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Fashionistas | No Dress Code | Domestic AU

Summary: An impromptu proposal leaves Furia and Eli both in need of something to wear to a spur of the moment wedding.

a/n: In February 2016, @bosselimitchell sent me a prompt for the Domestic AU’s proposal, wedding, and honeymoon. This one is kind of an in between.

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“Am I crazy?” Furia asked, staring at herself in the mirror.

“Of course, you are.” Shaundi leaned against the edge of the huge mirrors. “I mean you’re marrying Eli-fucking-Mitchell. That is not the action of a sane woman.”

She said nothing in reply, just lost herself in the reflection.

The brunette walked over and bent to straighten out the short train of the dress. “But you love him, which might just be crazier than that,” his bandmate added with a soft laugh.

“I must be out of my mind,” Furia mumbled as she stepped off the small platform, her retreat started with a stumble.

Shaundi’s eyes went wide and she grabbed at Furia’s hand. “Sol, I was just kidding.”

“No, you’re right. This is nuts.” She gathered up the skirt in her hands and stalked back to the dressing room, her pace increasing with every step.

“It’s not nuts. It’s … unexpected, but then so is just about everything about you two,” Shaundi said, following then stopping outside the door as it slammed closed. “I was just kidding. Come on, open the door.” There was no answer from the other side, so her approach shifted. “He loves you, you know? The last two months he’s practically been a priest. Well, for Eli.”

Furia yanked the door back open, dress half undone and hanging off one shoulder. “What does that mean?”

Shaundi shrugged and raised her eyebrows. The bride-elect let her into the room and the singer closed the door behind herself. “For one, he’s not blowing through groupies like Kleenex and the last few weeks he’s seemed so … lonely isn’t quite the right word. But it kind of is. I think he missed you something fierce. He’s been talking about you constantly, and not just how you’re great in bed.”

The woman in white leaned against the wall, arms crossing over her chest.

“He’s completely in love with you and after you flew home last time he got all moody. More than usual,” the singer added before Furia could argue that Eli was always swinging on a dime. “I think you broke him.”

That made Furia laugh.

“No, I’m serious. He used to be all swinging dick, gin, and fly by the seat of his pants. He’s still like that, though lately, it’s like he’s been distracted … or as if something was missing. I think it might be you.”

Furia swallowed at the tightness in her throat. When Eli asked her to marry him, there hadn’t been a shred of hesitation in his voice or in her answer. Why were her nerves twisted out of sorts now, she wondered. Maybe it’s all just so fast, too fast. But then everything with Eli had been fast and unexpected; it all just … happened.

Within five minutes of meeting him, if you could really call running into him on a stairwell meeting, they were in her office having sex against the door. Moving in together wasn’t something they ever talked about, he just started staying at her place more than his own, then just as suddenly his stuff followed. When she started looking for a new place, it wasn’t hers, but theirs.

Furia looked at the ring on her finger—the one he said he’d seen and knew it was perfect for her. His words echoed in her ears. I love you, Sol. That’s why I want you in my life. At first, even she thought he was kidding. But the way his gaze bored into hers, the brutal honesty he always spoke with, the tenderness of his touch when he slid the ring onto her finger. It all confirmed his seriousness.

Catching a glimpse of her reflection in the smaller mirror, she thought about why she said yes. Like so many of her reactions with Eli it was instinct honed over years with the man. She loved him unequivocally and without a hint of reservation, even when he was being a complete ass. In her life, he was this wild force, one which challenged her and encouraged her to be herself unapologetically. He was everything she never expected and she was nearly certain no one would ever love her like Eli did.

He came into her life like a tornado, and she couldn’t imagine it without him anymore. Didn’t want to imagine it.

Furia shimmied out of the dress with the sparkles, and moved onto the next bag. “I like this one, but it’s too tight. The garters will show,” she stated with a much calmer tone as she pulled out the backless dress.

Shaundi helped her into it and fastened the back. The two of them inspected the dress in the mirror.

“I like this one. And it’s opaque enough they won’t show,” Shaundi said, stepping away. “Let’s check it out in the big mirror.”

She opened the dressing room door and led Furia back out. Standing on that little pedestal, Soledad stared at herself. This is it. This is the dress—lace and a generous amount of skin.

The other woman flounced the dress a bit, but there wasn’t really a train or anything for her to fidget with. “Did you talk about a honeymoon, yet? I’m betting Eli’s thinking some place tropical. One that allows public nudity.”

The two of them burst into bright, relaxed laughter. “I have no doubt.”

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Johnny had gotten used to Eli’s wild bents, mostly. Of course, from time to time the rock star still managed to throw a monkey wrench into the man’s expectations. When the Brit asked him to find a tailor, Gat had been taken aback. Even more so when he announced he needed a tuxedo … for his wedding.

While Eli grimaced as he picked over the suits, Johnny watched the store entrance and the sidewalk beyond. When Pierce burst through the door, he gave the manager a curt nod.

“Have you lost your damn mind?” Pierce yelled.

Eli had just pulled on a jacket that was his size. At Washington’s announcement, he instantly pulled a face and tugged it off, letting it lay where it fell. “You’re right, black is all wrong.”

“I’m not talking about the color of your damn suit.”

