In fabulous Friday news, Kensington Palace confirmed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry on Saturday, 19 May, at St George's Chapel at Windsor.
The Telegraph reports:
They also reported on significant events from 'May 19' over the year:
The Mail Online reports Harry and Meghan will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury: "The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to marry Prince Harry and divorcee Meghan Markle. In an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday, Justin Welby declined to say whether he would officiate at the service, saying only that it was ‘up to them’. But it is believed that he has, in fact, already agreed to marry the couple in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May. Sources say the leader of the Church of England has even had initial discussions with the Queen’s grandson and his bride-to-be about the ceremony and apparently found them ‘delightful’ and ‘totally committed’ to each other." It is also reported he will join the couple for a series of pre-marital counselling sessions before the big day.
The Archbishop recently spoke of Harry and Meghan's 'profound sense of commitment to each other'. More from People's article:
Kensington Palace Communications Secretary Jason Knauf said the day will reflect their "characters and personalities" and added they want their wedding to be "fun and joyful" and involve the public. It is understood the wedding will be televised and broadcast all over the world. Harry and Meghan are completely in charge of planning the event and will be very busy in the coming months with preparations for what promises to be one very memorable Royal wedding. It is such an exciting time; I'm delighted for both of them.
I hope you're clearing 19 May on your calendars! :)
If you're just joining us, Meghan attended two Royal household parties this week. Read all about them here.
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'Harry and Ms Markle have gone against tradition by choosing a Saturday.
Royal weddings usually take place on a weekday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wed on a Friday and the Queen on a Thursday.
But Harry and his fiancee's choice avoids the issue of whether or not the royal wedding should be a Bank Holiday.
The May wedding will also have been picked to give Kate time to recover after the birth of her third child, which is due in April.
They also reported on significant events from 'May 19' over the year:
1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, was executed on Tower Green for alleged adultery.
1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon.
1802: The French Legion d'Honneur was created by Napoleon.
1898: William Ewart Gladstone, four times Liberal prime minister, died at Hawarden Castle in North Wales aged 88.
1900: Britain annexed Tonga, the Friendly Islands.
1906: The 20km Simplon rail tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy, was officially opened.
1935: T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) died six days after a motorcycle accident in Dorset.
1982: Italian actress Sophia Loren was jailed for a month for tax evasion.
1984: Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate from 1972, died aged 77.
The Mail Online reports Harry and Meghan will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury: "The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to marry Prince Harry and divorcee Meghan Markle. In an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday, Justin Welby declined to say whether he would officiate at the service, saying only that it was ‘up to them’. But it is believed that he has, in fact, already agreed to marry the couple in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May. Sources say the leader of the Church of England has even had initial discussions with the Queen’s grandson and his bride-to-be about the ceremony and apparently found them ‘delightful’ and ‘totally committed’ to each other." It is also reported he will join the couple for a series of pre-marital counselling sessions before the big day.
The Archbishop recently spoke of Harry and Meghan's 'profound sense of commitment to each other'. More from People's article:
'Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby, who was named the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013, has met Harry several times and says that the couple is not going through with a grand religious service out of a sense of tradition .
“I am very, very sure after conversations that this is no tick-box exercise of ‘We ought to get married in church,’ ” he told BBC Radio Four’s Today program. “There is a profound sense of commitment, of seriousness both about faith and about their lives together which is quite inspirational.”
“Of course it’s important because people will look at it and they’ll see a model of how two people commit their lives to one another before God, in the presence of millions of people,” Welby said. “That’s going to be wonderful, it’s always a beautiful moment. Every wedding is profoundly beautiful.”
Kensington Palace Communications Secretary Jason Knauf said the day will reflect their "characters and personalities" and added they want their wedding to be "fun and joyful" and involve the public. It is understood the wedding will be televised and broadcast all over the world. Harry and Meghan are completely in charge of planning the event and will be very busy in the coming months with preparations for what promises to be one very memorable Royal wedding. It is such an exciting time; I'm delighted for both of them.
I hope you're clearing 19 May on your calendars! :)
If you're just joining us, Meghan attended two Royal household parties this week. Read all about them here.