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The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was televised and streamed online. The ceremony, which took place at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, began at 12 noon local time. Coverage of the event started hours before the service, with live reporting from Windsor Castle from as early as 4 am ET.
In the US, the wedding was televised on ABC, BBC America, CBS, E!, Fox News, HBO, NBC, PBS, and MSNBC. It was also streamed online on BBC.com, Hulu, and CBSN.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Date | May 19, 2018 |
| Time | 12 noon London time (7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT) |
| Location | St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle |
| Television Channels | PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, BBC America, E!, MSNBC, HBO, TLC, BritBox |
| Online Platforms | BBC.com, Hulu, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, CBSN, Reuters TV |
What You'll Learn
Watch the wedding on BBC America
BBC America provided a live simulcast of BBC One's coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, albeit with limited commercial breaks. The wedding was streamed live on BBC.com, with coverage starting at 5 a.m. ET.
BBC America's coverage of the wedding was hosted by Huw Edwards, with Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young and BBC Radio 2 DJ Dermot O'Leary.
The BBC waived the licence fee for communities hosting viewing parties of Prince Harry's wedding, and the government extended pub licences for the night before and the night after the ceremony.
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Watch the wedding on NBC
NBC's The Today Show will be providing extensive coverage of the royal wedding. Live coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. ET, with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb hosting from a special vantage point overlooking Windsor Castle. The day before the wedding, the pair will also anchor a live show from a location overlooking the castle, followed by Al Roker and Sheinelle Jones anchoring at their respective hours.
On the day of the wedding, NBC will air a five-hour live broadcast starting at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT. Hosts will include Giuliana Rancic, celebrity stylist Brad Goreski, royal expert E! News Chief Correspondent Melanie Bromley, and E! UK TV host Sarah-Jane Crawford.
There will also be live coverage of the ceremony on the day of the wedding, but the timing has not been announced yet. The network will also air a special nightly series, Royal Wedding Watch, from May 14-18, leading up to the big day.
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Watch the wedding on ABC
ABC viewers were able to watch the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their channel, as well as on ABC News and ABC iview. Coverage began at 5 a.m. ET, with a special Good Morning America dedicated to the wedding, hosted by Robin Roberts and David Muir live from St. George's Chapel. The coverage was also livestreamed on the official ABC app and website.
The ABC News and GMA special coverage ran from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET, with Roberts and Muir joined by a team of reporters and royal experts, providing live updates and colourful commentary from Windsor and London.
Annabel Crabb and Jeremy Fernandez hosted the coverage on ABC, ABC News, and ABC iview, with live crosses to ABC correspondents Lisa Millar and James Glenday, who were inside the walls of Windsor Castle.
The wedding service for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle started at 9:00 p.m. AEST and lasted for about an hour.
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Watch the wedding on CBS
CBS has you covered if you want to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. CBS's live stream, CBSN, will broadcast the wedding starting at 4 a.m. EST. You can live stream every detail of the wedding without a cable subscription by going to CBSN live.
Gayle King and Kevin Frazier will anchor CBS's coverage of the wedding, which will be broadcast on both CBS and its cable news channel, CBSN, starting at 4 a.m. ET. They will be joined by CBS News royal contributor Tina Brown, a journalist best known for her book "The Diana Chronicles".
If you can't get up early enough to watch the wedding live, don't worry! CBS News will also air a two-hour special rebroadcast at 8 p.m. EST. This primetime special, called "Royal Romance: The Marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle", will be hosted by Gayle King and will include coverage of the post-ceremony carriage ride.
In the days leading up to the wedding, CBS will also air a primetime special called "Meghan Markle: American Princess", which will cover the couple's relationship and present a brief biography of the bride featuring interviews with friends and former colleagues.
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Watch the wedding on Fox
Fox News provided coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding, with Shepard Smith and Sandra Smith reporting live from St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. The wedding was aired in full, with the coverage starting at 6 a.m. ET.
Ainsley Earhardt hosted Fox & Friends Weekend live from Windsor, beginning at 5 a.m. ET, before joining Shepard and Sandra Smith for the main coverage at 6 a.m. ET.
Fox also aired a two-hour special, Meghan Markle: An American Princess, on May 11 at 8 p.m. ET, just over a week before the royal wedding. The special gave viewers an "inside look" at the couple's relationship, with guests including Markle's half-sister, Samantha, as well as former classmates and co-stars.
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Frequently asked questions
The wedding was televised and streamed on several channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, BBC America, PBS, and E!
The wedding started at 12 noon London time, which was 7 a.m. ET and 4 a.m. PT.
The wedding took place at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Notable hosts and anchors included Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Robin Roberts, David Muir, Gayle King, Kevin Frazier, Tina Brown, Shepard Smith, Sandra Smith, Dermot O'Leary, Kirsty Young, and Huw Edwards.
