Express
By Claire Anderson
During her explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, broadcast earlier this month, Meghan said she and the Duke of Sussex had a secret marriage ceremony with the Most Reverend Justin Welby in their “backyard”. The duchess said nobody knew that the couple shared personal vows for “just the two of us” ahead of their eagerly anticipated wedding day in Windsor on May 19 2018. Royal expert Angela Levin has hit out at the Duchess for dragging Mr Welby into it.
“I think that’s appalling.
“It’s even more appalling in my view that Harry didn’t say much because Meghan wouldn’t let him get a word in edgeways.
“He said, ‘yes, there was just the three of us’. He endorsed what Meghan was saying.
“If Meghan pretended to be naive and not know anything about legality in England she might have got away with it but Harry knows absolutely it is not true and yet he didn’t dare to speak out and say ‘it wasn’t a wedding’.”
It was thought it could not have been a legal ceremony as it lacked witnesses and a registered venue, and was instead likely to have been an informal exchange of vows.
In an interview with La Repubblica, Mr Welby was asked about what happened and he said the legal wedding was on the Saturday, adding: “But I won’t say what happened at any other meetings.”
The Archbishop told the Italian newspaper: “If any of you ever talk to a priest, you expect them to keep that talk confidential.
“It doesn’t matter who I’m talking to. I had a number of private and pastoral meetings with the duke and duchess before the wedding.
“The legal wedding was on the Saturday. I signed the wedding certificate, which is a legal document, and I would have committed a serious criminal offence if I signed it knowing it was false.”
During the interview, Meghan told Winfrey: “You know, three days before our wedding we got married.
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