The rock star moved to a more colorful rack and pulled out a jacket that looked like it had been embroidered with peacock feathers. Johnny laughed quietly; he could guess what his employer was thinking, he’d heard Furia call him a peacock more times than he could count. Thankfully, Eli shook his head and put it back on the rack.

“I’m talking about you just suddenly deciding to tie the damn knot.”

“Relax, Pierce.”

“Relax! You know the press are going to lose their mind over this.”

“And?” Eli looked him square in the eye. “How is that a bad thing?”

“Is that what this is about? Some press stunt?”

His reaction impressed Johnny, even if the rocker’s form was a little sloppy. The punch hit its mark. Eli shook his hand once and glared at Pierce, who groaned and grabbed his jaw after Eli decked him. “Maybe you should think before you speak nonsense.”

“Says the man who lets every thought fly out of his mouth,” Johnny chimed.

Eli’s vibrant glare shot toward him.

“You have to admit it’s a little strange,” Gat continued.

“I love her. How’s that strange?”

“You literally have more one night stands popping up in the media and online than anyone else out there right now. Even bona fide porn stars,” Pierce chimed in as he dabbed at the corner of his mouth with a lavender handkerchief.

“That’s just sex,” Eli scoffed and turned back to his suit hunting. Pulling out a gray jacket and trying it on. “Sol’s never been just a score,” he said as he stood before the mirror. That admission came in a different tone, one that spoke volumes, at least to Johnny’s ears.

Pierce seemed less convinced. After another few minutes of unsuccessful tuxedo hunting to the tune of his manager berating the idea, Johnny stepped over and grabbed Washington’s arm. The star and his manager had argued before, most of the time it was Eli that would order Johnny to toss Pierce out of wherever the argument took place. And typically, the bodyguard would ignore him. The irony of his desire to offer to do so in this case was not lost on him.

“If you want, I can toss him out of here,” Johnny suggested, as he leaned near the mirror Eli was admiring himself in.

While a hint of a grin curved his mouth, Eli gave him a little shake of his head as he pulled off yet another jacket and tossed it onto the growing pile in a nearby chair.

Meanwhile, the tailor, who had disappeared into the back of the shop, darted back into the showroom with a purple jacket in the perfect shade to match Eli’s hair. It managed to distract them all, though there would be no time for alterations before the ceremony.

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Why Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Kate Middleton Weren't at the Order of the Garter Service

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Why Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Kate Middleton Weren't at the Order of the Garter Service

The Queen was accompanied by several royal family members as she led celebrations at the annual Order of the Garter ceremony honoring knights for their public service on Monday. Most notably, she was joined by Order members Prince Charles and Prince William, who donned traditional blue velvet robes and ornate plumed hats to process through the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex married just last month.

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But the newlyweds were notably absent from the day’s festivities, as Prince Harry does not belong to the Order, and Meghan Markle won’t attend until he is named a member.

Queen Elizabeth II at the Order of the Garter Service at Windsor Castle.

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“The Duke of Sussex is not a Knight of the Garter and will probably not be invested until his father is King,” Marlene Koenig, a British and European royalty expert, explains to BAZAAR.com. “The Duchess of Sussex has never attended and will probably not attend until Harry is named.”

William was named a Knight of the Garter in 2008 as the 1,000th knight, according to Koenig, but he is second in line to the throne and that is “one reason why the Queen named him, despite being [so] young.” The Duke of York and Earl of Wessex were not named until 2006, when they were in their 40s.

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Prince Charles and Prince William walk in the procession to the Order of the Garter Service at Windsor Castle.

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Kate Middleton also skipped out on the event because she has technically been on maternity leave since giving birth to Prince Louis on April 23.

“The Duchess of Cambridge has attended nearly every Garter ceremony since 2011,” says Koenig. “She, as Catherine Middleton, and Harry were present in 2008 at William’s first appearance as a Knight of the Garter.”

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall talk with Lord Ashburton after the 2016 Order of the Garter Service.

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Last year’s Garter Day was cancelled, as it fell on the same day that Parliament was set to re-open. However, in 2016, Kate attended the annual celebration as a spectator.

Prince Charles, left, and Prince William march during the Order of the Garter service.

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The grand tradition of Garter Day dates back to medieval times. King Edward III was “so inspired” by the heroic tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, he set up his own group of heroes in 1348, calling them the Order of the Garter.

Today, the “oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain,” as described by Kensington Palace, is open to both men and women who are chosen from “a variety of backgrounds, in recognition for their public service.”

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The Queen is called the “Sovereign of the Garter” and is personally in charge of choosing members, which includes knights who “have held public office, who have contributed in a particular way to national life or who have served the Sovereign personally,” according to the Kensington Palace. Current members include Princes William, Charles, Andrew, and Edward, and Princess Anne, among other knights.

Past members have included Marshal of the RAF Lord Stirrup, and former Prime Ministers Sir John Major and Sir Winston Churchill.

On Garter Day, the Queen and her knights process in grand ceremonial garb at Windsor Castle. It is one of the most traditional events on the Queen’s calendar, according to the Palace. Koenig says it’s “normal” for only the royals who are Order members, and their spouses, to attend the celebration.

