The Order of Service

St George’s Chapel, Windsor THE service is led by the Right Reverend David Conner KCVO, Dean of Windsor, and the prayers by the Most Reverend and Right Honourable John Sentamu, Archbishop of York.

Music for the service is by the choir of St George’s Chapel, tenor Andrea Bocelli, conductors Carlo Bernini and Barry Wordsworth, musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry.

From 10.25am members of the royal family arrive at the Galilee Porch. All in the Quire stand as they are escorted to their places in the Quire. At 10.30am Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank, the parents of the bridegroom, arrive and are escorted to their places in the Quire.

At 10.32am Sarah, Duchess of York, mother of the bride, and Princess Beatrice of York arrive and are escorted to their places in the Quire. At 10.35am the bridegroom and his best man, Thomas Brooksbank, arrive.

The Prince of Wales arrives at 10.50am and all in the Quire stand as he is escorted to the Quire.

At 10.52am the Queen arrives and all in the Quire stand as she enters the

Quire. A fanfare sounds.

All stand as the choir and clergy move in procession to the Quire.

At the bride’s arrival the fanfare Adventus, by Lieutenant Colonel Darren Wolfendale, sounds. All stand as she and her father are led to the Organ Screen, where they are joined by the bridegroom and best man. At the entrance of the bride, Peter RoperCurzon will play Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572 by Bach. The Dean of Windsor will say the introduction and during the following hymn, the bridegroom and best man, and the bride and her father, go to the Quire.

The Dean asks the couple if “any impediment” is known.

If not, he will ask them if they will take each other as man and wife, each replying: “I will.” As the couple join hands the Dean will have the bridegroom repeat: “I Jack Christopher Stamp take thee Eugenie Victoria Helena to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse: for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God’s holy law; and thereto I give thee my troth.”

Then bride repeats the words with the names reversed and the Dean will then say a prayer of blessing for the ring.

The Bridegroom puts it on the bride’s finger, saying: “With this ring I thee wed; with my body I thee honour; and all my worldly goods with thee I share: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

Holy Ghost. Amen.” The

Dean of Windsor, Bocelli

The exterior of the chapel couple then kneel but the congregation shall remains standing.

The Dean will say: “For as much as Jack and Eugenie have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a ring, and by joining of hands; I pronounce that they be man and wife together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.”

After a blessing, all sit and Mr Bocelli and the orchestra, conducted by Mr Bernini, perform. The first reading is from St Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, Chapter 3, verses 12-16 read by Charles Brooksbank. The second reading is from The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald and is read by Princess Beatrice.

All stay seated as Mr Bocelli performs again, ahead of the address by the Dean of Windsor. All then stand to sing a hymn.

The congregation then kneels or sits and the bride and bridegroom kneel before the High Altar as the Archbishop of York says the prayers, followed by a blessing. All remain kneeling in prayer as the choir then sings.

The Archbishop of York will then say a prayer he has written especially: “God of our pilgrimage, thank you for your faithfulness and friendliness. May your steadfast and unfailing love: be the Fire leading Eugenie and Jack in their love for each other; be the star guiding them in all that lies ahead; be the good shepherd calling them again and again to walk into Your promises of love that have no expiry date.

“May the Holy Spirit make them loyal, kind and generous, ready to help and quick to forgive. May your angels surround them, watch, defend and protect them against all evil. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, please keep them in the joy, simplicity and compassion of Your Holy Gospel. Amen.”

The Dean of Windsor then pronounces the blessing and all stand for a hymn ahead of the signing of the registers.

All remain standing as the Dean leads the bride and bridegroom, followed by all others who will sign the registers, to the North Quire Aisle.

All then sit and remain seated as the Dean escorts those who have signed the registers back to their seats in the Quire.

When a fanfare is sounded, all stand and sing the national anthem. During the procession of the bride and bridegroom, all remain standing. Members of the immediate families leave by the West Door and Galilee Porch. The Ecclesiastical Procession then leaves by way of the Organ Screen and North

Quire Aisle.