Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding invitations were just revealed
The wedding of the year is almost here! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding invitations have been sent, and Kensington Palace revealed the design that went out to roughly 600 guests. The cards are beautiful, of course, and we have a feeling that they won’t get many declines.
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the royal wedding ever since Prince Harry proposed to Meghan, which happened during a typical, cozy night indoors. “It was a really nice moment, it was just the two of us and I think managed to catch her by surprise as well,” Harry said during their first post-engagement televised interview with BBC.
The wedding will take place at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, and according to E! News, Queen Elizabeth II will be hosting a reception around lunchtime.
Barnard & Westwood, a company that’s been linked to the royal family since the ’80s, created the special invitations.”They feature the Three-Feathered Badge of the Prince of Wales printed in gold ink,” the official Kensington Palace Twitter account explained. The cards’ gold borders have also been gilded and beveled for that elegant royal look.
The invitations follow many years of Royal tradition and have been made by @BarnardWestwood. They feature the Three-Feathered Badge of the Prince of Wales printed in gold ink. pic.twitter.com/cd7LBmRJxO
— The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
Kensington Palace shared more information about how the invites were made, as well as who made them — which is an interesting detail.
Lottie Small, who recently completed her apprenticeship, printed all of the invitations in a process known as die stamping, on a machine from the 1930s that she affectionately nicknamed Maude. pic.twitter.com/kWs2RFx7nN
— The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
Using American ink on English card, the invitations are printed in gold and black, then burnished to bring out the shine, and gilded around the edge. pic.twitter.com/gQpC6tDot0
— The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
@BarnardWestwood have been making Royal invitations since 1985, and Managing Director Austen Kopley said he was thrilled and honoured to be making them.
— The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
Fans of the royal family noted that on the invites, Meghan Markle didn’t use her full name, Rachel Meghan Markle. But to be fair, Prince Harry didn’t use his — Henry Charles Albert David — either.
Of course, many people replied to ask whether they should be anxiously waiting by their mailboxes.
I’m checking my mail daily!!!!
— Lori Reader (@OregonLife) March 22, 2018
Are you inviting members of the public? I am 100% free that day. #dream
— Claire Clea (@Claire_Clea18) March 22, 2018
As much as we’d love to be there in person, the May 19th wedding will likely be televised like Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding, and that’s good enough for us.