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Ceremony: Bell Chapel United Methodist Church Steubenville, OH

Reception: Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort, New Cumberland, WV

Make Up: Hairway to Heaven Wintersville, OH

Hair: Hairway to Heaven Wintersville, OH

Florist: Ashley at Simply Sweet Cakes Wellsville, OH

Baker: Ashley at Simply Sweet Cakes Wellsville, OH

Entertainment: Soundwaves Event Group and Steven Vance from Electric Violins Pittsburgh, PA

Colors: Purple & Silver

Honeymoon: Bahamas

In business, you can spent a small or large fortune on advertising, regularly post, tweet, share on social media and buy ad space in just about anywhere, but in all those advertising dollars that are spent with you get as much business as word of mouth. In the case of Chris and Jenna, I photographed the wedding of Chris’ sister, Lindsay. There is nothing on this planet that I love more than photographing the weddings of previous client’s family. I didn’t even need to meet with the bride and groom or have a single detail regarding this wedding in order to tell you that it was going to be amazing! Lindsay’s wedding was filled with unique and special moments and every single detail was flawless, I expected nothing less when it came to the wedding of Jenna and Chris.

I am a total crazy lunatic about details of weddings, I don’t know why, I don’t know how, but my husband and my mom make fun of me…I can most likely tell you details of weddings I’ve photographed decades ago, seriously! In a large portion I can tell you their dates, colors, the weather, photos and special moments maybe not the bridesmaid/ groomsmen names but just about anything else. My brain, my memory, remembers in wedding LOL. Upon booking the wedding of Jenna and Chris, I couldn’t wait to get home to tell my husband who’s wedding we would be photographing. I told him, you know Lindsay Haught??? He gave me his best deer in the headlights stare and I said, you know the dry ice on the dance floor first dance and the awesome father daughter dance medley, the pretty blonde who looks just like her mom, the sweet, hilarious grandmother? You know!!! I didn’t need to say anymore, once details are laid out for him he always vividly remembers just as I do.

We did Chris and Jenna’s engagement session in October 2016 and I knew instantly that this couple was not only gorgeous and photogenic but they are genuine, sweet and truly comfortable in their own skin as well as with one another. Since they had booked their wedding nearly two years prior to their wedding day, I had plenty time to get super excited for their wedding day.

We arrived for pre-ceremony coverage on a gorgeous June day in 2018 and captured a few photos of the Bride getting ready at the salon and proceeded quickly to the church for the remainder of the coverage. We always like to photograph the details of the couple’s wedding day, starting with pre-ceremony and the shoes, jewelry, garter, flowers, etc of the bride’s attire. This is the moment to which we were able to get our first glimpse of the absolutely stunning dress that would accent Jenna’s beauty on that day. There are no words for how gorgeous this dress is. Just a few weeks prior to Chris and Jenna’s wedding, another amazing couple happened to get married as well, in a very public and amazing display, while Jenna didn’t quite have the same world stage as Megan, she was an absolute queen in that dress. The beading, the train, the sleeves, the color, the detail in that dress had me breathless and in awe, it truly made me want to get married all over again. (with the same person of course haha) It never fails to get me choked up and completely humbled to see the support that each and every one of my brides receives, Jenna has an amazing supportive group of friends, who all took part equally in helping to get her ready but the bond that I was able to witness between her and her mom and sister was humbling. I have always longed for a sister, I find that bond to be so awesome. I have my brother who I am close with but age difference has always made me more motherly. (We are 11 years apart and my mom says I’m harder on him than she is, well I’ll take particle credit for what an incredible person he has become then as well LOL) I have been so blessed to say that my “Someday sister in law” Maggie and I have gotten closer and closer over the course of the relationship she has with my brother, I adore her and I am excited to one day have her as a member of the Johnston family. I truly believe that Jenna is blessed with an incredible family but she has married into an equally amazing one as well, their blessings are endless as I can see the way that Cindy and Lindsay, Callie and her mom, Barb look at her.

One of the huge bonus factors of pre-ceremony coverage at the ceremony location is that you have easy access to both the bride and groom, so we were simply able to walk over and get photos of Chris and the groomsmen as well as his family done quickly and easily.

We proceeded to the room where Chris was getting ready and captured photos of a family I was blessed to meet nearly 4 years ago at Lindsay’s wedding but with the sweetest little addition you will ever meet.

I also have to share this moment, now I will admit it took me until the ceremony to put this together, but Chris and Lindsay have a cousin, Matt and his beautiful wife Stephanie, they are incredibly close and this couple was in both weddings and Matt was the best man at this wedding. At Lindsay’s wedding Stephanie was pregnant and we took a few adorable, special photos with her and her baby to be. At the altar as we were taking family portraits and did one with Stephanie and Matt it dawned on me that this little man I’ve been photographing as the ring bearer at Chris and Jenna’s wedding is the tiny little bump I “met” 4 years ago at Lindsay and Chris’s wedding(Lindsay’s husband is also named Chris). WHOA! Mind blown! This little man is absolutely adorable and so incredibly well behaved.

Speaking of adorable, seriously can’t get over how beautiful this couple is. I love how they are so natural in front of the camera, Chris has a perfect smile and those dimples, do I need to say more? Jenna, there are no words for your beauty, you are flawless.

