What are the wedding protocols Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have to follow when they get married?
THE ROYAL Family is busy preparing for the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The loved-up pair will tie the knot on Saturday and the event is likely to be steeped in royal tradition, with a number of rules the couple are likely to have to follow. Here's our round up of the most important...
His outfit
It is expected that a Prince should get married in traditional military dress and Harry won't be any different.
The red-head royal will be expected to don a dashing uniform honouring his military service.
The seating at the ceremony
Some couples opt for groom's family on one side and bride's on the other, while others go for the "now that we're together forever, please sit wherever" trend.
But this royal couple won't have that flexibility - as protocol dictates that Harry's family will sit on the right-hand side of the church.
The ring
The tradition is that aristocratic men don't wear wedding rings.
Neither Prince Phillip nor Prince William wears the symbolic jewellery.
However, Harry may choose to shun tradition like his father.
Prince Charles wore a ring on his baby finger following his wedding to Princess Diana, only removing it in 2005 just before his wedding to Camilla.
He now sports a wedding band commemorating his marriage with Camilla Parker Bowles.
The Invitations
It's generally tradition to invite your family to your wedding - in this case, Harry will be inviting the likes of The Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William.
The couple sent out the invitations on March 22, 2018.
Breaking tradition after Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton, Harry and Meghan did not invite any political figures! that includes Donald Trump and Theresa May.
Inevitably a host of foreign royals will be in attendance, especially those from the Commonwealth.
Around 600 people have been invited to the service at St George's Chapel while 2,600 members of public have been invited to the day including
The cake(s)
Harry and his guests will be chowing down on not one, but TWO wedding cakes.
The groom's cake is traditionally a fruit cake but Prince William bucked the trend and went for his fave - a chocolate fudge cake.
New name
It's not just Meghan who would change her name post-marriage.
Harry is likely to be given a new title by the Queen following the nuptials.
The bookies' favourite is currently the grand-sounding Duke of Sussex which would make Meghan the Duchess of Sussex.
The stag
It's common knowledge that Harry knows how to throw a party so we expect him to go all out on his "last night of freedom".
Very little is known about Prince William's final hurrah, and Harry will have to keep his event equally secret.
Meanwhile, these are the wedding pics that show what Meghan might look like on the big day.
And these are Meghan Markle’s potential bridesmaids, including an ex Made In Chelsea star, a tennis hero and an Indian actress.
