By ERRIN HAINES WHACK
AP National Writer 

Guess who's coming to Windsor? Royal ceremony weds cultures

 


BURLINGTON, New Jersey (AP) — With a gospel choir, black cellist and bishop, Oprah, Serena and Idris Elba in the audience and an African-American mother-of-the-bride, Saturday's wedding of Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markle was a blend of the solemn and the soulful.

Guess who's coming to Windsor?

The ceremony married the pomp and circumstance of Britain's most sacred institution with elements of black culture, drawing viewers not normally drawn to the spectacle of the monarchy.

"This was black history," said Joy Widgeon, who attended a house party in Burlington, New Jersey, wi...



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