was a private wedding, with

just 600 guests, no heads of state

or politicians, no foreign relations

diplomacy, just Harry and Meghan

with those closest to them from their

combined worlds – Britain, the US

and the Commonwealth. But it also

felt as if the whole world was invited

in to watch what turned out to be

an intimate ceremony packed with

powerful emotion.

Oprah Winfrey was one of the irst

to arrive, leading a smattering of

celebrity guests that included Serena

Williams, David and Victoria Beckham,

George and Amal Clooney and, of

course, Meghan’s co-stars from TV

drama Suits. That morning, tennis

royalty Serena had posted a cute →

After a week of family drama, the wedding of the year went off

without a hitch. At once reined and lamboyant, the new Duke and

Duchess of Sussex started their married life side by side staring

into each other’s eyes, giddy with joy. Juliet Rieden reports.