.
- Welcome to the royal town
of Windsor...
- Where the stage is set
for the wedding of the year.
[spirited orchestral music]
- In this royal special,
we'll take you inside
a fairy tale wedding.
- "The marriage of
His Royal Highness,
"Prince Henry of Wales
with Ms. Meghan Markle.
Day dress with hat."
- With unprecedented access
to the places...
- Right here, at this altar,
is where he will marry
Meghan Markle.
- And the people at the heart
of Harry and Meghan's big day.
- I'll be riding him
for the carriage on the day.
- These are pieces of art.
- Their hopes...
- I think we'd all love
to see Harry as a father.
- Their fears...
- Unlike recent weddings,
I must not drop the ring.
- And the excitement
of a nation
ready to welcome
a new American princess.
- This is going to be
Meghan's Cinderella moment.
[crowd cheers]
- We'll hear from guests
personally invited
to the wedding.
- That's when it kind of was
like, oh, my gosh,
this is kind of a fairy tale.
- Knowing Prince Harry,
it should be great fun.
- And follow a love story that
takes us from Los Angeles...
- What else are you doing?
- I have an audition today.
- To London...
- He got on one knee.
[chuckles]
- Via the plains of Africa.
- We camped out with each other
under the stars.
- He's just a guy that
she fell in love with.
And he fell in love with her.
- As the final touches
are made
with exclusive access.
- There's a lot to do.
There's a lot to do.
- We invite you to join us
as we take a glimpse
inside the royal wedding.
♪ ♪
[dramatic orchestral music]
- This is Windsor,
the historic English town
that, in just a few days' time,
will play host
to a royal wedding the whole
world is talking about.
- No kidding, and behind us
is Windsor Castle,
home to kings and queens
for nearly 1,000 years.
- And this Saturday, in front
of friends and family...
- And millions of people
watching on TV...
- Prince Harry will marry his
American bride, Meghan Markle,
in a royal wedding
like no other.
♪ ♪
- The ancient town of Windsor
has a population
of just 30,000,
but that will grow five times
over on the big day
with millions more
watching on TV.
[whimsical music]
- The royal wedding is all
anyone's been talking about
for the entire year so far.
- Everybody from around the
world is descending on Windsor.
- It's very exciting 'cause
we're like, this is really it.
This is not, like, a Disneyland
castle modeled after something.
- You can feel it
in the air in Windsor.
Everyone's talking about it
and really looking
forward to it.
- But with excitement
and a huge number of visitors
comes an unprecedented amount
of security in the town.
- We've got the explosive
search dog teams out with us.
We're clearing the streets.
- We all want to make sure
that it's a happy occasion
for everybody.
- We're going to have
a fantastic atmosphere
in Windsor.
[cheers and applause]
We've seen similar weddings
in the past
where the streets are, you
know, bursting with people.
- Yeah, Windsor
knows how to party.
♪ ♪
- Here in Windsor,
the town is getting ready
for Harry to marry Meghan.
It's a happily ever after
for this modern fairy tale.
- It sure is.
I think we could all tell
from the early chapter
of this love story
that this royal romance
was something very special.
It became clear
just how special
when Harry and Meghan
announced their engagement
to the world.
- Uh,
just an amazing surprise.
He got on one knee.
[chuckles]
- She didn't even
let me finish.
She said, "Can I say yes?
Can I say yes now?"
And then there was hugs,
and I had the ring
in my finger
and I was like, "Can I--
"Can I give you the ring?"
She was, "Oh, yes, the ring."
So, no, it was, um--
it was a really nice moment.
It was just the two of us.
- As soon as
the engagement was official,
Meghan was ready to get going
and take on
her most ambitious role yet.
- Being boots on the ground
in the U.K.,
I'm excited to just really
get to know more
about the different
communities here.
- There's a lot to do.
There's a lot to do.
[dramatic orchestral music]
- True to her word,
Meghan has been travelling
thousands of miles
across the country...
[cheering]
To introduce herself
to the British people
before her wedding.
- I think they're fantastic.
I think they're lovely.
I think she just is amazing.
I think she could be
our new Diana.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, yeah.