Let’s get these two married!!! The ceremony was short and sweet and full of love. This is the church that Chris grew up in and it always brings a tear to my eye to photograph a wedding where the pastor truly knows the bride and groom, recalls familiar stories, childhood antidotes and a kindness and comfort level that is unmatched in other venues.

Following the ceremony we did altar photos with the families of Chris and Jenna and then we immediately proceeded to Williams Country Club in Weirton, WV for photos with the bridal party as well as portraits of the bride and groom. To say that this venue was perfect is an understatement. We had tons of options here with the stone home, wide open fields, stunning overlook and gorgeous weather.

At the reception, I was excited to see the space, as it was completely transformed and completely Chris and Jenna! Lovely purple uplighting, enormous jaw dropping gorgeous cake and all the details that made this space perfect.

The bridal party entered the reception and the bride and groom cut the cake, immediately followed by sweet, heartfelt and funny speeches give by Matt the best man and Callie, Jenna’s sister and matron of honor. (Can I just say, Cali I need some tips girl, I can’t even fathom how you look so darn amazing after JUST having a baby! )

Dinner was complete and cookie table revealed, it’s time for some very dancing, beginning with Chris and Jenna, followed by Jenna and her Bruce and Chris and his Cindy.

To say I didn’t have a favorite moment of the day at this wedding is a complete and utter lie, I love ALL of the moments of their wedding day. Just as in love and life, it is not one big defining moment that matters most, its all the small moments, the little things that matter. In my life its not the grand gestures that my husband does that mean the most, its 1000 little ones. It’s the card for no reason, the fact that without fail he “sets up” my coffee in the morning so all I have to do is hit the start button, it’s the fact that he wants to give Gabe a bath to give me a minute to decompress or chat with my girl Addi, it’s the fact that I typically go to bed before him but he always texts me to ask if I need anything, its when he goes away on business trips and leaves me a scavenger hunt of post it notes to find each day until he returns. When photographing Chris and Jenna’s wedding, I knew it would be an amazing day, surrounded by amazing people, but what made this day stand out are a million little things. The fact that Jenna has this gorgeous pair of shoes that at the end of the day would have left her in pain, possibly blistered and bleeding, what did she wear??? The perfect pair of beige booties with “something Blue” soles. I knew from that moment when she told me what she was actually wearing, that this was my kind of girl! I am a softball playing, laid back, hair and make up done only if I have to, converse wearing, comfy clothes a must kind of girl, Jenna, I feel you on those shoes girl!

Moments that rocked me, Cindy seeing her mom, Cindy walking down the aisle at both her daughter and her son’s weddings, Cindy dancing with her son, Cindy cuddling with her mom, watching the joyous union of her son and now daughter in law. Cindy, I am a contagious crier. I have attended weddings where no one cried and it makes me question everything LOL. I see Lindsay and Cindy tear up and its all over for me. I was standing at the end of the aisle waiting for the bridesmaid and Bride to walk down that aisle, I cried when Cindy came down and I cried when I glanced over to her still in tears, in fact I think I possibly made Barb cry when I saw her and passed on my contagious crying. I love everything about this. You wear your heart on your sleeve, you are sweet, kind and I always leave the presence of a Haught family event, whether it be an engagement, a wedding or a session with my lil buddy X-Man and I feel truly, truly blessed to have met you all.

As many of you may know, my Dad’s health despite being incredibly active and healthy, has not been great. Heart attacks, strokes, parathyroid surgery x 2, so I can understand the moment that this photo was taken. My dad had his heart attack at 47, approximately one year prior to my wedding, those moments in the hospital, weeks and months and years of recovery and lifestyle changes, I truly was not sure if my Dad would be there to walk me down the aisle. Thankfully my Dad is incredibly proactive about his health, his diet, his body and working out because i. So as Cindy’s mom had recently had some health issues, I know at this moment that Cindy’s embrace, her tears, her comfort and recognition is 100% her being in the moment. These are the moments that I love, I live for, my favorites to capture. The raw, intense emotion of a photograph can show exactly what is going on in that moment without a single word.

The first dance of this bride and groom was like a dream, they laughed, they locked eyes, they were engaged and focused on one another, all the while this lovely clouded effect swirled around them and made for the perfect moment. The comfort level that these two have is simply the effect of many years together, growing together, loving each other, holding one another dear and at the forefront of your thoughts and actions. Its humbling to witness, the older I get the more I look at my couple as young people figuring this thing call life out together. I was married at 25 and I thought I had it all figured out. We were old enough to make all these really impactful decisions about life or so I thought, we have endured some really difficult things, lost loved ones who we hold dear now and always, I am now 37 and look back and think, dang I didn’t know a darn thing but you know what, there is not a single person on this planet that I would like to journey through life with. The term better half never sits well with me, my husband is my partner, my equal, my rock. I can lean on him and vice a versa, he is kind, compassionate and caring, even as I type this, those words seem so generic for the man that my husband is. When I photograph a wedding I can tell you by the end of their day whether they have the skills, the perseverance, the tools, the backbone for marriage. Chris and Jenna, they have it. They have incredible examples of love, relationships in order to emulate. They have the comfort level, the openness, the foundation for an amazing journey.

