ROYAL WEDDING LIVE UPDATE: PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE ARE MARRIED

It’s the most anticipated wedding of the year: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle finally tie the knot at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Kensington Palace confirmed on Friday that Prince Charles will walk Markle down the aisle, at least part of the way.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been proclaimed husband and wife by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony watched by a global audience of hundreds of millions of people.

After the couple - the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex - tied the knot at St George Chapel, they delighted tens of thousands of well-wishers as they travelled through Windsor in an open-topped carriage.

The wedding kicked off at 7am local time in New York City, where more than 100 people, mostly Americans, crowded into the Churchill Tavern to watch the ceremony while sipping mimosas.
Ms Markle's white wedding dress - with a white veil and boat neck - was created byBritish Designer Clare Waight  Keller, the first female Artistic Director at French fashion house Givenchy. Prince Harry and his best man the Duke of Cambridge are both wearing the frockcoat uniform of the Blues and Royals.





A host of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and David Beckham are among the 600 invited guests alongside senior members of the Royal family. Another 2,640 members of the public have been chosen to watch the ceremony from the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Prince of Wales has stepped in for the father of the bride, as he walked Ms Markle down the aisle. Ms Markle did not promise to "obey" her husband, who has chosen to wear a wedding ring - unlike his brother.














After arriving with her mother, Doria Ragland, Ms Markle walked up the Nave of St George's Chapel - the first part of the church - on her own in front of a global television audience of millions.

She was followed by her six bridesmaids and four pageboys including Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Ms Markle was then accompanied by Charles through the Quire, which begins in the middle of the chapel. The couple were declared husband and wife at shortly before 12.45pm, but the ceremony omitted the traditional moment of "giving away".






Huge crowds have gathered in Windsor, with hundreds of die-hard royalists - to secure the best views.

Many people were decked out in wedding appropriate outfits and also in the national colours of both Britain and the United States - camping out overnight including one man who wore a kilt, while others accessorised with plastic tiaras and blow-up crowns. There was also a woman in a sequinned, union jack jumpsuit and elaborate plastic crown.


Collectively all of those gathered in St. George’s Chapel vowed to support the new royal couple, before Welby gave a prayer.

Lady Jane Fellowes, the sister of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana, then gave a reading of “The Song of Solomon.”

Presiding Bishop of the American Anglican Church Michael Curry then delivered an address, quoting Martin Luther King Jr., on “the power of love.”

“Don’t under estimate it,” he told those gathered in the chapel.

After his reading, Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Choir gave a rendition of the pop classic “Stand by Me.”
Welby then had Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchange their marriage vows, followed by the exchange of rings.



Meghan’s ring is made of extremely rare Welsh gold, in line with long-standing royal tradition. Harry’s is platinum.

“I therefore proclaim that they are husband and wife,” came Welby’s proclamation following the exchange of rings.

CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips spoke to some of the people who have staked out positions on the sidewalk near Windsor Castle, eager to catch a glimpse of the royal couple as they roll out of the castle grounds for a carriage ride around the town immediately after the ceremony.

As one woman told Phillips, it was a cold and uncomfortable night, but worth it to witness history.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Queen Elizabeth II bestowed new royal titles early Saturday on her grandson Prince Harry and his bride-soon-to-be Meghan Markle. The couple will henceforth be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

“The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex,” the queen said in an official statement released by the palace.
Markle will become the first ever Duchess of Sussex.

The title of Duke of Sussex was vacant, and had been regarded as the most likely choice for Prince Harry.

The only previous Duke of Sussex (Duke of Sussex, Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte) was married twice but neither of his marriages was approved by his father, George III, meaning they were considered unlawful — thus no previous Duchess. Prince Frederick died in 1843.