it took place at cliveden. >> but it has a spa.et's go back to stephanie and katy with more updates on the nuptials to come. can you top cliveden house and the scandal? >> number one, we are not talking politics today. today is about something other than politics. >> coming together is something we all need to do. yesterday, i would say there was a coming together of two friends. >> yesterday, meghan's mother, doria has tea with the queen. as far as we know, they have never met before. did you know, it is not posh to put your pinky up when you drink tea? >> i did not know that. i'm guessing if she didn't know before, doria studied that before she met the queen. the queen had to give official consent for this wedding to take place. it is required for her to approve the first six heirs to the throne, speckly who they marry. >> you are going to quiz me. the first is prince charles, number one, then prince william, then prince george, then princess charlotte, then prince l louie, then prince harry. you know about the consent thing. if

he may be the one turning people away. >> this is cliveden house. >> this is cliveden house.otels. it was built as a duke palace in 1865. royals have lived there for years. >> i've read the yelp reviews. they're excellent sflp. >> yes. spectacular. >> i think we saw serena and george clooney exchange some love. >> they did. >> and she has to arrive separately, because she's divorced. i think if you asked her, she would say she didn't have a perfect marriage, but they have the perfect divorce. they live on just the other side of the copper horse which is at the end of the long walk. not a long journey for them. >> coming in under the wire. >> making an entrance. >> yes. >> and a beautiful dress coat. absolutely stunning in the hatinator. when the hat has a child, bigger than a hat, and fascinator. >> the flowers are said to be stunning. very green, very white. a homage to princess didiana. >> and the white roses. if you remember when we marked the 20th anniversary of diana's death, it was white roses. it was quite similar to the 2011 wedding where you remember there are trees

. >> that is cliveden house just ten miles away where the soon-to-be bride is getting ready preparinget her prince. this royal love story begins now. >> announcer: this is an abc news special event, right now, the world is watching. counting down the minutes till a young prince weds his beautiful american princess. a love story more glamorous and real than any hollywood movie and now the wait is finally over. for meghan markle and prince harry to say "i do." it's a

like cliveden we're leaving cliveden. >> she has gotten in the car without being seen. >> we didn't seeee some kind of head dress there. >> so she will be heading to windsor castle. >> what moment. her hair is clearly up. so we now know that her hair will be up. and look at doria ragland on the left. you see doria ragland on the left. >> oh. yes. her hair is up. and which tiara is that going to be? >> it looked like the spencer tiara but i couldn't quite see. >> now, i was told yesterday by people from the palace that the car is going to drop doria off at another location and doria will walk in and then they will bring meghan to the steps so we can see meghan get out of the car, and they said it will be very interesting to see the entrance that she makes. so they're going to get doria in and meghan will have that moment by herself. it will be interesting to see if that's how that plays out. >> it coul j be that spencer tiara actually. it's looking -- it's bigger than i expected. i thought it was going to -- >> you can get a good look at her right there. >> diana's tiara which was sparkl

meghan will be leaving cliveden house in one of the queen's bentley limousines.room but also people get to see them as they the crowds. the photography also very important. british—born photographer alexi lubomirski will be taking the official wedding photographs for prince harry and meghan markle. he was the man behind their official engagement photos, and says he is excited to document the changing face of the royal family. i have been looking at everything from queen elizabeth's wedding i'm so looking forward to the group photo. that is such a historical document, and i think that gives me goose bumps, the whole thing about how the royal family has evolved and moved on and is moving with the times. i think it's hugely important and breathes new life into the family. it's wonderful. will be talking a lot about the wedding. something is happening at wembley and hampton park, the fa cup and scottish cup finals are taking place. prince william had to make a decision when the date of the wedding was announced. prince william, president of the fa. football, wedding

the telegraph's main picture shows meghan markle and her mum arriving at the five—star cliveden houseight before marrying prince harry. the sun leads on meghan markle's response to reporters outside the hotel, where she said she's feeling "wonderful" ahead of tomorrow. while meghan was with her mum, the express shows harry on a 10—minute walk—around from today greeting well—wishers who gathered in windsor. the i takes a different look at the royal wedding suggesting it is to help boost the uk economy by £1 billion this summer taking on other stories, the ft understands that record numbers of savers have traded guaranteed retirement benefits for cash lump sums. and the guardian leads on a new report that claims brighter girls, as well as girls from poorer families, are more likely to be depressed than other children. that is marked in the background you might be able to hear. are you all right mark? good. so for a second night running, and almost certainly not for the last time, the royal wedding dominates the headlines with photos from harry's walkabout in windsor and those lovely sho

