Meghan Markle’s elegant royal wedding prince harry it may have captivated almost two million viewers worldwide, but the days leading up to the ceremony were said to have been marked by considerable emotional turmoil behind the palace walls. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary this week, reigniting public fascination with a lavish 2018 ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, where guests including Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney saw the couple tie the knot.However, according to a RadarOnline report, the final days leading up to the wedding were far from the fairytale image presented to the world.
Meghan Markle faced pressure before her wedding day
A royal source told the outlet that Meghan was under a lot of emotional strain ahead of the ceremony. “She was preparing to marry into the most scrutinized family on the planet while every detail of her looks, behavior and relationships were being scrutinized around the world,” the source said. “People close to the situation say there were moments where royal expectations, family tensions and relentless media attention became overwhelming.”The source added that the tensions that arose in those last days were symptomatic of deeper problems already quietly developing in the family dynamic. “The row over the dresses foreshadowed deeper issues quietly developing in the family dynamic long before the public became aware of the rift between Harry and the rest of the royal family.”
The the wedding dress issue with Princess Catherine
According to Harry’s memoir “Spare”, Catherine contacted Meghan four days before the ceremony to express her concerns about Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress, which she described as “too big, too long and too baggy”. Catherine believed the dress needed a complete makeover rather than just an alteration, and said Charlotte cried after trying it on. Harry later wrote that he returned home to find Meghan crying on the bathroom floor after the exchange.The row became one of the most debated issues surrounding the wedding after early reports suggested Meghan reduced Catherine to tears. Meghan disputed this in the 2021 interview, insisting that “it happened the other way around”. He confirmed there had been a tense situation, but said it was “not a confrontation”, adding that Catherine later apologized and sent flowers. “I don’t think it’s fair to go into the details of that, because he apologized,” Meghan told Oprah at the time.Royal author Tom Quinn later offered a more measured account in his book ‘Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants’, writing that both women said things they later regretted, but it was “all in the heat of the moment”. Tailor Ajay Mirpuri, who worked on the bridesmaids’ dresses, also said he did not witness any explosive confrontations. “They were faced with a problem, as anyone arrives at a wedding, with last-minute incidents,” he said.
Eight years after the royal wedding
The tensions surrounding the 2018 wedding have continued to be a source of constant public fascination, especially since the Sussexes stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California, where they are raising their two children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, four. After eight years, it seems that the anniversary has put those moments on stage back into focus.
