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England’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle next May and will go on their first public walkabout on
Friday in Nottingham, the palace has announced.
The couple are planning to involve members of the public in the proceedings in some form yet to be determined.“It will be a moment of fun and joy that will reflect the character of the bride and groom,” said their spokesman.
Markle, 36, who is American, will also become a British citizen and will be baptised and confirmed into the Church of England before the wedding,
Kensington Palace announced.
And it said the royal family would pay for the wedding, including the church service, the music, the flowers and the reception.
Wider security costs, policing and public order arrangements will be covered by the public purse, however.
The palace declined to comment on whether the bride’s parents would contribute.
The service is expected to draw a star-studded congregation. Markle’s friends include the tennis star Serena Williams and the Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh.
The chapel usually holds about 800 guests compared with the 2,000 capacity of Westminster Abbey, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married in 2011.
Markle divorced her first husband, Trevor Engelson, a film producer, in 2013. Her parents are Thomas Markle, an award-winning TV lighting designer, and Doria Ragland, a yoga instructor who lives in Los Angeles.