Confession: I did not set my alarm to 5 am Seattle time to catch the TV coverage of the royal wedding. No matter – it was replayed later, with no detail too minute to mention.
Oprah feared her original dress would photograph ‘too white’, so British designer Stella McCartney and her team worked through the night to make a new one. The wedding cake had elderflower cordial in. Meghan Markle’s wedding band was made of Welsh gold, donated by the Queen. The prince and his bride had modern vows with no ‘honor and obey’ in.
