It’s only a matter of hours to go until Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tie the knot, and we know you’re sweating on every minute detail of this occasion, so we are happy to report that the order of service for their ceremony has been revealed, including the couple’s choice of wedding songs.
It appears that they have gone for a mix of traditional and modern, English and American, as befitting the couple themselves. A choir will perform the 1960s classic ‘Stand By Me‘ just before they read their vows, and they will exit the church to the Etta James version of ‘This Little Light Of Mine.’
Meghan is set to walk down the aisle to George Frideric Handel‘s ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine‘, otherwise known as ‘Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne‘. Welsh singer Elin Manahan Thomas is set to sing, and you can hear an earlier performance of it below:
The couple have chosen to exchange traditional Anglican vows but will forego the part where they pledge to “obey” one-another, a choice that Harry’s mother Diana Spencer and sister-in-law Kate Middleton also made at their weddings to Prince Charles and Prince Harry.
In addition to a list of the wedding songs, the New York Times got their hands on a copy of Harry’s vows, which read:
“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; according to God’s holy law. In the presence of God I make this vow.”
Somewhat awkwardly, the order of service also says that Meghan’s dad Thomas Markle will be walking her down the aisle, although the programs were clearly printed before his last-minute decision not to come. Meghan will walk herself partway down the aisle, with Charles meeting her half way.
