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| Royal wedding: Windsor set for rehearsal of carriage procession | Royal wedding: Windsor set for rehearsal of carriage procession |
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| A rehearsal of the carriage procession through Windsor for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is under way. | |
| More than 250 members of the armed forces are taking part in the rehearsal - along with the couple's carriage. | |
| After tying the knot on Saturday, Harry and Ms Markle will travel through Windsor in the Ascot Landau carriage. | After tying the knot on Saturday, Harry and Ms Markle will travel through Windsor in the Ascot Landau carriage. |
| Used in official and ceremonial state events, the carriage will be pulled by Windsor grey horses. | Used in official and ceremonial state events, the carriage will be pulled by Windsor grey horses. |
| On Saturday the procession will take place at 13:00 BST, after the hour-long service at St George's Chapel. | On Saturday the procession will take place at 13:00 BST, after the hour-long service at St George's Chapel. |
| Members of both families will gather on the steps of the chapel to wave off the newlyweds on their carriage procession, which is expected to last about 25 minutes. | Members of both families will gather on the steps of the chapel to wave off the newlyweds on their carriage procession, which is expected to last about 25 minutes. |
| The carriage will leave Castle Hill, travel through Windsor and then it will proceed up the Long Walk all the way back to St George's Hall by Windsor Castle. | The carriage will leave Castle Hill, travel through Windsor and then it will proceed up the Long Walk all the way back to St George's Hall by Windsor Castle. |
| Kensington Palace revealed on Wednesday that Prince Harry's niece, three-year-old Princess Charlotte, will be one of six bridesmaids at the wedding. | Kensington Palace revealed on Wednesday that Prince Harry's niece, three-year-old Princess Charlotte, will be one of six bridesmaids at the wedding. |
| Her elder brother, Prince George, aged four, will be a pageboy alongside three other young boys. | Her elder brother, Prince George, aged four, will be a pageboy alongside three other young boys. |
| The 10 children who have been chosen are all aged seven or under. | The 10 children who have been chosen are all aged seven or under. |
| So far, the details of the bridesmaids' dresses and the pageboys' uniforms remain under wraps. | So far, the details of the bridesmaids' dresses and the pageboys' uniforms remain under wraps. |
| Ms Markle, 36, will not have a maid of honour because she wanted to avoid choosing between her closest friends. | Ms Markle, 36, will not have a maid of honour because she wanted to avoid choosing between her closest friends. |
| It is still unclear who will walk her down the aisle after it was reported that her father was due to have heart surgery. | It is still unclear who will walk her down the aisle after it was reported that her father was due to have heart surgery. |
| Thomas Markle had told US website TMZ he would not go to the wedding amid a row over paparazzi photographs; then that he would; then that he could not because of a planned heart procedure. | Thomas Markle had told US website TMZ he would not go to the wedding amid a row over paparazzi photographs; then that he would; then that he could not because of a planned heart procedure. |
| Kensington Palace has declined to comment. | Kensington Palace has declined to comment. |
| Meanwhile, a petition organised by campaign group Republic has been handed to MPs. | Meanwhile, a petition organised by campaign group Republic has been handed to MPs. |
| Signed by 32,000 people, the petition calls on MPs to make the Royal Family pay for the security and policing surrounding Saturday's wedding and for the government to publish a report of all costs to taxpayers. | Signed by 32,000 people, the petition calls on MPs to make the Royal Family pay for the security and policing surrounding Saturday's wedding and for the government to publish a report of all costs to taxpayers. |
| Republic chief executive Graham Smith said: "There is nothing inevitable about the public spending on a royal wedding. If the royals don't want to pay a big security bill they could have had a private wedding in Sandringham or Balmoral." | Republic chief executive Graham Smith said: "There is nothing inevitable about the public spending on a royal wedding. If the royals don't want to pay a big security bill they could have had a private wedding in Sandringham or Balmoral." |