Tonight we're addressing one of the most frequently asked questions about the wedding. Where can I watch it? Where can I stream it? Will it be available to follow online? The wedding will be televised and broadcast live across the globe on Saturday, 19 May. The wedding ceremony begins at noon, however, expect coverage to kick off hours before the bride arrives. I've compiled a cursory list (which I'll be adding to as information becomes available) with the following information...
Can I Stream the Royal Wedding Online?... The answer is yes, yes and definitely yes. An array of live streaming options will be available on the day. I'll embed at least one and share links to others in our Live Blog on the morning of the wedding. In the meantime, here's what we know thus far:
Live Televised Coverage?... For those of you planning to put your feet up and enjoy the day by the television, you will most certainly be covered.
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Can I Stream the Royal Wedding Online?... The answer is yes, yes and definitely yes. An array of live streaming options will be available on the day. I'll embed at least one and share links to others in our Live Blog on the morning of the wedding. In the meantime, here's what we know thus far:
- Hello reports it is practically guaranteed the wedding will be streamed live on the Royal Family's YouTube Channel, as William and Kate's was in 2011. The coverage of the wedding remains in the channel's most viewed videos. This will be the ultimate resource for those following the day via a streaming platform.
- The Royal Family Channel (not the official YouTube address but a terrific resource) plans to Live Stream the big day.
- Good Housekeeping reports CBS News will begin their Live Stream at 4 a.m. ET and you don't need a cable subscription to watch.
- Vogue reports the New York Times are planning a Live Stream as are a number of other main networks.
- ABC will stream their five-hour broadcast online on ABC News, GoodMorningAmerica.com
- For those with subscriptions, BBC America and BritBox will have online streams.
- As noted above, I will have Live Streams embedded into the top of our Live Blog with links to others.
Live Televised Coverage?... For those of you planning to put your feet up and enjoy the day by the television, you will most certainly be covered.
UK:
- ITV - Coverage begins at 9.25 am BST and runs until 3 pm. The network will broadcast live, comprehensive coverage of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, presented by ITV News at Ten’s Julie Etchingham and ITV’s Phillip Schofield, anchored live from a specially constructed studio on The Long Walk in Windsor. Harry and Meghan -The Royal Wedding with Julie and Phillip joined by a range of guests including those who know Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as friends of the Royal family. Joining Julie and Phillip for live coverage of the day will be a range of ITV’s news presenters and reporters. Mary Nightingale will be positioned at Windsor Castle spotting and interviewing guests as they arrive, accompanied by a line-up of fashion experts and Royal commentators. Rageh Omaar will exclusively join Sentebale, the charity co-founded by Prince Harry, for traditional wedding day celebrations in Lesotho. Rageh will be live from the ‘Mamohato Children’s Centre where he will be joined by beneficiaries and staff many of whom have met and been supported by Prince Harry during his numerous visits to the country. James Mates will lead live commentary of the service from inside St George’s Chapel.
- BBC - Tune in from 9.00 am BST if following the day with the BBC. BBC One live coverage presenters confirmed as Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Dermot O'Leary, Tina Daheley, Alex Jones, Ore Oduba and Anita Rani. Kicking off the weekend will be live Friday night look-ahead show The Royal Wedding: They’re Getting Married In The Morning with Kirsty, Huw and Dermot. Chris Evans leads coverage for BBC Radio 2 together with special editions of Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast all broadcast live from Windsor
- SKY - Expect packed coverage from Sky News beginning at 9.00 am BST. Sky announced that it will broadcast the entire wedding on 19 May in Ultra High Definition (UHD), a world first for any royal event. John Ryley, head of Sky News, said: "What's really exciting and distinct about Sky's coverage of the royal wedding is that we'll be offering pictures in Ultra High Definition, four times the picture quality of HD."It means that our viewers on Sky will be able to see the wonderful occasion in extraordinary clarity." To deliver the coverage in UHD approximately 51 Sky cameras will be positioned around St George's Chapel, the grounds of Windsor Castle and around Windsor town centre.