- We're delighted for her.
We're delighted that
she came to Scotland.
- We British love
a good American beauty.
[cheering]
She told me I was beautiful.
She liked me hat.
[guffaws]
♪ ♪
- From everything
we've seen so far,
I think Meghan is entirely
ready for this role.
It's, in many ways,
something she has almost been
unwittingly preparing for
for years.
- It would be very easy for
someone to stick to
the normal royal protocol,
and maintain a distance from
those they're interacting with,
but she has chosen actively
not to do that,
to go in and to interact
on a personal level.
- She almost seems to be like
a reincarnation
of Princess Diana.
You know,
just like loving people,
touchy-feely.
You know, and I think that's
what we need
from the royal family.
You need that sense of status
because it's very special,
but I think you also need that
connection with real people.
- Real people will be
at the heart
of Harry and Meghan's wedding.
And this tour gave Meghan
a chance
to connect with them...
- Looking forward to see
the prince and the princess.
Whoo!
- Particularly
the young people.
- I think it's really nice
that they came here.
'Cause it, like,
brings everyone together.
It makes everyone happy.
- Arthur Edwards has been
a royal photographer
for 40 years.
- Meghan's
this sort of new mega star.
I've never seen
so many photographers.
- He followed
Meghan and Harry
on their tour of Britain,
and he's always looking out
for that one special moment.
- One very, very good picture
when, um,
Harry met Sophia Richards,
and, uh, she sort of told him
she wanted to be an actress.
And he took her over
to meet Meghan.
[tender music]
♪ ♪
I think that was more--
I think it was brilliant
of Harry to do that.
And of course, Meghan,
I mean, she talked to her.
She shook her hand
and they suddenly hugged.
And it was just a--
a tremendous picture.
♪ ♪
By just hugging her,
I think that said everything.
That just--it said, you know,
"Live your dream, love."
You know.
"If you--if you believe
in yourself, do it."
♪ ♪
- She said that she would
like to see me one day
in the future
being an actress.
And they both said that, um,
I can achieve whatever I want
to achieve in the future.
I think Meghan will be
a great princess because
she's really happy,
and I think she'll travel
to go and see other children
to make them happy as I am.
♪ ♪
- Coming up,
we reveal the secrets
of St George's Chapel.
- The service itself
will happen actually
at the high altar.
- And we find out
what it takes
to get everything ready
for a royal wedding.
- Megan will have in mind
that everything ultimately
is run by the Queen.
[stirring orchestral music]
.
[whimsical orchestral music]
- On Saturday, 600 guests
from Hollywood royalty
to genuine royalty will pass
through those gates
to watch Harry and Meghan
say "I do,"
followed by
a wedding breakfast.
Everything has been planned
down to the very last detail.
♪ ♪
- Secretly,
all over Britain,
specialist craftsmen
and women are racing
to meet
the royal wedding deadline.
♪ ♪
- Meghan is going to be
very, very involved
in all the details of the day.
She's going to want to know
everything's perfect.
♪ ♪
- Everything from
the invitations,
which I hear she was very
heavily involved in.
The food, the way that
St George's Chapel looks...
The flowers, of course.
Everything.
♪ ♪
- Meghan has chosen
her favorite flowers
to decorate the Chapel.
Florist Philippa Craddock
will design the displays,
helped by an experienced team.
Paul Thomas has been a florist
at royal weddings
for more than a decade,
many of them in Windsor.
- I've worked on
the Prince of Wales' wedding,
um, to Camilla.
Peter Phillips' wedding
to Autumn.
And I've stood there in
the middle of St George's
with all this,
looking around me,
and I had a moment.
And it was like, wow.
[laughs]
You know?
It was so exciting.
- Paul can reveal
which flowers will be used
to decorate the chapel
on the day.
- It's lovely.
It's a beautiful selection
of what I would call
Maytime
English garden flowers.
[pensive music]
So there's going to be
foxgloves, which we have here.
♪ ♪
And then, um,
one flower that I--
I knew that they would
always have is the peony,
because that's one of Meghan's
absolute favorite flowers.
Right, these are done.