. >> meghan and her mother are staying nearby at the cliveden house hotel. >> they're staying at the hotel. >> both he tells will remain open to the public. but guests will have zero chance of getting near the bride and groom, who will have royal guards and their own private wings. >>> and security will be tight in windsor. today, i got a glimpse of what is being done to keep everyone safe. do you think there are concerns for terrorism? >> tlichl is a threat everywhere. that's the reality today. >> city of london police were out in full force today. on horse back. on foot with machine guns. some 3,000 of them will gear up to contain the more than 100,000 people expected to cram this small town. >> this is a medieval town. it's not used to events of this size. so this is certainly a challenge logistically. ♪ >> and remember how kate and william rode in a horse-drawn carriage as newlyweds? we took the route meghan's taking on saturday on her way to st. george's chapel. the carriage is taking us on the exact journey meghan will take on her wedding day on the way to meet prince harry. yo

they'll spend the night at the cliveden house hotel along with some of meghan's closest friends. >> howou feeling, miss markle? >> wonderful, thank you. >> obviously it's quite daunting flying to london, then meeting the queen a couple of days later. but obviously the queen really wanted to meet doria, she wanted meghan's family to feel welcome here. >> reporter: meghan's mother on a royal meet and greet since her arrival wednesday, meeting with prince charles, his wife camilla, and william and kate. doria ragland is the only member of meghan's family who will be in st. george's chapel for the ceremony. meghan's father is no longer attending the wedding, reportedly recovering from heart surgery and possibly embarrassment after allegedly staging paparazzi photos. the palace announcing prince charles, meghan's future father-in-law, will walk her down the aisle instead. >> i guess he never really had a daughter he'd be able to walk down the aisle. i think it's nice he's going to get to do that for meghan. >> i was told as soon as meghan realized her father wasn't going to be coming to the

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there's the car, she's leaving cliveden house right now.s the first glimpse of the american woman on her wedding day, about to become royalty. in the backseat with her mother, a wave and a smile from both of them. after having spent that last night together. along the route, everyone in the uk and the americans who made the trip, hoping for a glimpse of the bride to be from america. you can kind of see, this is our anchor location, right over my shoulder. hey. and right across the street, come on over here, i can show you. we are protected here by the police, who came in from surrey. you want to say hi to america? >> hello, america. >> royal wedding. what do you think of the american princess? >> beautiful. >> beautiful, right? >> absolutely. >> meghan markle. they love her. they love her, even before chef made history. that moment, right behind us. >> there they come. >> right around us. >> we're going to get to see ourselves. >> this is -- i got to get my phone. >> i -- i want to see the moment. >> robin didn't miss it, and i got my pictu

we'll be coming and going, we think, from cliveden.nto st. george's chapel. joelle, our fashion expert, is here. what do you make of these pictures? >> it's not a bad life, is it? everybody looks absolutely fantastic. i love all the color that we're seeing. i thought that was -- that's alexei and his partner there. i love that mint green. it's a beautiful spring day and a wedding i think is a perfect excuse to bring the color. >> i was expecting to see a lot more sort of pastels, that kind of shell pastel pink. we've seen a lot of bold color. >> yeah. sort of like more wintery jewel tones are coming through. you've seen a lot of emerald green as you're wearing yourself, looking fantastic. that's something amazing, isn't it? >> that is a wonderful outfit. >> that is bringing the festive. i like it. >> are you spotting -- i've seen -- obviously there have been some sensational head gear. are you spotting trends in the head gear, a look that people tend to be going for? >> there's sort of like going big or really tiny. there doesn't seem

called the cliveden house and even rolled out the red carpet. they seemed relaxed and happy.his hotel is ten miles from the castle. that's the trip tomorrow morning as they come to the ceremony. the meantime here is the video of the two princes as they walk out of that gate of the castle. and walked across the street. happening where i'm standing right now. and they met the crowd, a spontaneous moment. the crowd didn't know this was happening. they were certainly thrilled to see that. some of the folks have been sitting in this area for two to three days. some of them said they even became emotional when they had an opportunity to shake their hands. it was a special time. and of course this morning we found out that prince charles will be walking meghan down the aisle. but it reminds us of one thing that is only one parent of harrys will be present. here is more. >> prince charles walking meghan mark willing down the aisle will be a beautiful moment but reminds us of the heart breaking absence. diana princess of wales harry's mom will not be there. killed in a car accident it