US:
- CBS - The following information is via Good Housekeeping: Gayle King and Kevin Frazier will kick things off at 4 a.m. ET and a two-hour special, Royal Romance: The Marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, will air later that night at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
- NBC - The Today Show will have hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Megyn Kelly, and Kathie Lee Gifford positioned at "a special vantage point” overlooking Windsor Castle for coverage beginning at 4:30 a.m ET.
- ABC - Good Morning America will start special coverage at 5 a.m. ET with co-anchor Robin Roberts and World News Tonight's David Muir.
- PBS - A Live Stream will be available throughout the day.
- E News - The network will be airing E! Live From the Royal Wedding starting at 5:00 A.M. ET.
- BBC America - BBC America announced it will be providing a live and direct simulcast of BBC’s coverage of the royal event.
Canada:
- From Zoomer Magazine: CTV, CTV News Channel and CP24 will have live coverage from Windsor led by Chief Anchor Lisa LaFlamme, alongside royal historian and biographer Hugo Vickers and singer Jann Arden. Where to watch: CTV, CTV News Channel and CP24 starting at 4:30 a.m. (EST)
- CBC News Special: The Wedding of Harry and Meghan with host Adrienne Arsenault. She will be joined by royal expert Katie Nicholl, author of Harry: Life, Loss and Love, as well as Nil Koksal, Nahlah Ayed, Heather Hiscox, Thomas Daigle and Peter Mansbridge. Where to watch: CBC, starting at 5 a.m. (EST)
- E.T. Canada will be on location at Windsor Castle for the big day. Where to watch: Global, starting at 5:30 a.m. (EST)
- Global National With Dawna Friesen will broadcast live from Windsor between Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 19.Where to watch: Global, daily at 6:30 p.m. (EST)
Australia:
- Elle reports: Coverage of the royal wedding will air live on Saturday May 19, 2018 from 7:30pm AEST on both SBS and SBS On Demand. TV and radio presenter Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey will pair up with journalist Ray Martin to commentate live on the royal wedding coverage—providing details on the ceremony that you may have missed and a play-by-play of the wedding day.
- ABC Australia - Kicking off at 7:30pm AEST, Annabel Crabb and Jeremy Ferandez will be reporting on the wedding day festivities. There will be a livestream on ABC iView which will provide uninterrupted coverage of the ceremony.
- Channel Nine - Starting at 7pm (AEST), Georgie Gardner and Karl Stefanovic will be covering the royal wedding in both London and Windsor. They will be working alongside Camillia Tominey, Dickie Arbiter and renowned royal photographer Arthur Edwards. The coverage will be streamed live on 9Now.
New Zealand:
- TVNZ - The late night viewing will proceed accordingly for New Zealand audiences on May 19-20: - 11pm NZT (midday for them): The wedding service will being at St George's Chapel in Windsor with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Hon Justin Welby, officiating as Prince Harry and Ms Markle make their vows. - Midnight NZT: the newly married couple will take a carriage procession along a route from St George's Chapel through the city of Windsor.
Germany:
- ZDF Royals will be live from 11 am.
France:
- France2 will broadcast the wedding.
Movie Theater Screenings... 200 US movie theaters plan to air the royal wedding commercial-free on May 19 at 10 a.m. through a partnership between Fathom Events and BritBox, the subscription service from BBC Studios and ITV. To find out if a live showing is in your area, enter your zip code here.
Timings on The Wedding Day... A refresher of all the important timings on the big day from ITV News:
- 0900 – Members of the public who have been invited to watch the wedding day from the grounds of Windsor Castle begin to arrive.
- 0930-1100 – Wedding guests arrive at the Castle’s famous Round Tower by coach and enter the chapel through the South Door and take their seats.
- 1120 – Members of the royal family begin to arrive and enter via the Galilee Porch, some on foot others by car.
- 1145 – Possibly around this time Harry and his brother the Duke of Cambridge arrive at the Chapel’s West Steps, probably on foot walking past the thousands of spectators invited into the grounds of the castle. The moment will give Harry the chance to acknowledge the 200 representatives from charities he is associated with gathered in the Horseshoe Cloister at the bottom of the steps.
- 1155-1159 Following protocol, the Queen will be the last member of the royal family to arrive for the wedding service.
