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| Royal wedding date: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to marry on 19th May, say Kensington Palace | Royal wedding date: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to marry on 19th May, say Kensington Palace |
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| Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry on 19 May next year, Kensington Palace said. | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry on 19 May next year, Kensington Palace said. |
| The pair, whose engagement was confirmed last month, are tying the knot at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. | The pair, whose engagement was confirmed last month, are tying the knot at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. |
| Windsor Castle, west of London, is one of Queen Elizabeth II's main residences. The 15th-century chapel is as historic but more intimate than Westminster Abbey, where Harry's older brother William married Kate Middleton in 2011. | |
| The Royal Family has said it will pay for the wedding out of their private funds. | The Royal Family has said it will pay for the wedding out of their private funds. |
| But the event will be on a Saturday so the British public will not be getting a Bank Holiday. | But the event will be on a Saturday so the British public will not be getting a Bank Holiday. |
| The 33-year-old prince, who is fifth in line to the British throne, and the 36-year-old American actress met through a mutual friend in 2016 and managed to keep their relationship secret from the media for several months. | |
| The wedding date presents a potential conflict for Prince William, however. | |
| William is president of the English Football Association, and May 19 is the date of the FA Cup final, one of the biggest English soccer games of the year. William attended this year's match and presented a trophy to the winner, Arsenal. | |
| Ms Markle is set to appear at church with the Windsors at Sandringham on Christmas Day. | |
| She has drawn intense media attention as the first mixed-race person to marry into the British royal family. | |
| Ms Markle announced she is quitting acting to focus on her royal duties and the producers of her hit TV show, Suits, have confirmed they are writing out her character at the end of the seventh series. | |
| The star is well known for her charity work and activism throughout the world | |
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