♪ ♪
- But while flowers
are important,
all eyes will be on
one crucial decision
Meghan has to make,
a decision that has defined
royal weddings in the past.
[dashing orchestral music]
From the elegant
to the downright spectacular.
♪ ♪
- We've got an American
future princess here.
And she's being
looked at globally.
- British designer
Amanda Wakeley
has been dressing royalty
for decades.
The Duchess of Cambridge
wears her designs.
And Meghan is a fan.
- I always,
always advise brides,
go with something that you're
going to look at your pictures
in 10, 20, 30, 40 years' time
and think,
God, I still looked
so gorgeous, so glamorous,
so beautiful in that.
- As for what to
expect on Saturday,
Amanda points back in time to
another Hollywood actress
marrying a prince.
- Well, I always think of,
um, Princess Grace's dress.
♪ ♪
That was just sublime.
And still to this very day
looks so timeless,
so beautiful,
and yet, so regal.
- Protocol is
Meghan's wedding dress
will be shown to the Queen
before she walks
down the aisle in it.
So, little things like that,
she has, you know,
the ultimate say in.
Meghan will have that in mind,
as she has dress fittings,
as well the designer,
that everything ultimately
is run by the Queen.
- Did the Queen have sign off
of William's?
- You would have
to ask the Queen that one.
I'd ask her about the page boys
as well while you're at it,
if she had to have
signed off on that.
[playful orchestral music]
- Russell Kashket
and his family-run business
are world leaders in producing
military uniforms.
♪ ♪
- We--we go from top to toe.
We're a top to toe company.
We can supply absolutely
everything.
Now, when I say
absolutely everything,
I'm even talking
about the body armor.
♪ ♪
- For Prince William's
wedding,
Russell handmade both William
and Harry's outfits,
so he's used to measuring up
the monarch.
- Well, at Prince William,
and Prince Harry
was there as well,
and they're very playful.
You know, and--and, it was--
it was actually
really good fun.
Here, look.
So, if you look at the bottom,
can you see?
Right, this silk's specifically
made for this item.
Can you see?
It's all embroidered.
I mean, the--
these are pieces of art.
This is--this is
like a painting.
This is--you--you don't really
get much better
than things like this.
This is beautiful.
Prince William wore
a coat similar to this
when he was getting
in his Aston Martin
when the world were watching
him and his new wife drive off.
[spirited orchestral music]
Nice car, nice coat.
♪ ♪
- William will be
Harry's best man on Saturday.
Russell won't tell us
if he's making
either of their outfits.
- I can't--
I can't tell you that.
- But as Britain's top
military tailor,
let's just say
he's getting very busy
before the royal wedding.
♪ ♪
[stirring orchestral music]
- On the morning of the
wedding, Meghan will travel
with her mother,
Doria Radlan,
to Windsor Castle, to prepare
for the service itself.
Her father will
walk her down the aisle.
The ceremony will take place
inside historic
St George's Chapel,
where few people
have ever been
allowed to film.
But our Keir Simmons
got a sneak peek inside.
♪ ♪
- St George's Chapel is more
than 500 years old
and holds a unique place
in British history.
Harry was christened here
as a baby.
And right here at this altar,
in front of 600 guests,
is where he will marry
Meghan Markle.
♪ ♪
This is very special for us,
to get to be here.
Why is this place so special
to Prince Harry?
- Well, he chose it
for his wedding,
uh, but he's not
the first to have done that,
so, uh, it--
he was baptized here.
Um, uh, Windsor Castle
is a family home,
so it's a very nice place
to come.
- What's a royal wedding
like here?
It's more intimate
and less formal than, say,
uh, Westminster Abbey
or St Paul's.
- Well, certainly
it's a smaller building,
so, obviously,
there are fewer people.
Um, and, uh,
that element of the service,
which--which takes place
at the high altar,
it is really just the priest
and the couple,
uh, concentrating together.
[pensive music]
- The man
tasked with marrying
Prince Harry to Meghan is
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- One has marriage preparation
with the couple.
You talk about what
they want in the wedding.
Um, just what you do
for weddings.
It's just on a--[chuckling]--
an infinitely larger scale.
