Irish Daily Mail

Meghan’s wedding dress rehearsal (but lovestruck groom’s no prince)

- By Alisha Rouse

IN three weeks’ time, millions around the world will watch as Meghan Markle walks down the aisle with Prince Harry.

But it will not be the first time the actress’s vows have been broadcast to a large audience.

In her final appearance in legal drama Suits, which aired yesterday, her character Rachel Zane marries on-screen lover Mike Ross, telling him ‘you’re the husband I’ve always wanted’.

However, if Harry felt any flicker of jealousy watching the gushing scripted scenes, he need not worry too much about being upstaged.

The TV wedding was a rather more modest affair than the pomp and pageantry of Windsor Castle, in which the couple will marry for real on May 19.

While around 600 dignitarie­s from around the world will gather in St George’s Chapel for their big day – with thousands of well-wishers cheering outside – Ms Markle’s on-screen wedding was an intimate last-minute ceremony for the characters’ close friends and family.

The set was minimally decorated with fairy lights and wooden chairs and the gown was a simple beaded affair costing €5,500. It featured a Look away, Harry! The couple share a passionate kiss and embrace cascading beaded bodice with a full to co-star Patrick J Adams, who is tulle skirt and a daringly deep V-cut also leaving the US drama, saying: perhaps not quite in keeping with ‘You’re the husband I’ve always royal tradition. The Versailles dress wanted and I can’t wait to begin our was made by leading American adventure together.’ They then share designer Anne Barge. a passionate kiss as guests applaud.

We still do not know which designer Ms Markle, who was wed to film producer Ms Markle, 36, has chosen for real, Trevor Engelson for two years, but label Ralph & Russo has led the had been a regular on Suits since its odds with bookmakers since she wore 2011 debut, appearing in 107 out of one of their €64,000 evening gowns in 108 episodes. Last year, she said her engagement portraits. departing the show to join Britain’s

In her last Suits episode, aptly titled royal family was not a ‘sacrifice’. ‘Goodbye’, Ms Markle reads her vows

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