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35. Meg packed up her house, gave up her role in Suits. After seven seasons. A difficult moment for her, because she loved that show, loved the character she was playing, loved her cast and crew loved Canada. On the other hand life there had become u
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36. Ordinarily, Id have gone to Megs father first, asked for his blessing. But Thomas Markle was a complicated man. He and Megs mother split when she was two, and thereafter she divided her time between them. Monday to Friday with Mum, weekends with
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37. It was hard for both of us, while dealing with all that, to focus on the million and one details of planning a royal wedding. Strangely, the Palace had trouble focusing too. We wanted to get married quickly. Why give the papers and paps time to d
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38. I turned back to the Palace. Any progress on a date? A venue? Nope, was the reply. How about March? Alas, March was all booked. How about June? Sorry. Garter Day. At last they came to us with a date: May 2018. And they accepted our request for th
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39. Granny formally approved the marriage in March 2018. By royal decree. Meanwhile, Meg and I were already a growing family. We brought home a new puppya sibling for little Guy. Hed been needing one, poor thing. So when a friend in Norfolk told me h
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40. Pa wanted to help choose the music for the ceremony so he invited us one night to Clarence House, for dinner anda concert. He brought out his wireless and we began sampling music, wonderful music, all kinds of music. He wholly endorsed our desire
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41. After all the stress of asking Granny for permission to marry Meg, I thought Id never have the courage to ask her for anything else. And yet I now dared to make another ask: Granny, please, may I, for my wedding, keep my beard? Not a small ask ei
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42. I showed up to my stag ready to party. To laugh, to have a good time, to get clear of all this stress. And yet I also feared that if I got too clear, got too drunk and passed out, Willy and his mates would hold me down and shave me. In fact Willy
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43. There had been spirited arguments in the back corridors of the Palace about whether or not Meg couldor shouldwear a veil. Not possible, some said. For a divorce, a veil was thought to be out of the question. But the powers that be, unexpectedly,
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44. Though the press was mostly laying off Meg, mostly staying focused on the approaching wedding, the harm was already done. After eighteen months of trashing her, theyd riled up all the trolls, who were now crawling out of their cellars and lairs.
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45. Meg had spent months trying to soothe her father. There was always something new that hed read about himself, something derogatory hed taken to heart. His pride was constantly wounded. Every day there was another humiliating photo in the papers.
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46. The next day Meg had a text from Kate. There was a problem with the dresses for the bridesmaids, apparently. They needed altering. The dresses were French couture, hand-sewn from measurements only. So it wasnt a big shock that they might need alt
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47. On the eve of the wedding I stayed at Coworth Park Hotel. A private cottage. Several mates sat with me and had drinks. One commented that I seemed a bit distracted. Yes, well. Theres been a lot going on. I didnt want to say too much. The business
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48. I stood at the altar, smoothed the front of my Household Cavalry uniform, watched Meg floating towards me. Id worked hard to choose the right music for her procession, and ultimately Id landed on Handels Eternal Source of Light Divine. Now, as th
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49. Our honeymoon was a closely guarded secret. We left London in a car disguised as a removals van, the windows covered with cardboard, and went to the Mediterranean for ten days. Glorious to be away, on the sea, in the sun. But we were also sick. T
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