- 1159 – Ms Markle arrives at the Chapel’s West Steps by car, from her overnight accommodation, with some of her bridesmaids and pageboys. She will start her journey, which will take her past some of the crowds in the Long Walk, with her mother Doria Ragland – but when the car stops at the castle her mother will exchange places with the bridesmaids and pageboys. Ms Ragland will enter the chapel by the Galilee Porch and at some point Meghan’s father Thomas Markle will have arrived at the same entrance and make his way to the West Door where he will meet his daughter before the ceremony begins.
- 1200 – Service starts.
- 1300 – Service ends and the newlyweds emerge at the West Steps of the Chapel. They will be waved off on their carriage procession through Windsor by members of both families. The congregation will file out of the chapel to see the newlyweds leave before heading to St George’s Hall for the lunchtime reception hosted by the Queen.
- 1305 – Around this time the carriage procession through the streets of Windsor begins taking 25 minutes.
- 1330 - Guests arrive at Windsor Castle reception.
- 1900 – Bride and groom departing Windsor castle for the evening reception at Frogmore House hosted by the Prince of Wales.
A graphic from The Sun.
I've added a Watch The Wedding page and will update as information on coverage/streaming becomes available.
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We also have our very first Mad About Meghan giveaway; it's one I'm quite certain a number of you will enjoy. Last week, David from Finlay London got in touch offering to give one lucky reader a pair of Meghan's highly-coveted Percy sunglasses. You might recall Meghan wore them for her first public engagement with Prince Harry at the Invictus Games in Toronto.
Meghan’s sunglasses were engraved with her initials - MM - on the outside of one arm (as seen in the image below). Personalised engraving is available on all styles in the collection for an extra £40. They are also available with prescription lenses.
The £120 Percy style is described as "the most versatile shape in the collection with its rounded lenses and key-hole nose bridge. Handmade in Italy from the finest mazzucchelli acetate, using 5-barrel hinges and fitted with Carl Zeiss lenses for full UVA/UVB protection."
The Percy comes complete with a uniquely foldable Finlay & Co. case and cleaning cloth.
Best friends David Lochhead from Aberdeen and Dane Butler from Hampshire founded Finlay & Co. The pair were inspired to launch their first collection of sunglasses after noticing how many people were wearing the same style of frames during a holiday in Portugal. From there, the brand has gone from strength to strength. Vogue editor Anna Wintour singled out the brand as one to watch at London Fashion Week. It didn't take long before a host of celebrities including Pippa Middleton, Rhianna, Jessica Alba and Niall Horan were sporting their designs.
Despite their influential clientele, nothing could have prepared David and Dane for 'The Meghan Effect'. More from the Standard:
'Although at the time they were only boyfriend and girlfriend all eyes were on Meghan's sartorial choices. For the occasion the actress wore what is now a rather foreboding 'Husband shirt' by Mischa Nonoo, a pair of Mother Denim ripped jeans and accessorised with a tan tote bag by Everlane and tortoise sunglasses by Finlay & Co.
The 36-year-olds entire outfit sold out within hours proving the premature power of 'the Meghan effect', especially for independent British eyewear brand Finlay & Co. Being the most affordable item debuted, the Percy frames ringing in at £120 sold out immediately. The West London based company seeing a 1000% increase in sales, which concluded in the brand making £20,000 overnight.
The 'Meghan effect' did not stop there as the brands ever growing popularity even led to them opening a flagship store in Soho, London. And now after 180 days the royal-to-be's stylish Percy Light Tortoise frames are finally back in stock. Co-Founder David Lochhead has commented, "Around 75% of all pairs sold online in the last six months were of the Percy style, so we're delighted to have this product back in stock online and also available in-store ready for Spring."
More on the background of the brand: 'Finlay is a British eyewear brand born with a rebellious spirit when it comes to designing frames. The collection is inspired by a desire to create frames which celebrate the individuality of our wearers. Adopting the long-established techniques of eyewear artisans located in the foothills of the Italian Alps, we work with expert craftsmen and women to lovingly create each frame.'
The popular Percy glasses are available in several shades including amber, black, champagne, rose and ocean blue. The brands offers free worldwide delivery and free returns.
Below, Sienna Miller and Niall Horan wearing their Percy frames.
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