this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at 8pm... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. fanfare. the bride arrived at the chapel with ten pageboys and bridesmaids and wearing a dress by a female british designer. prince charles accompanied meghan markle down the final part of the aisle — while prince harry and her mother looked on. meghan, i give you this ring. as a sign of our marriage. with my body, i honour you. all that i am i give to you. with the queen and duke of edinburgh watching, the married couple made their way to see the thousands waiting

outside the castle grounds. celebrity friends and family were among the 600 people in the chapel — while more than 1000 members of the public were invited into the castle grounds. it's like being in a dream. all day it was like we were walking on air. it's kind of like, wow, it's been a great day, the weather's been lovely. it couldn't have been better. in the past hour, prince harry has driven meghan markle in a classic e—type jaguar from windsor castle to a reception for close family and friends at nearby frogmore house. and in sport, we'll have coverage of all of today's football action as chelsea beat manchester united to win the fa cup and celtic triumph over motherwell in the scottish cup final. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

prince harry has married meghan markle in the historic surroundings of st george's chapel at windsor castle. the ceremony — watched by a global audience of hundreds of millions of people — was a blend of traditional british pageantry with a modern outlook — a mix of gospel music and hymns. the couple, the new duke and duchess of sussex, made their vows to love and cherish each other watched by family and celebrity friends with more than 100,000 people lining the narrow streets of windsor to convey their delight. in the past hour, prince harry and his new wife meghan left windsor castle in an open—top jaguar for their evening wedding reception at frogmore house on the windsor estate. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor castle for a very british occasion. in sparkling sunshine,

huge crowds lining the long walk watched and cheered as the motorcade brought meghan markle to her wedding. in the car, meghan and her mother, doria ragland. within the castle grounds, the groom, harry, and best man william, dressed in the frockcoat uniforms of their former regiment, had walked down to st george's chapel. the queen arrived with the duke of edinburgh. his first formal appearance since his hip replacement operation six weeks ago. at precisely midday, the bride's limousine arrived at the chapel‘s great west door. for the first time, there was a clear sight of the wedding dress, the work of the british designer

clare waight keller. there was a tiara, a veil in which had been woven emblems from every commonwealth country, and a long train. at the altar, a groom looking a little anxious, and the bride's mother. what, one wonders, were her emotions today? at the great west door, the bride was ready. it was a moment to make a page boy, and many others, gasp. she walked the first part of the procession accompanied by her young attendants, the page boys and bridesmaids, among whom were prince george and princess charlotte. and then, at the halfway point,

she was joined by prince charles, taking the role which should have been that of the bride's father, and ecorting her to the high altar, where harry was waiting. thank you, pa, said harry. at that moment, it became all about the two people standing at the altar. the archbishop of canterbury led the couple in their marriage vows. i, harry, take you, meghan. i, harry, take you, meghan, to be my wife. to have and to hold. from this day forward. for better, for worse. for richer, for poorer.

in sickness and in health. to love and to cherish. till death us do part. i, meghan, take you, harry. to be my husband. to have and to hold. for richer, for poorer. in sickness, and in health. to love and to cherish. till death us do part. rings were exchanged, and the archbishop of canterbury made the proclamation all those watching had been waiting for. i therefore proclaim that they are husband and wife.

a gospel choir sang stand by me. # stand... #byme...# and an american preacher talked about love. think about a time when you first fell in love. love is the only way. there's power in love. among the congregation was a sprinkling of celebrities. but, like any wedding, the day belonged to the husband and wife at the centre of it. in this case, the couple who will now be known as their royal highnesses the duke and duchess of sussex. the titles have been bestowed by the queen. the duke escorted his duchess out of the chapel. 0n the steps, they paused for a kiss. and then to their waiting carriage and the procession

through the centre of windsor. they were escorted by the lifeguards and the blues and royals, squeezing their way through the narrow streets of the centre of town. the crowds were much too much for a town the size of windsor. most people had been directed down to the long walk, where they had been waiting in the sunshine. it was a chance for the public to feel part of the celebrations. and many thousands had responded. packing the long walk to offer their greetings and congratulations to the royal family's newlyweds, harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex. nicholas witchell, bbc news, windsor. well, the happy couple have now left windsor castle and headed to a small reception nearby. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has more. well, the duke and duchess of sussex, as they are now known, have just completed their last public

engagement, if you want to call it an engagement. it has been an astonishingly long day, probably one of the longest days. that fabulous marriage service in st george's chapel, followed by a lunchtime reception for 600 people hosted by her majesty the queen. a brief pause after that reception, let's not forget the procession that happened before the reception, and we just saw them drive off in a rather impressive jaguar e—type, silver blue e—type that the palace informs us has been transferred so it can use electric power. the duchess of sussex, as we will now call her, had changed out of her wedding dress and into a bespoke lilly white high necked stella mccartney number. and if you are able to look closely at the car you will see that the number plates of that jaguar e—type are ei90518, and that of course is their marriage day.