I am truly in wonder of motherhood, of what a woman’s body is capable of and particularly a new mom. Callie is the perfect example of this amazing concept, a new mom of one of the most stunning little ladies I have ever seen, a head full of dark hair and the most perfect skin. She was an amazing support system for her little sister on one of the biggest days of her life. Anything that I asked of her, helping with belts, jewelry, earrings, train, throwing the veil, speeches…I assume as her daughter is so young that not too many hours of sleep are taking place, yet she was enthusiastically helping Jenna each and every step of the way.

My final favorite moment of the day well all the wee ones at this wedding of course! You have all been to weddings, I’m sure where the cranky flower girl or strong willed ring bearer has reluctantly gone down the aisle. There are no words for the behavior of the children at this wedding. I’m not even kidding if I wasn’t a studious photographer who obnoxiously detail oriented, I may have forgotten that they were even there. I never heard a peep during the ceremony, the family portraits, the alternate location, the reception. I have seriously considered looking into trophies for Flower Girls and Ring Bearers of the year.

I cannot let this moment pass without acknowledging ridiculously cute these two are & their mamas too! Seriously???? CUTENESS OVERLOAD! Those head phones…I can’t.

I can capture many things in a photograph, I can capture the feeling of love, the embrace, the first kiss but none of these photos will ever express MY feelings for the people that I am honored to photograph. I am invested in the life, the lives, the love of each and every one of my clients. It is clients like the Haught family that I get the distinct pleasure of photographing multiple times that pull at my heart strings with an intense velocity that I can hardly put into words. Watching their family grow and evolve, witnessing the love between Cindy and Rich, Lindsay and Chris, Jenna and Chris, Bruce and Barb is truly a gift, capturing it is an honor and having them in my life is a blessing. No one really knows where this journey called life will take you Chris and Jenna, but I do know that it will always include the two of you, together, hand in hand.

No words, no poem, no song could be more perfect for the two of you, than this one.

I found a love for me Darling just dive right in And follow my lead Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet I never knew you were the someone waiting for me 'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love

Not knowing what it was I will not give you up this time But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own And in your eyes you're holding mine

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath But you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight

Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her home I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets To carry love, to carry children of our own We are still kids, but we're so in love Fighting against all odds I know we'll be alright this time Darling, just hold my hand Be my girl, I'll be your man I see my future in your eyes

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song When I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful I don't deserve this, darling, you look perfect tonight

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song I have faith in what I see Now I know I have met an angel in person And she looks perfect I don't deserve this You look perfect tonight

-Ed Sheeran

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In a union of tradition and modernity, U.S actress Meghan marries…

WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his actress bride Meghan Markle married on Saturday in a dazzling ceremony that blended ancient English ritual with African American culture, infusing the 1,000-year-old British monarchy with a blast of modernity.

In a medieval chapel at Windsor Castle that 39 English kings and queens have called home since 1066, Harry and Meghan exchanged vows watched up close by royals and celebrities, and from afar by a global TV audience of many millions.

Wearing a veil, diamond tiara and a sleek dress with a long train, the American actress was accompanied up the aisle of St George’s Chapel by Harry’s father, Prince Charles, before she and Harry exchanged vows and were proclaimed husband and wife.

The couple kissed on the steps of the 15th Century chapel, before delighting the sea of well-wishers, some of whom had camped for days to witness the spectacular show of British pomp and pageantry, by touring Windsor in a horse-drawn carriage.

The union of Harry, 33, a former royal wild child and sixth-in-line to the British throne, and 36-year-old Meghan, a divorcee whose mother is African-American and father is white, was like no other the royal family has seen before.

“We can break the barriers down, it can be done,” said 40-year-old black Briton Yvonne Emanuel, one of the 100,000-strong crowd that thronged Windsor’s streets.

The ceremony was typical of royal weddings in many ways. The service was conducted by the Dean of Windsor while Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, declared the couple man and wife, beneath the banners of the knights of the Order of the Garter, the world’s oldest chivalric group dating back to 1348.

The newlyweds will also be officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Queen Elizabeth bestowed those titles on them.

But throughout the wedding, there were significant breaks with tradition, in particular when U.S. Episcopalian bishop Michael Bruce Curry delivered a passionate sermon that was a far cry from the sober tones of the Church of England.

“There’s power in love,” he boomed at a congregation that included Queen Elizabeth, senior royals and celebrities ranging from Oprah Winfrey to George Clooney and David Beckham.

“Do not underestimate it. Anyone who has ever fallen in love knows what I mean,” said Curry in an energetic address that quoted Martin Luther King.

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African-American Karen Long, who was among the crowds in Windsor listening as the ceremony was relayed on loudspeakers, was one of those who appreciated the bishop’s fiery address.

“It was a moment for African-Americans,” said Long, who had come from Houston, Texas, with her sister and a group of friends, all dressed as bridesmaids. “The idea that Harry allowed that and acknowledged it, it was the perfect blend between her culture and the royal culture.”

As well as traditional Church of England anthems and delicate English choral music, the ceremony also featured a gospel choir singing “Stand by Me”, the 1960s hit by American soul singer Ben E. King.

Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, 61, accompanied her daughter to the chapel in a vintage Rolls Royce and shed tears of emotion at several points during the ceremony.

Meghan entered the chapel unescorted, offering TV viewers and the congregation a first good look at her hotly anticipated wedding dress, which was created by British designer Clare Waight Keller of the French fashion house Givenchy.

