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28 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018<br />

By Josephine Agbonkhese<br />

What started <strong>as</strong> a blind<br />

date two years ago<br />

between Prince Harry, sixth in<br />

line to the British throne, and<br />

U.S. actress, Meghan Markle,<br />

h<strong>as</strong> finally become a<br />

significant part of the history<br />

of the British monarch.<br />

The lovebirds exchanged<br />

vows l<strong>as</strong>t Saturday to the<br />

admiration of millions of<br />

guests and viewers worldwide.<br />

In c<strong>as</strong>e you were too busy to<br />

watch it live, here’s a timeline<br />

of every bit of the event.<br />

08:11: Queen Elizabeth II<br />

makes Prince Harry the Duke<br />

of Sussex, a title not used<br />

since the reign of King George<br />

III in the 1700s.<br />

The same Buckingham<br />

Palace announcement<br />

confirms that Meghan Markle<br />

will become the first Duchess<br />

of Sussex. Harry takes the<br />

titles of Earl of Dumbarton and<br />

Baron Kilkeel.<br />

09:45: Guests, including US<br />

television host, Oprah Winfrey<br />

and British actor, Idris Elba<br />

arrive at Windsor C<strong>as</strong>tle.<br />

11:19: Meghan Markle<br />

leaves Cliveden House Hotel<br />

with her m<strong>other</strong>, Doria<br />

Ragland in a vintage Rolls-<br />

Royce Phantom IV to travel to<br />

Windsor C<strong>as</strong>tle.<br />

11:35: Prince Harry and his<br />

best man, Prince William, the<br />

Duke of Cambridge, arrive<br />

at St. George’s Chapel, in<br />

Windsor C<strong>as</strong>tle. The pair<br />

walk through the Lower<br />

Ward and into the<br />

Horseshoe Cloisters<br />

in front of the<br />

chapel’s West Steps<br />

entrance.<br />

11:45: Meghan<br />

Markle and her<br />

m<strong>other</strong>, Doria<br />

Ragland arrive on<br />

the Windsor estate.<br />

Ragland changes<br />

vehicle <strong>as</strong> Markle<br />

greets the page boys who<br />

will accompany her to the<br />

chapel.<br />

11:52: Doria Ragland is<br />

delivered to the chapel’s side<br />

entrance.<br />

11:55: Charles, Prince of<br />

Wales, and the Duchess of<br />

Cornwall arrive at the same<br />

place.<br />

11:57: The Queen and Prince<br />

Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh<br />

arrive.<br />

11:59: Markle’s bridesmaids<br />

and page boys, including<br />

Prince George and Princess<br />

Charlotte, arrive at St.<br />

George’s Chapel,<br />

accompanied by their m<strong>other</strong>s,<br />

Benita Litt, Jessica Mulroney<br />

and Catherine, the Duchess of<br />

Cambridge.<br />

12:01: The vintage Rolls-<br />

Royce carrying Meghan<br />

Markle and two page boys,<br />

Mulroney twins - Brian and<br />

John - both 7, comes to a halt<br />

in the Horseshoe Cloisters in<br />

front of St. George’s Chapel.<br />

Markle emerges from the car,<br />

giving the world a first full look<br />

at her wedding dress.<br />

12:03: Kensington Palace<br />

announces that Markle’s dress<br />

is made by British designer,<br />

*The couple flanked by members of royal family<br />

Harry and Meghan’s<br />

wedding: A timeline<br />

*The<br />

couple<br />

waving at<br />

guests<br />

during<br />

procession<br />

By Gabriel Ewepu<br />

ABUJA- THE Federal<br />

Government and Nestle<br />

Nigeria Plc, have partnered to<br />

fight acute malnutrition among<br />

2.3 million children <strong>as</strong> the<br />

situation poses a danger to their<br />

future.<br />

This w<strong>as</strong> disclosed by the<br />

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac<br />

Adewole, in his remark during<br />

the launch of Nestle for<br />

Healthier Kids, NHK, initiative<br />

in Abuja by Nestle Nigeria Plc,<br />

to r<strong>each</strong> 17, 000 children and<br />

350 t<strong>each</strong>ers in the Federal<br />

Capital Territory, FCT, and<br />

Ogun State through the State<br />

Universal B<strong>as</strong>ic Education<br />

Board, SUBEB.<br />

Represented by the Head of<br />

Nutrition, Federal Ministry of<br />

Health, Dr Chris Isokpumwu,<br />

the minister said the Ministry<br />

Clare Waight Keller, the first<br />

female Artistic Director at<br />

French f<strong>as</strong>hion house,<br />

Givenchy.<br />

12:19: The Most<br />

Reverend Michael<br />