i alluded to nancy astor and the history of cliveden house hotel.asonable job. when is heavily pregnant but she's doing a reasonablejob. when you is heavily pregnant but she's doing a reasonable job. when you see this fresh young american, great education, full of thoughts and ambition, she has a million—dollar smile the cameras love. she's a great performer, and i mean that in the best sense. she knows how to communicate the message. what do you make of this young woman coming to the heart of the british establishment? she is so modern and very independent and she speaks her mind. it will be interesting to see, when she is married, it is if she will continue to be able to do that. she has stood up for many important causes, including gender equality, which is important to her. she spoke about that eloquently at the un for years. i hope hervoice about that eloquently at the un for years. i hope her voice can be heard. i think that with harry by her side, it will be. he also wants to give people a voice. they are humanitarians and they cared about pe

there until basically at the start of june on june the second playing a friendly against austria in cliveden fourth that's in austria and then on the seventh of june they will be leaving at the northern italian time that they're based in the be come back to germany for another friendly against in laver koos and a few days later they'll be flying from frankfurt to moscow and the team comp and then of course let's not forget that their first game will be on the seventeenth of june against mexico it's going to be a very exciting clash makes it very much a public. now german prosecutors have charged three former german football federation officials with tax evasion this is in connection with the country's successful bid to host the two thousand and six world cup a former presidents of both god not near as bad as fans they go on to form a general secretary post schmidt are accused of hiding the real purpose of a payment of six point seven million euros the football's world governing body fee for the payment was declared as an operating expense but investigators believe it was actually the repayme

. >> and meghan markle escorted her mother at cliveden house. british poet laureate has written a poem for them. here we go. it should be private, the long walk on bereavement's hart stones and when people wave, thei hands should t be mobile phones nor their faces lenses, so you heart dressed in its uniform on and one blessed step and the long walk ended where love had always been aimed, her arrows of sweet flowers gifting the air among bells. yes, they all looked and sang your name. it's sort of beautiful, don't you think, don? >> you read that beautifully. but the one part in there where you said it shouldn't be cell phones, good luck with that, don't you think? everyone is going to want to take pictures and video and have memories of these moments. >> that is certainly very true. everybody certainly here in windsor is so excited. royal wedding fever is now truly taking hold. dawn just broke a short time ago but already well wishers from across the world descending on this beautiful, historic town. many camping out to try to get a good spot so

he is at the coworth park hotel, she is at the cliveden house. they will take the last leg by foot at the steps. >> as excited as we are, i'm thrilled to see the children, ten children in all will be part of this wedding ceremony. the youngest, just 2 years old. the ceremony should take an hour, maybe less. kate and william's took 45 minutes. then, then we will see them for the first time. >> you keep glossing over the kids. the great and interesting part of it, all kids are great and wonderful, yes, i'm going to get killed on social media. >> all kids are great. >> they are, but it's great to see prince george and princess charlotte. prince louie will not be here. they are flower girls and page boys. >> actually a bridesmaid. >> you don't see much of them, so that's exciting. the royal family will arrive shortly after william and harry get that. that includes the queen. then all eyes will be on meghan. she will get here with her mother, they will get here by car. meghan will take her long, history making walk down the aisle. the first portion is

stored away at windsor castle but, of course, meghan spent her final night as a single woman at clivedenress over there in the middle of the night with no one watching to get it ready in time for meghan to get ready for the morning. >> she was just glowing and you just saw the love in their eyes during the ceremony, and i was so proud to be part of it. it was a wonderful moment for both of them and i'm really proud. he just came up to me and said, oh, my gosh, she looks incredible. >> reporter: another surprising detail. the close friendship between the couple and amal and george clooney. they were among just a handful of very close friends seated in the quire alongside harry's royal friends. >> prince harry has been friends with george and amal for some time. they had a shared interest in humanitarian work. and so when meghan came on the scene the four became fast friends going on double dates for dinners at george and amal's place in the english countryside and also drinks out in london. >> reporter: celebrating at frogmore house that evening, clooney poured drinks for fellow guests. i

. >> i mean, i eluded there to the history of cliveden house hotel. i'm wondering as an american when you watch all of this. you're looking at the heart of the british establishment, there's a fresh, american about to enter there. zara phillips making herself as comfortable as one can when one is heavily pregnant but when you see this fresh young american, full of education, full of thoughts and ambition. she has a million dollar smile that the cameras love. she is great and when i say performer i mean that in the best sense, she knows how to communicate a message. >> it's interesting because she is so modern and very independent and speaks her mind. so it will be interesting to see once she is married if she will continue to be able to do that because she has so much to say and she has stood up for so many important causes including gender equality which is very important to her. she spoke about that eloquently at the un for years now and i hope that her voice can be heard and i think with harry by her side it will be. i don't know to what extent but