WINDSOR, England (AP) — Meghan Markle announced Thursday her father will not be at her marriage to Prince Harry due to health problems. “Sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding,” she said in a statement released by Kensington Palace. “I have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the […]
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
Watch out for the kids: George, Charlotte in royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — Prince George and Princess Charlotte will have prominent roles in Saturday’s royal wedding. Kensington Palace said Wednesday that four-year-old George will be a page boy and three-year-old Charlotte will be a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They are the two oldest children of Prince William, Harry’s brother, […]
Royal retreat of Windsor ready to party for Harry, Meghan
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Few towns are as quintessentially English as Windsor, the bucolic riverside locale where Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle will get married on May 19. And few towns are as pleasing when a warm spring sun bakes off the morning mist. Even the plump white swans on the Thames River […]
Markle had a Hollywood-but-humble youth before royalty rang
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Meghan Markle’s road to royalty ran through Hollywood. The American actress set to marry Prince Harry May 19 spent her formative years in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood, a more working-class place than its famous name suggests. It was home to the progressive elementary school and Catholic high school where […]
Finding his way: Transformed Prince Harry ready to marry
LONDON (AP) — It was a statement that confirmed Prince Harry’s burgeoning maturity and his iron determination to struggle for what he cherishes and believes in. Ready to fight for his right to lead a semi-normal life in a semi-crazed fishbowl environment. Ready to demand respect for the woman he loved, one he perhaps already […]
Royal wedding countdown begins with ‘Meghan Markle: American Princess’
With her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry now less than a month away, it will soon be all-Meghan-all-the-time, and CBS gets the ball rolling with “Meghan Markle: American Princess,” airing Friday at 10 p.m. Prior to the wedding service, to be broadcast live from St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, and the post-ceremony parade, […]
Trump, May, Obamas not on guest list for royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — It will be friends and family, rather than politicians and world leaders, at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding next month. Kensington Palace says “it has been decided that an official list of political leaders — both U.K. and international — is not required” for the wedding. That means U.S. President Donald […]
Meghan Markle discusses wedding plans with mother
Meghan Markle visited her mother in LA to discuss plans for her upcoming wedding. The 36-year-old actress is set to marry her fiancé and British royal Prince Harry in just over one month’s time on May 19, and it has now been reported that her recent visit to Los Angeles this weekend to meet with […]
Meghan Markle to join a small group of US senior royals
NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan Markle is about to join more than one select group. In addition to her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry, she’ll become one of just a handful of Americans to become a senior royal around the globe. Here’s a look at some of her predecessors: ___ THE QUEEN THAT NEVER […]
Altar-bound Meghan Markle to leave TV show with a wedding
NEW YORK (AP) — Real life will imitate art this spring at the USA series “Suits” when series regular Meghan Markle bids farewell to the legal drama in a wedding — and then goes off to marry her prince in real life. Show creator and show runner Aaron Korsh has written an on-screen wedding for […]
Sealed and delivered: Royal wedding invitations dispatched
LONDON (AP) — Time to check that mailbox. Kensington Palace said Thursday that invitations for the wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiancée Meghan Markle have been dispatched. Some 600 people have been invited to the May 19 nuptials at noon at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. All 600 have also been invited […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry invite public to wedding day
London (CNN): Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will invite more than 2,600 members of the public into the grounds of Windsor Castle to share their wedding day, Kensington Palace said Friday. The invitees will be able to watch the arrivals of the bride and groom and their guests at St. George’s Chapel, where the ceremony takes […]
Harry and Meghan letter sent to palace ‘race hate crime’
A letter containing a substance sent to St James’s Palace is being treated as a “racist hate crime”, police said. The Met Police tested the substance and said it was not harmful. No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing. The Evening Standard reports the letter was addressed to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It […]
London Zoo names okapi ‘Meghan’ to celebrate royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — London Zoo has honored Prince Harry’s fiancee by naming its newborn okapi after her. The zoo said Wednesday the animal born in early December was named Meghan to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. The okapi (oh-COP-ee) have striped hindquarters like zebras but are related to giraffes. […]
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle offer details on the big day
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and fiancee American actress Meghan Markle have released more details about their May 19 wedding, revealing that the event will include a carriage ride through Windsor so they can share the big day with the public. The couple will marry at noon in St. George’s Chapel, the 15th century church […]
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to get Lifetime movie treatment
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Like Prince William and Kate Middleton before them, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now getting a Lifetime movie about their relationship. Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley have been cast as the couple in “Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.” It tells the story of the courtship […]
Royal wedding guess list: Who gets a nod from Harry, Meghan?
LONDON (AP) — Forget the Winter Olympics, the World Cup or the Champion’s League. The real competition right now is who’s going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in May. Everyone who is anyone in Britain is angling for an embossed royal ticket. British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, who is seeking […]