Grime artist inspires Archbishop for Royal Wedding
THE Archbishop of Canterbury is taking inspiration from a Stormzy song as he nervously prepares for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.
The Most Rev Justin Welby will officiate the highly anticipated ceremony on May 19, but even the Church of England’s most senior cleric is not safe from the nerves of the big day.
Speaking on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire he told how he is preparing for the ceremony.
Mr Welby said: “I’m always nervous at weddings because it is such an important day for the couple – whoever they are.”
“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 has previously admitted to fearing he might drop the ring during the service
When asked by presenter Lorna Bailey 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. Mr Welby explained: “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 Ms 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”.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in Nice as they embark on a five-day tour of France and Greece.
Charles and Camilla were greeted by Lord Llewellyn, ambassador to France and the Prefet of the Alpesmaritimes Region George-francois Leclere as they arrived at the city’s airport.
The couple will travel to the Villa Massena, where they will pay their respects to the victims of the July 2016 Nice terror attack.
They will be welcomed by the mayor of Nice and his wife before they lay flowers and sign a book of condolence.