Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were observed by millions around the world as they celebrated their wedding – lip readers have reflected on what the pair said to each other that day
Lip readers think they have revealed the words spoken by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day, and the instructions she whispered back. The pair were married in a dreamy ceremony at Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel in 2018.
A nervous-looking Harry told his bride she looked “amazing” and that he was a “lucky guy”, prompting a radiant Meghan to reply with a simple “thank you”, according to Good Morning America. Then, as the eyes of the world watched, Meghan is said to have told Harry “ok let’s kiss”, lip reader Larry Wenig told Inside Edition, suggesting Meghan had taken the lead.
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The stressful day that was watched by millions around the world saw a few understandably choice words, experts have suggested. One moment came when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled through the historic royal town of Windsor in a horse-drawn carriage and Meghan said “oh, f**k”. Others think the duchess simply said “oh, wow”.
Later, as the carriage made its way towards the reception, a relieved Harry appeared to say he was “ready for a drink now”. The couple will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary on Monday.
Harry and Meghan continue to live in the US after the royal feud that separated the couple from frontline royal duties and their family. Hopes of a reconciliation may require a “dignified silence” from Harry, according to Majesty Magazine’s managing editor Joe Little.
After losing the latest round in his court battle over security, Harry, 40, told the BBC that the King will not speak to him and he does not know “how much longer my father has” left. Mr Little said he found Harry’s comments about the health of Charles – who is being treated for cancer – “quite alarming”.
In his BBC interview, Harry said: “And I said, life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has, he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile.” Mr Little added: “From what Harry is saying, despite admitting that he has not spoken to his father for some time, I thought it sent out a bit of a mixed message, really. Is Harry suggesting that the King isn’t as well as we are led to believe?”
Mr Little described the overall situation as “a very unfortunate state of affairs” and is uncertain if it helps repair tensions since Harry and Meghan stepped away from being working members of the royal family as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2020, and to a new life in the US with their children.
Mr Little said: “I think for somebody who is seeking reconciliation with his father, his brother and his family, his royal family as a whole, I think the very last thing that he should have been doing was talking publicly.
“He clearly feels aggrieved at the outcome of this legal action but there is a great deal to be gained by maintaining a dignified silence – sadly, as we know from from past events, this isn’t Harry’s way of doing things. Maybe lessons just haven’t been learned from previous occasions where also silence would have been the very best thing to maintain.” On whether a reconciliation could take place soon, he added: “It’s hard to see how that would be possible, but never say never.”
The rift between the Sussexes and the royal family opened significantly following their interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which they alleged a member of the family was concerned about their son Archie’s skin tone before he was born. Then the duke claimed in his controversial memoir, Spare, that William had physically attacked him and that the King put his own interests above Harry’s and was jealous of Meghan. In a series of interviews to promote the book, Harry attacked the reputation of Camilla, saying her willingness to forge relationships with the British press made her “dangerous” and he said she tried to rehabilitate her “image” at his cost.