American actress Meghan Markle now the new duchess of Sussex tied the knot with Prince Harry at a fairy-tale royal wedding on Saturday. But this dreamy wedding has been a royal rebellion in many ways. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle broke many age-old royal traditions on their big day.
Prince Harry, 33, and Meghan, 36, exchanged vows at the Chapel yesterday in presence of 600 guests, including the Queen at the iconic St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Meghan Markle has time and again proved that she prefers to go her own way, so it came as a no surprise to royal experts that the newly-wed couple broke few age-old tradition.
Below we have listed five major differences that set the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry apart from the other royal weddings.
1. Meghan's walk down the aisle
It has been a tradition, and especially an important one for the royals that the bride should be walked down the aisle by her father. But in Meghan's case, the stunning bride chose to walk down the aisle by herself, however, at the second half of her walk, Prince Charles accompanied her.
Many has termed this move of Markle's a bold one that has feminist tone beneath it.
2. The picture-perfect balcony kiss
Remember Kate Middleton's and Prince William's wedding kiss in 2011 from the picture-perfect balcony? Well, the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not do it. Another tradition that has been scarpped from the royal wedding of 2018.
The reason behind the same is that the wedding ceremony was held at Windsor Castle, it made little sense for the couple to have planned to share a kiss on the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony, as both the venues are far apart.
But don't worry, the adorable royal couple did share a public kiss—on but on the steps of the St. George's Chapel right after their wedding nuptials were over.
3. No maid of honour
It's a tradition to have a maid of honour to accompany the bride, in fact while Kate Middleton got married she had so many iconic moments with her maid of honour Pipa but Meghan decided to go against it. Days before the wedding she decided to not to have any solitary maid or matron of honor as she does not want to choose just one friend over others. Sweet, isn't it?
4. The presiding clergyman
According to a royal protocol, it's a custom that British priests, preferably senior members of the Church of England, should be invited to preside over royal occasions. But at Meghan Markle's wedding nuptials were presided over by Bishop Michael Curry from Chicago. Bishop Curry also delivered a moving sermon on the redemptive power of love, that left many celebs at the wedding in tears.
5. The cake
It's been a centuries old royal tradition for guests to receive a slice of the royal wedding cake as a wedding favor. Meghan and Prince Harry, however, opted out of this tradition. Interestingly, the newlyweds' lemon-and-elderflower cake with buttercream icing was baked by Claire Ptak, an American baker based in London.