♪ ♪
I try and remember,
unlike recent weddings,
I must not drop the ring.
♪ ♪
- Just tell us
about the choreography
of a royal wedding here.
What happens where?
- Uh, well, the bride will come
in through the west doors
at the end of the nave, uh,
but the service itself
will happen actually
at the high altar.
Sign the registers, um,
and emerge then,
and walk as a couple,
a married couple,
all the way down
to the west doors,
uh, and out of St George's.
- With the official ceremony
complete,
Harry and Meghan will
come out of the chapel
and walk down these steps
where thousands of
specially invited guests
will get their first glimpse of
the newly married royal couple.
♪ ♪
- Coming up...
How Prince Harry found
happiness after heartache.
- He looks so happy to finally
have someone by his side.
- Californians
prepare for a Windsor wedding.
- I am sending her
photos of dresses
because I've no idea
what I'm going to wear.
- And is the British
monarchy
ready for Meghan Markle?
- Equality means that a wife
is equal to her husband.
♪ ♪
.
[playful orchestral music]
- It's a long way from where
she grew up in California,
but here in Kensington,
West London,
is where Meghan and Harry will
be living once they're married.
But Meghan hasn't forgotten
her friends back home.
♪ ♪
- This is the royal invitation.
Look at that.
It's gold leafing.
It says, "His Royal Highness,
the Prince of Wales,
"requests the pleasure of the
company of" me--tsk, weird--
"at the marriage of His Royal
Highness Prince Henry of Wales
"with Ms. Meghan Markle
at St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle."
And then it says,
"Day dress with hat."
Meghan said
she had a milliner that, uh,
she could put me in contact
with, which I will probably
be taking her up on,
because I am ill-prepared.
- Janina has
been friends with Meghan
for 15 years.
- This is a sweet one.
She had just
started dating Harry,
and it was quite clear that
that was her guy,
that was her one.
Yeah.
[stirring orchestral music]
- I'm ready.
- Your Royal Highness,
take one.
- From a very early age,
Meghan showed a passion
for performance,
combined with real drive
and ambition.
- I have an audition today.
For a music video.
- Nick Collins
has been Meghan's agent
for more than a decade.
- She has this posture that
even, you know,
11 years ago,
she just had a poise,
like a--a strength,
a confidence,
that, as we got
to know each other,
I realized the confidence,
you know, it has its cracks,
like, of course,
like anyone does.
But she, um--she just
commanded it in a way
that she was, like,
comfortable in her own skin.
And there was just like a--
a calmness about her, I think.
I remember she said,
"I just--I just want to be
on a TV series.
"I want to be, you know, on a--
on an amazing show."
That was her goal in--
in our first meeting.
That's what she told me.
- Mike Ross.
Hi, I'm Rachel Zane.
I'll be giving you
your orientation.
- Wow.
- Sure enough,
Meghan landed a role
in a major TV series,
"Suits."
Bonnie Hammer hired her.
- Before anybody really knew
who she was,
beyond those
who watched "Suits,"
she used a platform
that was relatively small
to talk about
women's equality,
women's education,
health, clean water.
- I am proud to be a woman
and a feminist.
[cheers and applause]
- Meghan will make
a speech at her wedding
on Saturday,
another break
from royal protocol
that may be a sign
of things to come.
- Equality means that a wife
is equal to her husband.
Not better, not worse.
They are equal.
- Your Highness,
Your Highness, great party.
- While Meghan
was playing dress-up
as a princess,
thousands of miles away,
her future husband
was growing up as a prince.
♪ ♪
From the very start,
Arthur Edwards has been there,
capturing Harry's life
through a lens.
- Well, from the day
he was born, really.
I mean, I was there
outside the hospital
when, uh, Princess Diana and
Prince Charles carried him out.
[cheering]
Press Secretary Victor Chapman
shouted to us all,
"His name is going to be Henry,
but he's going
to be known as Harry."
♪ ♪
- But a life lived in
the glare of the cameras
was not always easy.
♪ ♪
- This is Diana.
A fantastic mother, Diana.
They were the most
loved children,
and it's when you looked
at pictures like this,
when, uh--when you learn
that she died,
that really upset me.