Curry begins his<br />

sermon on the<br />

power of love,<br />

prompting senior<br />

Royals to react.<br />

12:31: The<br />

couple begins to<br />

recite their vows.<br />

12:39: Prince<br />

Harry and Meghan<br />

Markle are<br />

proclaimed husband<br />

and wife by the<br />

Archbishop of Canterbury,<br />

Justin Welby,<br />

after an exchange<br />

of rings.<br />

13:05: The newlywed<br />

Duke and<br />

Duchess of Sussex kiss on<br />

the West Steps of St. George’s<br />

Chapel <strong>as</strong> onlookers cheer.<br />

13:10: The couple begin one<br />

of the longest Royal wedding<br />

processions in living memory<br />

across Windsor and the estate,<br />

including the two-mile Long<br />

Walk.<br />

13:30: Their carriage returns<br />

to Windsor C<strong>as</strong>tle,<br />

disappearing under an arch<br />

within the grounds.<br />

14:00: The first reception,<br />

FG, Nestle partner to fight acute malnutr<br />

…<strong>as</strong> firm launches ‘Nestle for Healthier Kids’ initiative<br />

lauds the initiative championed<br />

by Nestle Nigeria Plc to<br />

promote good nutrition among<br />

children including their parents.<br />

According to him, the<br />

initiative by Nestle Nigeria Plc<br />

w<strong>as</strong> good, however, there are<br />

32 million school children in<br />

Nigeria today, therefore Nestle<br />

Nigeria’s initiative to r<strong>each</strong> 17,<br />

000 w<strong>as</strong> just a drop in the<br />

ocean, and charged it to scale<br />

up the number.<br />

Nigeria joins the global<br />

Nestlé for Healthier Kids<br />

initiative launched on May 15,<br />

2018 - The International Day of<br />

Families. The programme<br />

include further development of<br />

healthier products and advice<br />

for families on nutrition and<br />

exercise. It aims at helping 50<br />

million children globally, to<br />

lead healthier lives by 2030.<br />

The NHK launch in Abuja<br />

w<strong>as</strong> attended by children from<br />

participating schools in the FCT,<br />

high-level representatives from<br />

the ministries of health and<br />

education, the Nutrition Society<br />

of Nigeria, Universal B<strong>as</strong>ic<br />

Education Board, UBEB, FCT<br />

and Ogun State Universal B<strong>as</strong>ic<br />

Education boards.<br />

He said: “We have 2.5 million<br />

children acutely malnourished<br />

and at le<strong>as</strong>t one in five of those<br />

children will die. We are taking<br />

action, but you know<br />

government alone cannot do<br />

that because it requires support<br />

of parents, t<strong>each</strong>ers, corporate<br />

organisations like Nestle, and<br />

everybody.<br />

“We are happy that Nestle is<br />

launching the Nestle for<br />

Healthier Kids initiative. We are<br />

happy that Nestle plans to<br />

r<strong>each</strong> 50 million children by<br />

2030 with the message of good<br />

*The couple<br />

reciting<br />

vows<br />

hosted<br />

by the Queen, sees around 600<br />

guests are welcomed to the<br />

Royal apartments - essentially<br />

all those who attended the<br />

wedding.<br />

19:00: A second, more<br />

exclusive evening reception<br />

for just 200 of the guests at<br />

Frogmore House, half a mile<br />

south of Windsor C<strong>as</strong>tle,<br />

hosted by Prince Charles.<br />

nutrition, play and be active,<br />

maintain good hygiene at all times,<br />

choose water instead of sugary<br />

beverages, in fact, generally live<br />

healthy lives because healthy<br />

children end up <strong>as</strong> healthy adults.<br />

“The Federal Ministry of Health<br />

w<strong>as</strong> very eager to partner with this<br />

initiative because of the prospects<br />

of scaling it up to the rest of the<br />

country. We will continue to<br />

support, promote and protect our<br />

children.<br />

“We are in a country and indeed,<br />

a world where people no longer<br />

live to the ripe old age. We need<br />

to go back to the b<strong>as</strong>ics.<br />

“We are building a strong<br />

foundation for the children in this<br />

country with various policies and<br />

programmes to ensure children are<br />

strong enough to have the right<br />

Intelligence Quotient to be able to<br />

perform well in school, and the

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