LONDON – American actress Meghan Markle now the new duchess of Sussex tiedthe knot with Prince Harry at a fairy-tale royal wedding on Saturday. Butthis dreamy wedding has been a royal rebellion in many ways. Prince Harryand Meghan Markle broke many age-old royal traditions on their big day.
Prince Harry, 33, and Meghan, 36, exchanged vows at the Chapel yesterday inpresence of 600 guests, including the Queen at the iconic St George’sChapel in Windsor Castle, DNA has reported.
Meghan Markle has time and again proved that she prefers to go her own way,so it came as a no surprise to royal experts that the newly-wed couplebroke few age-old tradition.
Below we have listed five major differences that set the wedding of MeghanMarkle and Prince Harry apart from the other royal weddings.
*1. Meghan’s walk down the aisle*
It has been a tradition, and especially an important one for the royalsthat the bride should be walked down the aisle by her father. But inMeghan’s case, the stunning bride chose to walk down the aisle by herself,however, at the second half of her walk, Prince Charleslink>accompaniedher.
Many has termed this move of Markle’s a bold one that has feminist tonebeneath it.
*2. The picture-perfect balcony kiss*
Remember Kate Middleton’s and Prince William’s wedding kiss in 2011 fromthe picture-perfect balcony? Well, the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex didnot do it. Another tradition that has been scarpped from the royal weddingof 2018.
The reason behind the same is that the wedding ceremony was held at WindsorCastle, it made little sense for the couple to have planned to share a kisson the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony, as both the venues are far apart.
But don’t worry, the adorable royal couple did share a public kiss—on buton the steps of the St. George’s Chapel right after their wedding nuptialswere over.
*3. No maid of honour*
It’s a tradition to have a maid of honourlink>toaccompany the bride, in fact while Kate Middleton got married she had somany iconic moments with her maid of honour Pipa but Meghan decided to goagainst it. Days before the wedding she decided to not to have any solitarymaid or matron of honor as she does not want to choose just one friend overothers. Sweet, isn’t it?
*4. The presiding clergyman*
According to a royal protocol, it’s a custom that British priests,preferably senior members of the Church of England, should be invited topreside over royal occasions. But at Meghan Markle’s wedding nuptials werepresided over by Bishop Michael Curry from Chicago. Bishop Curry alsodelivered a moving sermon on the redemptive power of love, that left manycelebs at the wedding in tears.
*5. The cake*
It’s been a centuries old royal tradition for guests to receive a slice ofthe royal wedding cake as a wedding favor. Meghan and Prince Harry,however, opted out of this tradition. Interestingly, the newlyweds’lemon-and-elderflower cake with buttercream icing was baked by Claire Ptak,an American baker based in London.