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The Duke of York is joined by his daughters<br />
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Eugenie’s<br />
fiancé Jack Brooksbank (above). Eugenie and<br />
Jack will themselves marry at St George’s Chapel<br />
in October. The Countess of Wessex sat with her<br />
daughter Lady Louise (left)<br />
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon<br />
your arm… Many waters cannot quench love,<br />
neither can loods drown it.”<br />
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This was certainly an unprecedented royal<br />
wedding in terms of style. Fusing tradition with a<br />
groundbreaking element to reflect Meghan’s<br />
roots, Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Gospel<br />
Choir had the congregation swaying in their seats<br />
with a soulful rendition of Ben E King’sStandByMe.<br />
In a further nod to Meghan’s spiritual<br />
background, the Most Rev. Michael Curry,<br />
presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal<br />
Church in the US, delivered a rousing address in<br />
which he quoted Baptist minister and civil rights<br />
leader Martin Luther King.<br />
And to the bemusement of more traditional<br />
congregants, he boomed: “Two young people fell<br />
in love and we all showed up!” and: “We gotta get<br />
y’all married!”<br />
But this day was all about Meghan and Harry<br />
tying the knot, and after the Archbishop of<br />
Canterbury invited them to join hands, he<br />
carried out the ritual of wrapping his silk<br />
stole around their hands. The couple<br />
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