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Prince Harry makes unexpected remark about Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding

Prince Harry felt there was an expectation surrounding his wedding to Meghan Markle

Melanie Macleod
Wellness Editor
December 16, 2022
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When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married in May 2018, they had one of the most memorable royal weddings in history.

An estimated 115,000 members of the public lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the bride on her way to the church in Windsor, and crowds gathered outside the venue itself to celebrate the big day, though this perhaps the grand affair wasn't what Harry wanted.

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In his and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry opened up about his feelings about their showstopping wedding - and commented on his brother, Prince William's 2011 wedding to Kate Middleton too.

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Of the need to have a public wedding, Harry alluded to the fact that it wasn't his decision to have the wedding he did, referring to both his and William's big days. Watch the video to find out what he said.

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Prince William and Harry both had public weddings

Meghan shared she had no concept of what a public wedding would entail ahead of her big day, explaining: "I knew when we got to the castle there would be tonnes of people waiting, what I didn't know was people would be lining both sides of the street.

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"My mom and I were saying, 'Look at all these people, what's going on?'"

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