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A look inside a Royal Wedding watch party - Nashville style!

The Nashville Westin hosted a watch party in their Decker & Dyer Restaurant where guests of the hotel, local influencers and the public were all invited to watch fellow American Meghan Markle (now The Duchess of Sussex) marry her prince. It all began at 6.00 CDT (when the wedding officially started at noon at St George’s Chapel). Photo: Brittani Barger/Royal Central There were also Royal…
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Mother of the bride: Doria Ragland

Meghan’s mother Doria spent the evening before the Royal Wedding with her daughter at Cliveden House Hotel. The pair arrived yesterday evening looking happy and relaxed. Last night, Doria was able to spend some quality time with Meghan before she takes part in…
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Which Americans were born with royal titles?

We know all about the Americans who married into royal families. However, there are some royals who were born as citizens of the United States. Harry and Meghan’s son, Archie, was born the same way, as he was automatically a US citizen by birth through his mother since she has not renounced her American citizenship. It will be the same for the future child of the couple due later this year…
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The father of the bride: Thomas Markle

We have heard a lot in the past week about how Thomas Markle is sadly unable to attend the Royal Wedding and he has been receiving a lot of negative press lately. Rather than looking into negative rumours, let’s have a look into Thomas as a person and learn more about him. Thomas was married to Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland in 1979 but the pair divorced eight years later with Meghan…
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Queen Victoria and Cliveden

Praised by Alexander Pope in his Moral Essays as possessing a ‘proud alcove’ in which one might happily be ‘galant and gay’, the great house of Cliveden, Taplow, where Meghan Markle spent the night before her wedding to Prince Harry, was visited by Queen Victoria in…
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The Royal Wedding Dresses of Autumn Kelly and Zara Phillips

Royal wedding dresses aren’t just about what the bride wants to wear. While the woman in white has a big say in the design, her dream dress also has to fit the rather regal occasion which will see her and her intended say ‘I do’. Autumn Kelly and Zara Phillips both had plenty of pressure on them to come up with impressive royal wedding looks even if their celebrations were more low key than…
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