Rap song helps Arch to beat royal wedding nerves
THERE are many ways the Archbishop of Canterbury can prepare for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.
Listening to Stormzy may not be the most obvious, but it seems to work.
The Most Rev Justin Welby, who will officiate at the St George’s Chapel ceremony on May 19, has disclosed he has been listening to a song by grime artist Stormzy to help him focus.
Speaking on BBC, the Church of England’s most senior cleric, said: “I’m always nervous at weddings because it is such an important day for any couple.”
When asked how he’s preparing himself, the Archbishop said a line from grime artist Stormzy’s song, Blinded By Your Grace, was helping him in the run-up to the nuptials. “There’s a line in that – ‘I stay prayed up and
get the job done’ – I think that sort of sums it up.” The Archbishop, who is the second most senior figure in the church after the Queen, who is supreme governor of the Church of England, has already had an instrumental role in preparing Markle for the wedding.
In March he officiated as she was baptised and confirmed into the church in a secret ceremony, describing it as “beautiful” and “very special”.
Speaking this weekend, he said: “I’ve made a couple of cack-handed mistakes over the last couple of weddings I’ve been involved in and I’m thinking this is probably not a good moment to make it a hat-trick.”
He previously admitted to fearing he might drop the ring during the service. Earlier this year, he told ITV: “Unlike recent weddings, I must not drop the ring. And I must not forget to get the vows in the right order, as I did at a rehearsal for one of my children.
“You know, at the heart of it is two people who have fallen in love.” —