- The impact of his mother's
death was enormous on him.
Coming to terms
with Diana's death,
but also, I think,
the impact that had on him
finding his role
within the royal family.
- Prince Harry
found a new role
when he committed to serving
with the British military.
[spirited orchestral music]
His two tours in Afghanistan
had a huge impact
on his character.
- You know, he wore
a uniform for ten years.
He deployed during that time.
He's been on the frontline.
You know, he's--he's been in
the trenches with the men.
So he's got a unique
understanding of it that
I don't think many people
in his position have.
[indistinct speech on radio]
♪ ♪
- Inspired
by his fellow soldiers,
Prince Harry set up
the Invictus Games,
a sporting competition
for injured veterans.
It was at Invictus last year
that he chose to introduce
his future bride to the world.
♪ ♪
- Seeing as we saw Harry with
Meghan at Invictus in Toronto,
it was very clear that there
was going to be an announcement
that was imminent, but I
think the way it was done
was interesting, you know.
It was very supposedly
causal and relaxed,
and I think that was very much
Harry's way of saying,
This is how I want this to go.
- Competing in front
of Harry and Meghan were
an inspiring group
of athletes,
many good friends
of the prince.
- Toronto was nuts.
- Towner is closing on Ormrod.
- The crowd is going crazy.
- Royal Marine
Mark Ormrod lost both legs
and one arm serving
in Afghanistan.
- That was phenomenal
to be there
and to have that medal
presented to me,
you know, the first medal
that I--that I won that day,
by Prince Harry was something
that I'll never forget.
- Prince Harry also
showed his softer side
at Invictus when he
became the unlikely victim
of a popcorn thief.
[playful music]
- That was my cheeky
little daughter,
um, stealing popcorn
from Prince Harry's pot.
♪ ♪
My wife was heavily pregnant,
and my daughter was not
particularly happy
to be there.
Prince Harry ordered popcorn,
um, so that he could
give the popcorn to her.
♪ ♪
- Emily's dad, Dave,
is looking forward
to the wedding on Saturday.
There may not be
any popcorn,
but he's still expecting
a lot of fun.
- Knowing Prince Harry,
it's going to be
as much fun as is possible
to put into a royal wedding.
It's going to be much more
party and community focused.
Um, yeah,
it should be great fun.
- Coming up...
The recipe for the perfect
royal wedding cake.
- And it'll be exquisite.
- Beauti--beautiful.
- And the secrets
of royal etiquette
Meghan's guests
will have to learn.
- Meghan, if you're watching
this, I will get it right.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
.
[pensive music]
- It is just days
before the wedding,
and at the Royal School
in Windsor,
the children are preparing
for one of the biggest days
of their lives...
- This morning you are going to
be designing some bunting.
- Harry and Meghan
have invited
a lucky few to join them
on their special day.
[overlapping chatter]
- We got picked out of a hat.
25 of us.
- We didn't know that it was
going to be us,
and then it was us.
- I'm really excited.
- She'll probably be
wearing a white dress
with pearls on.
- I expect he won't be
wearing a suit of armor.
♪ ♪
- Um, I think the royal
wedding is much more exciting
because the royal family's
very special.
♪ ♪
- The children will be
part of the 2,600 people
invited into the castle
grounds on that day.
- This will absolutely
be a wedding
of the people.
Where this lives for them
is not about
the pomp and circumstance.
Of course,
they respect tradition,
and love tradition.
It will be very traditional.
But...
this is
a shared experience.
- But not everyone
will get to share
in the more private moments
of the day.
After the ceremony
in the chapel,
600 guests will make their way
to St George's Hall
for the formal
wedding breakfast.
♪ ♪
- Well, the atmosphere's
always tremendously exciting
as these events build up.
You know, you spend the day
on site,
watching candles getting lit,
florist deliveries,
and all sorts of things
to--to set a--what is it?--
a piece of theater.
♪ ♪
- There's going to be a variety
of people around this table.
You're going to have royals,
celebrities, VIPs,
dignitaries,
all sorts of backgrounds.
It's a real mixture.
[whimsical orchestral music]
For some guests, sitting
down at this kind of table,
it can be a--a bit
of a minefield.
