{"id":164287,"date":"2018-05-20T06:32:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=164287"},"modified":"2018-05-20T06:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:32:48","slug":"british-royal-family-thanks-those-who-celebrated-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/20\/british-royal-family-thanks-those-who-celebrated-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"British royal family thanks those who celebrated wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The royal family, blessed with fantastic weather and a buoyant public mood at the royal wedding, has thanked people who attended or watched Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle. (Photo<\/a>: The Royal Family\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LONDON \u2014 The royal family, blessed with fantastic weather and a buoyant public mood at the royal wedding, has thanked people who attended or watched Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n

The family tweeted its thanks late Saturday night while Harry and his bride were attending a private soiree hosted by Harry’s father, Prince Charles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to everyone who came to Windsor and those who followed from around the UK, the Commonwealth, and the world,\u201d the royals said.<\/p>\n

The happy couple arrived in style \u2014 with Harry at the wheel of a rare, 1968 Jaguar sports car converted to electric power. He wore a tightly fitting tuxedo \u2014 shades of James Bond \u2014 while Markle wore a white Stella McCartney number.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace did not release details, but photographs showed Markle, now known formally as the Duchess of Sussex, wearing a large, emerald-cut aquamarine ring that had belonged to Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, to the reception.<\/p>\n

The prominent display of the ring, which Diana wore often, was one more sign of the royal couple’s desire to honour Harry’s late mother, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997.<\/p>\n

Diana’s older sister gave a formal reading during the ceremony and many of her relatives were in attendance despite Diana’s bitter divorce from Prince Charles, Harry’s father.<\/p>\n

Harry and Markle spent their first night as a married couple at Windsor Castle. They are breaking with tradition by delaying a honeymoon, and are expected to return to their living quarters at Kensington Palace in central London.<\/p>\n

Harry and Markle will fulfil their first royal engagement as a married couple Tuesday when they attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace to honour Prince Charles and his charity work. Charles will mark his 70th birthday later this year.<\/p>\n

Before the wedding, Markle said she wanted to take up royal duties immediately. She has long been active in support of a number of causes and charities.<\/p>\n

Palace officials have been vague about Harry and Markle’s honeymoon plans, but they are expected to take a honeymoon in the near future.<\/p>\n

No destination has been announced, and the couple may choose a place where they can relax without being trailed by photographers.<\/p>\n

Harry took Markle on holiday in Botswana when they were dating and it is possible he will choose one of his favourite African locations for the idyll.<\/p>\n

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