we will not see anything more of them, they are going into a private reception at frogmore house which is in the grounds of windsor castle and that is hosted by prince harry's father, the prince of wales. 200 people there, it is the close friends and family who have been invited to that one. i imagine a day or two of rest and then on tuesday they will be at the prince of wales's garden party, held especially to celebrate his 70th birthday. friends, families and fans packed the streets and the tree—lined long walk to get a glimpse of the new duke and duchess of sussex going past in their carriage. some spent the night waiting, many came in fancy dress for picnics in the spring sunshine. reeta chakra barti spent the day with them. # you just walked in... # i make you smile... # it's cool, but you don't even know me... they weren't on the guest list,

but they weren't going to miss this party and everybody was determined to have themselves a ball. elsie, helen and courtney — three generations of the same family, devoted royalist, they think they have notched up nine royal weddings between them. i mean, we've done it before because we went, all three of us, plus other members of our family, we went to see kate and william. it is a really good atmosphere and nice to be with the family and doing it together. it is a community spirit, it's just wonderful, it really is, it's when britain comes together. it's just fantastic. we are all royalists. i did go to princess margaret in the mall again. that was years ago, and she was beautiful. the members of the armed forces are enjoying a day off in the sun. we see harry quite often,

being in the queen's guards, we see them in many occasions, parades and things coming up. we also see him at different events in london. have you ever spoken to him? i have indeed. i did the security for the london marathon, we had a chat. for 12—year—old phoebe, the bride was the main draw. meghan is american. she is not fully british and everything, she is, like, multicultural, and it's really nice, you can relate to her. it's really nice to have a change, that's what i like about it. six—year—old rose had a novel theory about prince harry. harry's lonely and he was in the war. i don't know anything else! as people watched proceedings on the big screen, there was admiration for the dress. applause for the queen and meghan markle‘s mother. and some hilarity at

watching contrasting worlds within the chapel. this is the moment they have been waiting for. people have been here for hours and hours. i got the back a little bit and the front of the horses and the carriage. it is a lot to take in in such a short amount of time. but this is absolutely amazing. when they went past, we got a perfect shot. it was very weird that i've actually seen them in person now. in my dreams, i thought i would never be able to see them in person. as we mentioned more than 100,000 members of the public came to windsor to enjoy the big day, here are some of your snaps of the big day. hanne aaby caught this pic of a message for all those taking the train to windsor to watch the royal wedding.

alex drury managed to take this great close up shot of harry and meghan as they were driven through windsor and roland kendall posted this picture of the royal couple waving from their carriage on instagram. charmaine gooden clearly had a great time after flying all the way from ottawa, canada for the wedding. mel dobson was also there and took this lovely snap which shows a beaming bride waving to the crowds. and finally, emily and alice rigg from hampshire weren't able to make it to windsor but did watch coverage of the royal wedding as the sun set in hong kong. let's get a bit of reaction from the united states now, where this royal wedding has unsurprisingly generated huge interest, given the duchess of sussex is from los angeles. james cook reports. well before dawn in the republic over the water. but the pub is packed. they rejected the monarchy in 1776, but for many americans the

crown never went out of fashion. least of all with this bride. here in los angeles, meghan markle is a local, like our homegirl, and i think that she and harry are very much in love, and they have fought through many social problems and issues and stigmatism and just let their love prevail. it was beautiful, i loved everything, it was not as traditional as usual, which i liked. you can say that again. those who do not love do not know god... 5,500 miles from windsor, there was amazement as white british aristocracy met black american spiritualism. definitely american, and it was beautiful, encouraging, inspiring, and i know someone in there who is not used to it was touched in their soul.

the seed was planted. the wedding is over already, the audience found it to be an engrossing ceremony, two and a half centuries after the americans ditched the british, the crown still has the ability to entrance and surprised. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. the archbishop of canterbury justin welby led today's service while american bishop, michael curry gave an impassioned wedding address on the meaning of love. earlier they spoke about today's service. to people in love and communicating with each other, sometimes with words and without. you could see that. if you can visually see a relationship, we saw that. and it was contagious in the room. you could feel it in the church. and

people were happy. they were happy and joyful. and thankful. you know what? we need somejoy in and joyful. and thankful. you know what? we need some joy in this world. we do! someone said to me afterwards, at the reception, they said, that was so stunning. i want to go and do the vows again, me and my husband. they were so captivated by that sense of love and of love with a purpose, butjust selfish love, not sentimental stuff but love with a purpose, to change the world. you could tell from the reaction of the crowd, that wonderful moment when they exchanged the violence and that was unscripted. you heard this rumourfrom outside. that was unscripted. you heard this rumour from outside. what do we do with that? and do i go over to that? i would say, congratulations, what a fantastic start. people are with

you, as they are with you married couples, and god is with you, pray and trust and keep going forward and you will have a wonderful life. well, let's speak to the the reverend lisa fischbeck, a vicar at the same north carolina church that pastor curry is based. he took the chapel by storm, giving this impassioned sermon about love, unlike anything you would normally see ina unlike anything you would normally see in a english church. tell us about the man you know. the man that i know served as my bishop for 13 yea rs i know served as my bishop for 13 years and has served as a priest in his diocese. he is a man of energy and authority and deep faith, in the love of god. he has a great sense of humour. he is very comfortable with