It can be overwhelming.
- I am embarrassingly American,
but it means a lot to me
to get it right, as well.
- [stammers] Do I curtsy?
I know I don't shake hands.
Can I hug?
- When the guests actually
come into the room,
the first thing
they're going to do is
go to where
they're going to be seated.
Hopefully, a butler
or a gentleman
will assist with the ladies
by moving the chair
for the ladies.
And the lady will then be able
to come in from this side.
- Can you tell that butler
to call me, please?
I want to make sure that I get
all the details right.
Meghan, if you're watching
this, I will get it right.
[laughs]
- There will of course
be plenty of protocol,
but the wedding will also
reflect the character
of the bride and groom.
- Meghan is not formal.
Meghan is warm.
She's a hugger.
She's a kisser.
I heard a story from her
very early
in their dating,
and Meghan would come up
to the palace,
and she'd get out of the car,
and she'd have a bag or two.
The guards would
basically greet her,
and kind of walk her in.
After the first
couple of times,
I guess she started
giving a hug to the guys,
which wasn't exactly protocol.
And at some point,
somebody said to her,
"Well, you know, people don't
usually do that."
And she literally said,
"I'm American, I hug."
- But there's
one rule that even Americans
will have to observe
during the meal.
- When the Queen
finishes eating,
the plates will
then get cleared.
It's a--a very old tradition.
So it's worth being about
where the Queen is
to make sure that you--you
finish before she finishes.
Otherwise, as I said, your
plate might get taken away.
- Of course,
it would not be
a royal wedding reception
without a royal wedding cake.
- The order for the royal
wedding cake
came as no surprise
to the Navy.
They made the last one for the
Prince and Princess of Wales.
- Traditionally,
they are a grand affair,
rich fruit cakes built
into a spectacular design.
[calm orchestral music]
Prince Harry's grandmother
the Queen's cake
was an amazing 9 feet tall.
His brother Prince William's
cake was made of eight tiers
covered in hundreds
of handmade flowers.
It weighed
more than 150 pounds
and took five weeks to make.
Fiona and Rachel should know.
They made it.
- It was top secret.
- Top secret.
Couldn't tell
a soul apart from you.
- Couldn't tell anybody,
so I was going to pick
my children up
with a sort of big grin
on my face,
and then not being
able to share it.
- Then we went to meet Kate,
and I was so nervous
I walked past William
on the stairs.
Do you remember?
It was--anyway, I did.
Kate had a very clear idea
that the cake was
to tell a story.
♪ ♪
- Harry and Meghan's cake
will tell a story too.
Claire Ptak
of the Violet Bakery
is also a Californian
living in London.
Her cake will give
an ancient royal tradition
a fresh, modern twist.
- It's going to be
lemon and elderflower.
Fresh edible flowers.
Very light. And it'll be...
- Beautiful. Exquisite.
- Beautiful.
A lemon and elderflower cake
is a break
from royal tradition,
which has over the last--
I don't know how many royal
weddings, but going back...
- To Queen Victoria, certainly.
- Many--a century or so,
um, has been
a rich fruit cake.
But I--I'm--I'm not surprised.
Shows absolutely
a personal touch.
But so it should.
It absolutely--
that's how it should be.
- After the formal dinner,
just 200 close friends
are invited to the afterparty
at nearby Frogmore House.
- After the cutting
of the cake,
that's really the signal that
the formalities have ended.
- Peregrine Armstrong-Jones
was in charge
of the last royal wedding
party in Windsor.
- Windsor Castle was made
for exactly this purpose.
Inviting guests, and for those
guests to have a good time.
Once the music starts,
then boom, off you go,
and you're into a party.
- Coming up...
How Harry and Meghan fell
in love under African skies.
- We camped out with each other
under the stars.
- And how Africa
is falling for Meghan.
- Here they are together.
- Wow.
- Wow, what a beautiful woman.
Just love that smile, you know?
[laughter]
.
[stirring orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- A British royal wedding
is truly a sight to behold.
♪ ♪
Who can forget Kate
Middleton's stunning dress
and the crowds outside
Westminster Abbey.
