Meghan Markle shares new wedding photos on eighth anniversary with Prince Harry, and his gift to her
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated their eighth anniversary by sharing unseen images of their special day.
Meghan Markle has marked her eighth wedding anniversary with Prince Harry by sharing never-before-seen pictures of the pair’s special day.
Ms Markle shared 24 photos with her 4.5 million Instagram followers across two posts.
Pictures included behind-the-scenes shots of the official wedding portrait, a glimpse into the intimate reception hosted by now King Charles, and Prince Harry delivering a speech while Ms Markle loving looks on with a glass of champagne in her hand.
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In the background, a brass band can be seen playing, with white flowers suspended from the ceiling.
Ms Markle’s second look was a high-neck gown by Stella McCartney, made of silk crepe.
Among the images was one of Elton John, who sang at the couple’s wedding.
Other notable figures included in the photo dump were Ms Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland; close friend and rumoured godmother to Prince Archie, Izzy May; and royal nanny Maria Teresa Turrión Borrallo.
In a major snub, no images shared included any member of the royal family other than Harry.
She captioned both Instagram posts the same, “Eight years ago today...” with a sun and a moon emoji, and credited photographer Chris Allerton.
The ceremony images were accompanied by the song Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul, while the reception photos were shared alongside Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett.
In the 2022 Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Ms Markle said that the latter was her wedding song.
“That was our first dance. It was so fun,” she said, singing some of the lyrics from the song.
“Just spinning like a whirlwind. It was so great.”
In addition to the two grid posts, Ms Markle shared a glimpse into their anniversary celebrations on her Instagram stories.
Prince Harry can be seen, wearing tracksuit pants and a polo, carrying in a large, lemon elderflower cake with four candles in it while singing “happy anniversary to mama” as children join in.
Lemon elderflower cake was served at their wedding.
The couple share a kiss before Ms Markle blows out the candles, which is met with applause by a child.
In a separate story, Prince Harry delivers an anniversary gift, a bronze-looking statue of two penguins, to which Ms Markle exclaims “Oh my god”.
She then explains to her children the meaning of the gift.
“When mama and papa got engaged, we had a party with all of our friends, and we said, ‘Everyone wear an animal onesie’ and we wore penguins,” she said, while holding an image of the Duke and Duchess in their costumes.
“We were penguins because they’re together for life.”
The pair were married at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018, in a ceremony which was broadcast around the globe.
Almost two billion people tuned in to watch the couple tie the knot, with about four million of those in Australia.
The wedding was attended by about 600 guests, some of whom can be seen from above in images shared by the Duchess.