who he is. and he likes to share that with others so comfortably. when it comes to pitching for justice, he is right there and on point. you are not surprised that he got up and spoke about notjust love but quoting martin luther king in front of the royal family. i'm sure many of them were thinking, they have never seen anything like this before. but he came to this moment and brought forward the things he feels strongly about? absolutely. he regularly will preach out of the african—american tradition, he will quote martin luther king and african american spiritual music, the music of this childhood and that is part of this childhood and that is part of his narrative and you heard that in his references. he is also a man

who reads a lot and studies a lot and you had he is unrestrained and very focused. how much interest has been where you are and across america in what has been going on over here? the fact that a member of the british royal family over here? the fact that a member of the british royalfamily is marrying an american girl must increase the interest they would normally have? an american girl must increase the interest they would normally have ?|j think so, that definitely got the attention of a lot of americans and the michael curry was announced as the michael curry was announced as the creature, the episcopalians got super excited on top of that and the twittersphere has been buzzing and facebook and people having parties andi facebook and people having parties and i was going tojust facebook and people having parties and i was going to just watch it on tape later on but when we heard that michael was preaching, the senior warden said we must have a party and we got up, not as early as california, but early for us and it was a lot of fun. when it comes to

the episcopal church, there is a strong liberal stance on things like social issues. is that something he believes in? i would say that you could call it even conservative because is a strong streak of justice and inclusion that runs throughout the scriptures so he definitely is a man who preaches the gospel of inclusion and a place at the table for all people and you heard that in the sermon today. we canjust heard that in the sermon today. we can just see some pictures you have sent us of people sitting and watching what was going on. and they we re watching what was going on. and they were sitting there, but when the comments being made about him and particularly about the dress? well, we mostly were repeating what the broadcaster with the person was saying about the dress but when it came to michael, we were mostlyjust cheering and saying, that is our

bishop and go, michael! and yes! it was not a refined, jerry as much as it was an exuberant shearer.m was not a refined, jerry as much as it was an exuberant shearer. it was certainly exuberant and you took great joy from seeing him certainly exuberant and you took greatjoy from seeing him perform. as everyone did. thank you very much indeed. the reverend has worked with pastor curry for a very long time. images of today were beamed across the world. in australia, expats and locals were among those raising a glass to the happy couple. royal watchers in sydney got into the spirit with an evening dinner party, with the wedding watched on a big screen. harry and meghan are due to travel the 10,000 miles to sydney in october, where the invictus games will be held. the crowds at this party also joined in with a sing—a—long of that breathtaking rendition of stand by me, performed by karen gibson and the kingdom choir. let's take a look back over some of today's key moments. # amen, amen

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sport. good evening, chelsea have put the disappointment of missing out on the champions league behind them with a 1—0 win over manchester united at wembley. it means it's an eighth fa cup final success for chelsea. eden hazard scored the only goal of the game after being brought down by philjones in the 22nd minute. the united defender was booked before hazard calmly put his side ahead in front of the manchester united fans. the video assista nt manchester united fans. the video assistant referee was used in the cup finalfor the assistant referee was used in the cup final for the first time to confirm that alexis sanchez was offside whenjose mourinho's men got the ball in the net for the only time. paul pogba also missed a golden opportunity to take the match to extra time. it meant antonio co nte wo n to extra time. it meant antonio conte won a cup final as a manager for the first time, but it remains to be seen whether he will stay at chelsea. i don't think a change is something about my future because i don't

think winning or losing can change the future. it is right for the club to ta ke the future. it is right for the club to take the best decision but i don't think that winning today can change and assessment. about my work. celebrations for celtic. celtic have won the scottish cup to secure a unique back—to—back clean sweep of major trophies in scotland. they beat motherwell 2—0 at hampden park with this spectacular strike from 0livier ntcham securing the victory. it means brendan rodgers is the first manager to guide a club to all three domestic titles in successive seasons, the so called "double treble". iamso i am so happy for everyone involved, the player and the staff and the supporters. an incredible achievement by every over the past couple of years. i thought we thoroughly deserved it. i will

mention motherwell, they had a great season, and two cup finals, stephen did a greatjob but today we thoroughly deserved. we could have been cleaner with the passing at times and a bit better with the last pass. but the boys were absolutely brilliant and i am so happy for everyone. before the game i said this is a chance for you to make your own history. we have had some brilliant achievements but like i say, to win today will live with you and their families forever and the supporters. to rugby union now, where the sport is building toward its own finale, in both the english premiership and the pro14. the first of the play—off semi—finals saw saracens dominate wasps, running out 57-33 saracens dominate wasps, running out 57—33 winners to reach a fourth premiership final in five years. england captain 0wen farrell kicked 27 points, chris wyles scored a fifth semifinal try in eight years and the 11 tries and 90 combined points were all records. billy

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