Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's wedding plans revealed
After formally announcing their engagement on Monday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have set the royal wedding date and will marry at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May of 2018.
Kensington Palace confirmed the couple will not hold their nuptials at Westminster Abbey, as Prince William and Catherine Middleton did.
Instead the pair have chosen the lower-key option of the chapel at the Windsor Castle royal estate west of London.
It holds special significance as Prince Harry was christened there, and his father Prince Charles held a blessing there after his civil wedding to his second wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in 2005.
“As with all members of the Royal family, Windsor is a very special place for Prince Harry and he and Ms Markle have regularly spent time there over the last year and a half,’’ Prince Harry’s communications secretary Jason Knauf said.
“They are grateful to the Queen for granting permission for the use of the chapel.’’
The royal family are paying for all the main elements of the wedding, including the service, flowers and music.
A Kensington Palace spokesman also confirmed that Ms Markle, a Protestant, will be baptised and confirmed into the Church of England prior to the wedding. The Queen is the head of the Church of England.
Mr Knauf said the day would be a “fun and joyful’’ occasion for family and friends, and Prince Harry and Ms Markle “want the day to be shaped so as to allow members of the public to feel part of the celebrations too.’’
The service will be televised.