The Royals: Harry & Meghan

St George’s Chapel was the venue; Saturday, May 19th was the date. It was the wedding everyone was talking about over the weekend. A shift from the norm in the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, never to be forgotten, written on marble and imprinted in our heart forever, the union of Harry and Meghan.

Luckily for me, I had no engagement for that day. If there was, I would have simply apologised ahead for my absence because there was no way I was going to miss watching that wedding. Surely, Power holding wanted to disrupt my joy but for the intervention of inverter and generator, a plan A, B, C was surely in place. You don’t take such risks by completely depending on Power Holding as assurance for power, I sure do know better.

It started with a blind date in July 2016 and the rest they say is history. I have heard some people say they do not like blind dates…well, this fairy-tale story tells us clearly, you can find love in mysterious places.

After only two dates in, Prince Harry knew he had to take chances “I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana and we camped out with each other under the stars,” he told BBC.

“We were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other,” Harry said. It’s easy to tell that the journey to Botswana was very significant because the central stone in Meghan’s engagement ring came from Botswana.

From both of them seen with identical bracelets to some aligning Meghan’s Instagram information with Harry’s travel calendar, it didn’t take long for people to put 2 and 2 together.

Many people who had doubts about their relationship had their doubts erased after Meghan spoke to Vanity Fair in October 2017, though she avoided saying too much. In her words, “We’re a couple. We’re in love. I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time.” It sure is their time because as we all love fairy-tale’s ending cliché ‘…and they lived happily ever after’, it certainly is what it is, a happily ever after tale.

One of my peak moments was when Meghan came into the church, her simple white dress with an open bateau neckline made by British designer Clare Waight Keller, the first female artistic director for the Givenchy fashion house, made her look graceful. Accompanying the gown was the 16-foot-long veil supported by a diamond bandeau tiara belonging to the Queen.

Harry looked like he couldn’t wait to behold his beauty.  I observed how he would turn to his brother and best man Prince William, and engage in brief conversations. He looked dapper in his frockcoat uniform of the Blues and Royals. And when his bride reached him, it seemed to us all that he said “You look amazing. I missed you.”…that was an “Uwwww” moment for me. As I type this piece, I actually remember that moment and there is a smile on my face.

I loved the look on Meghan Markle’s mum, Doria Ragland’s face. So graceful and filled with emotion we could read through. Her teary eyes spoke to me, it felt to me she was saying “look at the honour you have brought to me Meghan, this could only have been God.”

I haven’t gotten over The Gospel Kingdom Choir and their performance of the 1961 soul classic ‘Stand By Me’ by Ben E King directed by its founder, Karen Gibson. This is going down in history as the first black gospel choir to perform at a British royal wedding…beat that!

The Bishop Michael Curry’s message was another peak moment for. It was a message of truth, hope, courage and most significantly, love! As I heard him say with verve, “There is power in love, don’t underestimate it, don’t even over sentimentalise it”, the words have not left me. Indeed there is power in love.

Did you notice the smirk on David Beckham’s face when the camera zoomed in on him while Bishop Michael was preaching? That look was priceless; he certainly was enjoying the message.

The dignitaries also added colour to the day, it was nice seeing Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian, George and Amal Clooney, Idris Elba, David and Victoria Beckham, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and his wife, Princess Mabereng, to mention a few.

It truly is amazing how life plays its card. Yes she wasn’t an A list Hollywood actress (she is above that now), yes she was a divorcee (Her Ex is past), yes she is three years older than Harry (age is nothing but a number), yes she is black (it’s not about the colour of your skin but the love in your heart)…but where genuine friendship dwells, imperfection becomes alien and only love thrives!

Looking for Harry and Meghan? Home just changed, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reside in Kensington Palace…hello???

Kemi Ajumobi