Harry, looking nervous, appeared to say: “Thanks Pa” to his father, and “You look amazing!” to his beaming bride.

In further breaks with tradition, Markle, 36, did not vow to obey her husband; while Harry, who is three years her junior, wore a wedding ring – unlike other senior male royals such as his older brother Prince William.

Before becoming engaged to Harry, Meghan, who starred in TV legal drama “Suits”, had spoken out on a number of feminist causes.

SYMBOL OR IRRELEVANCE?

The world’s media have been gripped by the occasion, and television channels beamed the ceremony across the world.

To some Britons, the marriage of a senior member of the royal family to the daughter of an African-American mother and white father embodied a modern Britain where race or background are no bar to even the most elite and traditional of institutions.

To others, it was an irrelevance or a mild distraction from the schism of Brexit, which has deeply divided the United Kingdom. Polls suggested that most Britons would not bother tuning in.

But in the narrow streets of Windsor, 30 miles (20 km) west of London, the enthusiasm from the vast crowds waving British flags and cheering was overwhelming, while thousands more celebrated at street parties held across the country. [L5N1SQ0GQ]

Air traffic controllers for nearby Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest, even closed the airspace over the town for the 15 minutes before the ceremony to avoid marring proceedings with the roar of low-flying aircraft.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding. Saturday May 19, 2018. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Among the raft of celebrity guests were James Corden, British host of the American TV chat show “The Late Late Show”, tennis ace Serena Williams, British actor Idris Elba along with two of Harry’s ex-girlfriends and the siblings of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana.

Her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, delivered the reading and the chapel itself was garlanded with white roses, the favorite flowers of Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

Elton John, who sang at Diana’s funeral, performed at Harry and Meghan’s wedding reception, held in the castle’s St George’s Hall.

The royal couple, who met on a blind date in 2016 and fell in love in a tent under the stars in Botswana, later left in a silver blue Jaguar E-Type for nearby Frogmore House mansion.

Meghan, who was wearing a long white dress designed by Stella McCartney, was, in another break with tradition, to make a speech at the newly-weds’ evening event, to which about 200 guests were invited.

LOVE IN A TENT

With security tight, tens of thousands of visitors had to pass through police search points around the castle.

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Markle’s own father Thomas Markle, 73, a former lighting director for TV soaps and sitcoms, pulled out of the ceremony this week, telling the U.S. celebrity website TMZ he had had heart surgery on Wednesday.

Confusion over his attendance marred the build-up to the wedding, which had been choreographed for months by royal aides, and his name was still present in the order of service.

After watching the ceremony from California, he told TMZ it had been “emotional and joyful”:

“My baby looks beautiful and she looks very happy. I wish I were there and I wish them all my love and all happiness.”

Harry and Meghan will not immediately leave for a honeymoon and will carry out their first official engagement as husband and wife next week.

The British remain broadly supportive of the monarchy, albeit with a sense of mild irony about the pomp and pageantry that accompanies it, though most have deep respect for Queen Elizabeth after her 66 years of service as head of state.

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Despite being unlikely to ever ascend to the throne as he is behind his father, brother, two nephews and niece in the line of succession, Harry has been at the forefront of efforts to modernize the monarchy in recent years, rejecting the uptight royal image to talk openly about his innermost feelings.

Additional reporting by Estelle Shirbon, Emma Rumney, Andrew MacAskill, Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Costas Pitas; writing by Guy Faulconbridge, Michael Holden and Estelle Shirbon; editing by Kevin Liffey and Jon Boyle

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“We can break the barriers down, it can be done,” said 40-year-old black Briton Yvonne Emanuel, one of the 100,000-strong crowd that thronged Windsor’s streets.

The newlyweds will also be officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Queen Elizabeth bestowed those titles on them.

“There’s power in love,” he boomed at a congregation that included Queen Elizabeth, senior royals and celebrities ranging from Oprah Winfrey to George Clooney and David Beckham.

“Do not underestimate it. Anyone who has ever fallen in love knows what I mean,” said Curry in an energetic address that quoted Martin Luther King.

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African-American Karen Long, who was among the crowds in Windsor listening as the ceremony was relayed on loudspeakers, was one of those who appreciated the bishop’s fiery address.

Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, 61, accompanied her daughter to the chapel in a vintage Rolls Royce and shed tears of emotion at several points during the ceremony.

Harry, looking nervous, appeared to say: “Thanks Pa” to his father, and “You look amazing!” to his beaming bride.

Before becoming engaged to Harry, Meghan, who starred in TV legal drama “Suits”, had spoken out on a number of feminist causes.

SYMBOL OR IRRELEVANCE?

The world’s media have been gripped by the occasion, and television channels beamed the ceremony across the world.

To others, it was an irrelevance or a mild distraction from the schism of Brexit, which has deeply divided the United Kingdom. Polls suggested that most Britons would not bother tuning in.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding. Saturday May 19, 2018. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, delivered the reading and the chapel itself was garlanded with white roses, the favorite flowers of Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

Elton John, who sang at Diana’s funeral, performed at Harry and Meghan’s wedding reception, held in the castle’s St George’s Hall.

The royal couple, who met on a blind date in 2016 and fell in love in a tent under the stars in Botswana, later left in a silver blue Jaguar E-Type for nearby Frogmore House mansion.

