JUNE 2018 | The Australian Women’s Weekly 5
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W
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.