Harry and Meghan to wed at Windsor

15th-century St. George’s Chapel is ‘a very special place’ for the prince

LONDON — It will be a spring wedding on the grounds of Windsor Castle for love-struck Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Royal officials — thrilled with the international response to news of the couple’s engagement and the positive reaction to their first TV appearance — revealed a few key details Tuesday, but kept mum on others, such as who will be Harry’s best man?

The wedding will be in May, but the date has not been chosen, Harry’s communications secretary, Jason Knauf, told a packed briefing at Buckingham Palace.

“In a happy moment in their lives, it means a great deal to them that so many people throughout the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world are celebrating with them,” he said before fielding questions about things like how many of Markle’s rescue dogs would move to Britain with her.

Knauf said Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, had given permission for the couple to wed at St. George’s Chapel, the historic church on the Windsor Castle grounds that has long been a touchstone for royal rites of passage. He said the 91-yearold monarch will attend the wedding.

Windsor Castle, west of London, is one of the queen’s favorite residences. St. George’s, the 15th-century chapel where the couple will wed, is more intimate than Westminster Abbey, where Harry’s older brother, William, married Kate Middleton in 2011.

Knauf said Windsor “is a very special place for Prince Harry,” and that the wedding “will be a moment of fun and joy that will reflect the characters of the bride and groom.”