Posted on 05/18/2018 1:12:00 PM PDT by ethom
Meghan Markle will make a striking feminist statement in her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday, choosing not to be chaperoned for much of the procession down the aisle of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, CNN has learned.
In an unprecedented step for a royal bride in the UK, Markle will walk unescorted down the aisle of the chapel nave, after being met at the West Door by a member of the clergy. She will be accompanied in this first part of the wedding procession only by her bridesmaids and page boys, with the senior church figure walking ahead.
Prince Charles will join her when she reaches the Quire, where the main royal guests will be seated. The Prince -- Harry's father -- will walk Markle down the Quire aisle to the foot of the altar.
But Charles will not give her away to her husband-to-be in the traditional sense; instead, he will stand back as Markle approaches Prince Harry.
CNN understands that Markle came up with the plan herself. It was always the intention that her father Thomas would meet her at the Quire and she would walk the first part alone. Ill health has since prevented him from coming. Both Charles and Harry are delighted with the plan, CNN understands.
No other royal bride in the UK has walked unescorted down the aisle at their wedding ceremony. Markle's decision indicates that she wishes to assert herself as a strong, independent woman who is prepared to challenge royal norms.
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“Why is he doing this?”
I have absolutely no idea. He could have any White, not 36, English woman he wants.
No. It’s common knowledge. see my post 42
Regarding the game show pic.
That’s how much her dress alone will cost.
I rather see my dentist than watch this charade.
The Prince — “Harry’s father”.
Or not.
Prince Charles is walking her the second half.
Ah, ok. I don’t follow “The Royals” anyway.
Loved the ‘85 World Series, though.
She’s been giving it a way for a long time.
Are the two upper pictures of the same person, or are the two upper pictures Harry, and someone that Diana likely conceived Harry with based on the fact I couldn’t tell the two apart.
Hey, I learned a new spelling of a familiar word — quire.
working class shorthand for ‘choir’ I imagine, from 500 years ago..
The top right is the guy Diana supposedly had the affair with.
If Harry has blue eyes like his mother’s eyes, the man with brown eyes is not his father.
It’s a picture of James Hewitt and Harry at about the same age. James Hewitt was supposed to be one of her lovers.
I am familiar with that section of a church from Anglican churches I have been in, but always assumed it was spelled “choir”. I had to look it up to see if “quire” referred to the same thing. Apparently both spellings are acceptable.
These two will last about three years, imo.
Unless the little kid is truly whipped. Which he may be.
I think he looks just like his grandfather.
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