LOVE IN A TENT

With security tight, tens of thousands of visitors had to pass through police search points around the castle.

(Click for a graphic of the wedding tmsnrt.rs/2IhvlgJ)

Confusion over his attendance marred the build-up to the wedding, which had been choreographed for months by royal aides, and his name was still present in the order of service.

After watching the ceremony from California, he told TMZ it had been “emotional and joyful”:

“My baby looks beautiful and she looks very happy. I wish I were there and I wish them all my love and all happiness.”

Harry and Meghan will not immediately leave for a honeymoon and will carry out their first official engagement as husband and wife next week.

Slideshow (16 Images)

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In a union of tradition and modernity, U.S actress Meghan marries…

“We can break the barriers down, it can be done,” said 40-year-old black Briton Yvonne Emanuel, one of the 100,000-strong crowd that thronged Windsor’s streets.

The newlyweds will also be officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Queen Elizabeth bestowed those titles on them.

“There’s power in love,” he boomed at a congregation that included Queen Elizabeth, senior royals and celebrities ranging from Oprah Winfrey to George Clooney and David Beckham.

“Do not underestimate it. Anyone who has ever fallen in love knows what I mean,” said Curry in an energetic address that quoted Martin Luther King.

(Click for a graphic of the wedding tmsnrt.rs/2IhvlgJ)

African-American Karen Long, who was among the crowds in Windsor listening as the ceremony was relayed on loudspeakers, was one of those who appreciated the bishop’s fiery address.

Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, 61, accompanied her daughter to the chapel in a vintage Rolls Royce and shed tears of emotion at several points during the ceremony.

Harry, looking nervous, appeared to say: “Thanks Pa” to his father, and “You look amazing!” to his beaming bride.

Before becoming engaged to Harry, Meghan, who starred in TV legal drama “Suits”, had spoken out on a number of feminist causes.

SYMBOL OR IRRELEVANCE?

The world’s media have been gripped by the occasion, and television channels beamed the ceremony across the world.

To others, it was an irrelevance or a mild distraction from the schism of Brexit, which has deeply divided the United Kingdom. Polls suggested that most Britons would not bother tuning in.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding. Saturday May 19, 2018. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, delivered the reading and the chapel itself was garlanded with white roses, the favorite flowers of Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

Elton John, who sang at Diana’s funeral, performed at Harry and Meghan’s wedding reception, held in the castle’s St George’s Hall.

The royal couple, who met on a blind date in 2016 and fell in love in a tent under the stars in Botswana, later left in a silver blue Jaguar E-Type for nearby Frogmore House mansion.

LOVE IN A TENT

With security tight, tens of thousands of visitors had to pass through police search points around the castle.

(Click for a graphic of the wedding tmsnrt.rs/2IhvlgJ)

Confusion over his attendance marred the build-up to the wedding, which had been choreographed for months by royal aides, and his name was still present in the order of service.

After watching the ceremony from California, he told TMZ it had been “emotional and joyful”:

“My baby looks beautiful and she looks very happy. I wish I were there and I wish them all my love and all happiness.”

Harry and Meghan will not immediately leave for a honeymoon and will carry out their first official engagement as husband and wife next week.

Slideshow (16 Images)

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Laureus World Sports Awards: From Nelson Mandela's speech to Viking clap, excellent moments from past ceremonies

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Laureus World Sports Awards: From Nelson Mandela's speech to Viking clap, excellent moments from past ceremonies

Be it an unthinkable comeback to the sport, an unprecedented variety of titles or a video which leaves the world teary-eyed. The global of sport is all about moments which take the breath away. Each year, Laureus World Sports Awards honour athletes and groups for such moments or collections of moments which stand out.

Over the years, the Laureus Awards ceremonies have also thrown up a few splendid moments. Here’s a observe some of the first-class moments from Laureus ceremonies:

past ceremonies SportsFP SportsAug, 01 2017 17:21:52 IST Tweet Be it an unthinkable comeback to the sport, a remarkably wide variety of titles or a video which leaves the world teary-eyed. The global of sport is all about moments which take the breath away. Each yr, Laureus World Sports Awards honour athletes and groups for such moments or collections of moments which stand out.

Over the years, the Laureus Awards ceremonies have additionally thrown up a few fantastic moments. Here’s a look at a number of the great moments from Laureus ceremonies:

Nelson Mandela’s speech in 2000The Laureus World Sports Awards is one of the rare events where athletes are seen in public sans the bats and the racquets, and the walking shoes, and the various paraphernalia related to their subject. But it turns out Valentino Rossi is not one of these athletes.

In 2006, Laureus bestowed upon him the Spirit of Sports Award for raising the profile of MotoGP throughout his five-12 months World Championship reign. The eccentric rider became up on stage astride his Yamaha R1 motorcycle to accumulate the award from MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini and Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Nadal takes on Kevin Spacey…in TT!

It is near impossible to overcome Rafael Nadal at tennis. But how properly is he at the table tennis?

Pretty right, as Kevin Spacey located out after though the Spaniard to a sport of deck tennis on the 2011 right. The Spanish ace gained the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award that year and ended that night with a victory on the TT table too.

Even the Hollywood actor screaming, “Oh my God! It’s Federer,” didn’t work.

