Irish Sunday Mirror

ROYALS MEET

- BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor and JANINE YAQOOB

At a staggering the combined wealth on display as Harry and Meghan exchanged vows was bigger than the national debt of some countries.

The Queen sang hymns with famous faces from the world of cinema, television and sport in an unpreceden­ted gathering of stars and royals in one church.

The extraordin­ary line-up saw David Beckham, 43, seated next to Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames – Winston Churchill’s grandson.

US TV superstar Oprah Winfrey – who is worth €1billion alone and is a close friend of Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland – was among the first to arrive before taking her seat near the front of St George’s chapel.

British actor Idris Elba, 45, who shot to fame in gritty US drama The Wire, was joined by his fiancée Sabrina Dhowre, 29.

Idris followed Oprah, 64, into the grounds and was later seen hugging James Corden, 39, another successful British telly export.

EXCITEMENT

As guests waited for the bride and groom to arrive, excitement swept the chapel when showbiz royalty George, 57, and Amal Clooney, 40 – who are worth €400million – entered the Gothic building. Becks’ wife Victoria, 44, was dressed in a dark ensemble similar to the one she wore to William and Kate’s wedding.

And the poker-faced fashion designer actually smiled as she hugged Nick Jones, 54, boss of Soho House, whose wife Kirsty Young, 49, was hosting the BBC’S coverage.

Meghan and Harry enjoyed some of their first dates at the exclusive members-only club, and Meghan had her hen party at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds.

The group chatted as more stars – including singer Marcus Mumford, 31, and actress Carey Mulligan, 32 – took their seats.

Sir Elton John, 71, who famously performed at Diana’s funeral, sported pink-framed glasses as he made an entrance with husband David Furnish, 55. They were later seen talking to the Beckhams and James Blunt, 44, and his wife Sofia Wellesley, 34.

Harry is a huge fan of singer James, who is also ex-forces. Blunt performed at Harry’s Invictus Games in 2016.

Tennis ace Serena Williams, 36, was there to support her friend Meghan on her big day.

She’d given Meghan advice on walking part of the way down the aisle alone. Like Meghan, Serena’s father was not by her side at her wedding in November. The former world James Corden larks about outside the chapel Amal and George Clooney wow the crowds

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