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Meghan Markle & Prince Harry ‘did NOT officially tie the knot’ before their wedding and instead held ‘exchange of vows’
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry did NOT officially tie the knot three days before their wedding – instead performing a “private exchange of vows”, it was claimed today.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed to Oprah they had married ‘in our back yard’ on the Wednesday before the wedding which was watched by millions around the world in May 2018.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry said they tied the knot three days before their lavish ceremony at Windsor[/caption]
And Meghan said the pressure got so intense in the lead up to the ceremony at St George’s Chapel that the couple decided to get married three days before.
In the candid chat, Meghan told Oprah: “Three days before our wedding, we got married.
“No one knows that but we called the Archbishop [of Canterbury] and we just said ‘this thing, this spectacle is for the world but we want our union between us’.
“The vows that we have framed in our room are just the two of us in our back yard with the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
Harry added: “Just the three of us.”
However, sources have said the intimate ceremony was not a legal ceremony – instead describing it as a “private exchange of vows”.
Town and Country Magazine reported: “Meghan and Harry were not legally married three days before their wedding.
“A source close to them acknowledges this and says Meghan was describing a private exchange of vows in the interview but their legal marriage was on May 19.”
Meghan said they wanted their union to be ‘between us’[/caption]
Harry and Meghan kiss on their wedding day[/caption]
Millions of people turned out to celebrate the Royal Wedding[/caption]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex married in front of 600 guests at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May 2018 – with their big day including a carriage procession and blooming flower arch.
It’s estimated that the big day cost £32m – covering everything from the cost of security and catering to Meghan’s stunning dress.
Recounting the wedding, Meghan said she had felt that the star-studded event “wasn’t our day”.
She told Oprah: “I thought about this a lot because it was like having an out of body experience I was very present for.
“And that’s the only way I can describe it because the night before I slept through the night entirely, which in and of itself is a bit of a miracle.
“And then I woke up and started listening to that song Going To The Chapel [The Dixie Cups], and just tried to make it fun and light and remind ourselves that this was our day – but I think we were both really aware, even in advance, that this wasn’t our day.
“This was the day that was planned for the world.”
It has since been claimed aides were left stressed organising the day with the couple’s demands.
The pair were showing Oprah a chicken coop at their 11-bedroom California mansion when they made the revelation.
Meghan said the couple had moved in a bid to “live authentically” and “get back to basics”.
Speaking of her introduction to royal life, she said she had not researched the Royal Family before moving to the UK.
She said she didn’t understand what the job was – and joked she had never looked her husband Prince Harry up online.
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Meghan added that she had not romanticised the job but admitted all she knew about the Royal Family was what she read in fairy tales.
Meghan revealed the Queen was one of the first people she met in the Royal Family after having lunch at the Royal Lodge – practising how to curtsy outside.
She added: “Thank God I didn’t know a lot about the family and hadn’t researched – I’d have been so in my head about it.”
The couple are now raising son Archie in the US[/caption]