India’s brush with the Laureus Awards

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The Laureus movement had a memorable beginning — with a speech from Nelson Mandela, who become named the Laureus Patron. Mandela, in a rousing speech, stated: “Sport has the power to change the arena. It has the energy to encourage. It has the strength to unite humans in a way that little else does. It speaks to children in a language they apprehend. Sport can create desire, in which once there was most effective despair.”

His phrases went on to encourage the beginning of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which has gone directly to help kids triumph over issues like poverty, homelessness, warfare, juvenile violence, drug abuse, discrimination and AIDS.

The Foundation now supports over a hundred and fifty projects global.

In 2014, India’s Magic Bus turned into given the Laureus Sport for Good Award for the usage of a game to result in a social trade. The Non-Government Organisation (NGO) aims to take children out of poverty thru a programme of mentoring and coaching in sports activities. Magic Bus’s Founder and Chairman, Matthew Spacie, gathered the award from the Chairman of Laureus Sports for Good Foundation, Edwin Moses.

Everyone knows what occurs whilst a famous actor takes on an athlete at a sport after Spacey’s TT fit with Nadal. So, whilst the organisers made China’s Olympic desk tennis champion Deng Yaping play against Sherlock big name Benedict Cumberbatch in 2015, they tried to offer the latter an advantage with the aid of making the Chinese champ play with a wooden cooking spoon.

Bear in thoughts that Yaping has been voted as China’s athlete of the century. What do you suspect happened subsequently? Isn’t it essential, my expensive Watson?

Joachim Loew, who has received global repute for being the teaching of the all-conquering Germany countrywide soccer group, is popularly referred to as ‘Yogi’, a shortened version of his first call. But for a few like Hollywood star Bill Murray, the nickname is a reminder of a certain comedian e-book and caricature-lively endure. Murray went to the extent of making a song the subject matter song of the cool animated film in 2016 before ushering Loew on the degree to present an award.

Iceland stuck the creativeness of the sector after their exploits at 2016 European Championship in France after an amazing run to the area-finals. What also struck the attention of the world become the Viking clap the gamers might lead the supporters into after each in shape. At the 2017 rite, all the delegates tried their hand at the Viking clap. And, it changed into exquisite!

Essential Wedding Photography Checklist for a Wedding Photographer

One of the satisfactory matters you can should reminiscent the memorable and beautiful days of your wedding is the wedding photographs. These moments are those which could in no way come back to you again.The wedding photographer comes to rescue in this time of tension and massive confusion. The couples emphasize on making this checklist in order that they do now not pass over on capturing those great moments of their life.

One of the vital steps is, getting ready a marriage pictures checklist

Many an instance, people are not able to offer sufficient records and problematic information of a marriage rite to the photographer. Amidst the chaos, the photographer in most cases finally ends up in taking own family pictures most effective and misses out on taking the complex info of the events like pics of the couples of their pleasant moods. The photographer seems to be at a loss.

So the nice manner to manual the Wedding photographer is to offer him a timeline of all of the activities and some suggestions. In this way, you’ll be capable of guide him in taking the pix of the suitable moments with out missing out on the special components.

It is likewise crucial which you choose an expert Wedding photographer who is gifted and skilful in taking the best images, so you must not compromise with the fine of the photographs.

To provide a notice of info to the photographer

Most photographers do their high-quality to capture the essential elements of your wedding ceremony along with the feelings, the locations, the ceremonies. But weddings are speedy paced activities with a lot of activities taking vicinity on the venue.The note of details furnished to the photographer acts as a cue for him as to what the patron’s dreams are and how he has to cross approximately it in taking the first-class pictures. It is extraordinarily critical that the only who is getting ready the list of details must not omit out on any relevant point. The list ought to cater to the subsequent info as given beneath:

Before the rite the occasions that should be captured can be enlisted which include the venue ornament, the bride dressing up for the ceremony, the groom preparing himself for the huge day, leaving for the ceremony.

At the rate the substantial moments are like the appearance of the visitors at the venue the visitors mingling with every different, the maid of honor coming into, the flower ladies arriving, the groom waiting on the altar, bride and the pleasant man entering, the bride being given away by using the great man, changing of vows, exchanging of rings and many more.

The wedding ceremony pix are an essential part of the wedding photography where the photographer is meant to seize photographs of the overall length of the bride even as she is getting decked up for the large day. The ceremonial customs can make her fatigued so it is satisfactory to take her photos when she is all set to stroll down the aisle along with her best guy. She may additionally seem to be frightened however this is the time while she can be made to feel cosy and distract her from all the anxiety; through getting her worried in taking her nice shots. This is a crucial event in her existence and the people who are essential in her existence make her sense loved, cared and comfy. So the photographer has to preserve it in thoughts that he is taking the marriage images of the bride along side her mother and father, buddies, maid of honour, and a great guy. Any form of social marriages indicates the approaching collectively of all of the own family members who’ve performed such a critical role in the lives of the couple. So the wedding pix are incomplete without the ideal family photo along with the newly wed. After the ceremony does capture pictures of the bride and groom leaving the venue, the toss of the bridal garter, the birthday celebration that takes location after the marriage, the reception, wedding ceremony cake reducing rite, the trade of items, the raising of the toast, at the give up the getaway car.

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