Queen Elizabeth admits how she really feels about Harry and Meghan’s wedding
While Her Majesty is not normally one to make a big song and dance about such matters, Queen Elizabeth II has revealed how she really feels about the impending wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at a Privy Council meeting.
The Queen gave her formal consent to the union, issuing her approval in a declaration to the nuptials of her, “most dearly beloved grandson Prince Henry”.
“I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, which Consent I am causing to be signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the Books of the Privy Council,” the Queen’s declaration read.
Henry is Harry’s actual first name, and Rachel is Meghan’s real first name.
Prince Harry, who reportedly plans to wed the former Suits star at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on May 19, had to ask Her Majesty’s consent to marry.
As part of this, Queen Elizabeth would have signed an Instrument of Consent, an elaborate document of approval which is transcribed in calligraphy, just as she did when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were tying the knot.
Prince Harry, who reportedly plans to wed the former Suits star at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on May 19, had to ask Her Majesty’s consent to marry.
As part of this, Queen Elizabeth would have signed an Instrument of Consent, an elaborated document of approval which is transcribed in calligraphy, just as she did when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were tying the knot.
Prince Harry reportedly first took Markle to meet Her Majesty for afternoon tea at Buckingham Palace last October, and the pair hit it off almost immediately.
Getting Her Majesty’s consent is part of a royal tradition stretching back hundreds of years. The Royal Marriages Act 1772 required descendants of George II to seek the sovereign’s consent before wedding, otherwise marriages were deemed invalid.
This law was repealed through the Succession of the Crown Act 2013, which came into effect in 2015, but as fifth-in-line to the throne Harry still needed the Queen’s permission.
And we couldn’t be happier he’s been given the green light!
What are your thoughts? Are you looking forward to the royal wedding?