Do not drop the ring! Archbishop admits some pre-royal wedding nerves

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed he’s feeling nervous about conducting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage ceremony, after he managed to blunder at the wedding rehearsal of one of his own kids.

Justin Welby will preside over the televised royal wedding ceremony on May 19 at the chapel at Windsor Castle, and he told ITV that he had a few must-dos at the top of his mind.

“Unlike at recent weddings, I must not drop the ring, and I must not forget to get the vows in the right order, as I did at the rehearsal for one of my children’s weddings,” he said. “At the heart of it is two people who have fallen in love with each other, who are committing their lives to each other with the most beautiful words and profound thoughts … You just focus on the couple. It’s their day.”

The archbishop recently baptised Markle into the Anglican faith, in what he said was a moving ceremony attended by Prince Charles and Camilla.

“It was very special, it was beautiful and sincere,” he said of the ceremony, adding that it was a great privilege to be asked to take part. He also has regular meetings with the engaged couple to go through the wedding details.

“You talk about what they want in the wedding, discuss it with the Dean of Windsor, it’s what you do for weddings, it’s just on an infinitely larger scale,” he explained.

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The royal family is taking care of other official details, with Queen Elizabeth this week giving her official seal of approval to the marriage. 

“I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, which Consent I am causing to be signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the Books of the Privy Council,” the monarch’s letter to the Privy Council read.

English law states that the first six people in line for the throne must have the Queen’s consent before marrying. 

Did you have a wedding rehearsal? Or have you been at a wedding where things have gone wrong?