♪ ♪
When Princess Diana
walked down the aisle
at St Paul's Cathedral,
750 million people
were watching on television.
- But those millions
of viewers
didn't see moments like this.
This exclusive footage
wasn't broadcast at the time
and shows intimate
moments of the day,
like Diana reaching
for Prince Charles' hand,
and Her Majesty
clearly enjoying the moment.
[whimsical orchestral music]
The Queen also
caught the conductor
knocking over a lampshade
and struggled
to hold back a smile.
- Royal weddings are always
spectacular,
but right from
the beginning it was clear
this one would
have a modern twist.
- Yeah, there won't be any
presidents here,
no politicians.
That's a real break
from protocol.
Instead, there will be
thousands of guests here
from Meghan and Harry's
chosen charities.
[dashing orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- Harry and Meghan
have sent out
1,200 golden tickets,
wedding invitations to
regular British people
across the country
who have served
their local communities.
♪ ♪
- Really, very shocked.
Really shocked.
Still in a bit of shock.
- 14-year-old Reuben
was born deaf,
and came up with the idea of
teaching sign language
at his school.
His hard work has now been
recognized by the palace.
♪ ♪
Whee!
Whoo-hoo!
- Putting other people
at the heart of their wedding
is clearly important
to Harry and Meghan.
And it's something
the original people's princess
would surely be proud of.
- Prince Harry's mother
is a huge inspiration to him.
And he wants
to continue her legacy
in areas where she wasn't able
to complete her work.
- Whenever I've asked Harry
about his mother,
he will always say that every
single decision he makes
in life that's important,
either about his work
or about his personal life,
he thinks about what his mother
would've said or done.
So there's no doubt that Diana
is still a hugely important
part of his life and
the way he leads his life.
♪ ♪
- Nowhere is Prince Harry's
work on Diana's legacy
more visible than in Africa.
all:
[singing in foreign language]
- Keir Simmons
visited the foundation
Prince Harry set up
in his mother's memory
that is still transforming
children's lives.
- Sentebale has helped me
in different ways.
Firstly, I wasn't able
to make peace with myself
being HIV positive,
but with Sentebale
being proud of us,
we actually gain that support,
actually gained that courage.
- What about Prince Harry?
- Prince Harry.
[chuckles]
Oh, my God. Prince Harry--
It's--I don't know how to say,
but I think he's a--
He's an angel from above,
because if it wasn't for him,
some of the things
wouldn't be happening.
- This wouldn't be here
without Prince Harry.
- Yes.
- None of this?
- None of this.
[upbeat music]
- Prince Seeiso of
Lesotho
is an old friend of Prince
Harry,
and founded the Sentebale
charity with him.
He has been preparing for
Harry's wedding for a while.
- I joked to him when we were,
uh, at--at William's wedding.
I said, "Hey, you better tell
me quickly because
"I'm going to bring
my ten horsemen with me,
"so that they can troupe down
the mall
behind the royal carriage."
[laughs]
I think I'm going
to be sitting there
with mixed emotions.
Harry, having seen him go
through the ups and downs,
the hiccups in his life,
now he's a grown man
taking on a new chapter
in his life.
Always wanting
to wish him the best.
And we'll still expect
him back
as a backer of children,
of course.
[laughs]
As a granduncle, I-I--
[laughs]
I still want to see
my nephews and nieces
coming to visit me
here in Lesotho.
- Africa is even more
special now to Prince Harry.
It's the place where
he won Meghan's heart.
- On one date,
early in their romance,
Harry whisked Meghan
away to Africa.
Here they fell in love.
[stirring orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- I managed to persuade her to
come and join me in Botswana.
[hisses]
And we--and we--we--
We camped out with each other
under the stars,
and we spent--kind of enjoyed
five days out there,
which was absolutely fantastic.
So then we were really
by ourselves, um,
which I--which was crucial to
me to make sure that we had
a--a chance to get
to know each other.
- As they camped out
together under African skies,
Harry and Meghan's
relationship
was still a secret
from the world.
Only their closest friends
back home
knew they had both found
someone very special.
- She was giddy, but she
was also sort of saying,
"I--I think this is my guy."
It was a really
beautiful thing to watch.
- The children of Sentebale
are also falling
for Meghan Markle.
- Do you want to see a picture?
- Yes, we do.
- Here they are together.
- Wow.
- Wow, what a beautiful woman.
I just love that smile,
you know?
- Yeah.
[laughter]
- It's rumored the royal
couple may honeymoon here.
This incredible place will
always hold a special place
in Harry and Meghan's hearts.
Coming up...
The final preparations
for the wedding of the year.
- And we get a chance
to ride along
Harry and Meghan's
royal route.
- There's so much that's
modern about this wedding.
But some things
are too perfect.
You could not do without this.
- No, you could not.
♪ ♪
.
[dashing orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- In the Royal Mews
at Buckingham Palace,
the horses are being groomed
for Harry and Meghan's
big day.
One horse in particular
is getting
some special treatment.
Milford Haven here has
got a big job on Saturday.
- The carriage is pulled
by four horses.
He will be the lead postilion
on the left-hand side,
so I'll be riding him for--
for the carriage on the day.
- Milford
won't be fazed by the scale
of the celebrations.
This is not his first rodeo.
- He's done Ascot,
he's done Trooping the Colour.
Basically every
engagement we have
where Her Majesty needs
to be pulled in a carriage.
Reliable Milford here, he's in
the lead of the Queen's team.
He's a special horse.
We're all quite proud
of him really.
[dashing orchestral music]
- The carriage itself,
if the sun shines, will be
the Ascot Landau, a favorite
of Her Majesty, the Queen.
♪ ♪
The carriage ride will be
a highlight of the day
for the thousands of visitors
to Windsor.
- We got the chance
to take a ride ourselves
along the royal couple's
wedding route.
♪ ♪
- This will be Meghan's
Cinderella moment,
in a horse-drawn carriage,
marrying her Prince Charming
in her dream dress.
- Oh, my gosh.
And this is how the people
of Windsor
are first going to see
the married couple.
They're going to be lined on
these tiny streets.
- There is so much that's
modern about this wedding,
but some things are
too perfect.
You could not do without this.
- No, you could not.
♪ ♪
- Royal wedding carriages have
wowed Windsor crowds before,
but there's been nothing
on a scale
quite like
this coming Saturday.
- This horse-drawn carriage is
going to go on a journey
through Windsor town
and end up on what's called
"the long walk
into Windsor Castle."
- With thousands of people
cheering her on,
Meghan will ride
into the castle
as a brand new member
of the British royal family,
her life now changed forever.
[dramatic music]
- Prince Harry is a very
symbol of the royal family.
And she will be too when
she's married to him.
So there will be an enormous
amount of official work,
whether it's state banquets
or international tours,
or Trooping the Colour,
that first big balcony scene
we're going to see, you know,
shortly after their wedding.
That's going to be
really interesting.
- Those who know
the couple well
are expecting big things.
- Both Meghan and Prince Harry
will go for a cause
that they're passionate about.
And won't be afraid to say
what they need to say
to get the message across.
♪ ♪
- She'll break convention,
but in a good way,
in a healthy way.
- Meghan is going to bring
a breath of transatlantic air
into royal chambers.
- She is sacrificing privacy.
She's gaining
the love of her life.
Pretty good reason.
- Back in Los Angeles,
her old friends promise
to keep her grounded.
- I hope that there's
a dedicated part
of her address book that just
says "non-royal friends."
- Meghan has a lifetime
of non-royal friends.
We love her.
We're not going anywhere.
[cheering]
- Britain
is ready to welcome
a new American princess,
to see Prince Harry settle,
and start a new chapter
in British royal history.
- You have a--an American
marrying
the most popular member
of the royal family.
That's a very big deal.
- This is a fairy tale wedding.
This isn't just Great Britain;
this is the world watching.
- I have no doubt that
Princess Diana
is looking down, like any
mother feeling extremely proud.
- The moment he and Meghan
became an item,
it became very clear that this
was going to go all the way.
- The final touches
are being made.
Windsor is ready.
- We're ready.
And the world is waiting
for the wedding of the year.
♪ ♪