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Well-wishers wait in Windsor for the royal wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Oct. 12, 2018.(Photo: NEIL HALL / EPA-EFE)
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex arrived at the royal wedding at Windsor Friday, September 14th, 2012 at 9:00 pm. Princess Eugenie of York prepared to wed her longtime commoner boyfriend in a lower-key repeat of the nuptials that enchanted the world when Harry wed his American girlfriend Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle in May.
The assembled guests are awaiting the bride's goal Meghan wore a deep navy blue coat-and-dress outfit with a matching fascinator.
The Royal Bride may be one of the most famous brides of the world, Jack Brooksbank, a former bartender turned tequila brand rep, a goal in the United Kingdom and the historic town of Windsor was prepared to celebrate.
Even before dawn, hours before the ceremony at St. George's Chapel inside the castle gates, people were gathered in the narrow flag-festooned streets in front of souvenir shops stuffed with royal wedding knickknacks ).
The wind has been described as gusty, which has been a problem for the female guests and the elaborate hats that are required head gear at a royal wedding.
Celebrities among the guests were among the first of the arrivals, including Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry's girlfriend who is a close friend of Eugenie. Liv Tyler, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell were also spotted entering the church. Cara Delevingne and Demi Moore were also there.
Harry and Meghan arrived to cheers. Eugenie's uncle, the queen's youngest his Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, were among the first senior royals to arrive, with their son James, Viscount Severn. Their daughter, Lady Louise Windsor, will be in the bridal party.
They were followed by Eugenie's aunt, Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, and her daughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall.
Guests arrive for the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, near London, Oct. 12, 2018. (Photo: Aaron Chown / Pool / via AP)
Large signs at the castle's ticket, but many visitors earlier in the week seemed unaccompanied, the Associated Press reported.
"No interest," said Michael Taylor, a drummer from Chicago who toured the imposing castle Wednesday – but did not know about the wedding. "I do not know anything about her, if I walked past me right now, I would not even know."
Eugenie, 28, and one of Harry's cousins, is the younger daughter of Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and the sister of Princess Beatrice, 30.
Eugenie and her sister are among the eight grandchildren of the queen, 92, and her husband, Prince Philip, 97, who were to lead the family. Philip, however is frail and still recovering from hip surgery, so his presence is not guaranteed.
Eugenie is marrying her boyfriend of seven years, James "Jack" Brooksbank, 32, the commoner her of an accountant. To train manager of a celebrity nightclub in London, he now works as European manager for George Clooney Casamigos Tequila brand.
On the wedding couple have been interviewed on ITV, which is carrying the wedding live in the U.K .. Eugenie said she is so excited about the wedding she will be "running down the aisle."
A view of Windsor Castle, in Windsor, West of London, Oct. 10, 2018, two days before Princess Jackie is married to Jack Brooksbank in St. George's Chapel. (Photo: ANDY RAIN / EPA-EFE)
Special guests representing British charities began gathering at the gates near the chapel where they will watch guests and the wedding party arrive, listen to a live broadcast of the ceremony and watch the chapel afterward.
Some of the 800-plus guests and 1,200 special guests representing charities four minutes before the start of the ceremony.
Clooney and his wife, Amal, who attended Harry and Meghan's royal wedding in St. George's Chapel on May 19, were expected at Eugenie and Jack's nuptials, though this was still in the air at the last minute.
But Harry and Meghan, the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will be making their way back to Australia early Sunday for the start of their two-week Down Under Tour.
Prince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge will be there, and two of their children, Prince George, 5, and Princess Charlotte, 3, will serve as theirs.
The only senior member of the family is Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Prince Charles, Eugenie's uncle, who had a long-planned prior commitment to a school in Scotland.
All eyes will naturally be focused on the bride's gown as usual, Beatrice, her mother of honor, and her mother, the irrepressible redhead duchess still known as "Fergie." A flock of other little royals, also will be among the bridesmaids and page boys. charmed the assembled. Eugenie will be walked down the aisle by her father, 58.
As happened at the wedding, the ceremony will be followed by a 15-minute carriage procession through part of Windsor in a shorter version of the carriage procession Harry and Meghan had.
Princess Eugenie Jack Brooksbank and longtime boyfriend are tying the knot after more than six years together.
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After the procession, the families will assemble in the White Drawing Room at the castle to take the official pictures. Guests will be waiting for a meal hosted by the queen at the castle, followed by an evening reception hosted by Eugenie's parents at Royal Lodge on the castle estate.
The Sussex wedding featured two receptions, one hosted by the queen and one hosted by Prince Charles that evening. Eugenie and Jack will have a two-day reception, with an all-day festival-style event scheduled for Saturday at the Royal Lodge.
After the wedding, Eugenie, who works for a London art gallery, is expected to keep her royal title, Princess Eugenie HRH, but will likely add Mrs. Jack Brooksbank.
This wedding was intended to be less expensive than Harry and Meghan's globally watched nuptials, so the amount of Eugenie-and-Jack swag available for comparison.
"It's going to be some girls and some mugs." A few people have been asking for it, but compared to Harry-Meghan, it's not that big, "said Salman Khan at The King and Queen Gift Shop. Eugenie has been made to produce, he added.
"This is different, but it's still quite good for the town," said Khan. "The whole town is still excited," he said.
Security has been omnipresent in the days leading up to the wedding, thanks to the presence of so many celebrities and members of the royal family.
Police teams checked and sealed water drains near the castle, and sniffer dogs sniffed for explosives in the shops, restaurants and tea rooms frequented by tourists.
The royal family is paying for the wedding, but the anti-monarchist group
But that will not be in Windsor, the town that surrounds the near-1,000-year-old castle that is the seat of the royal Windsor dynasty to which Eugenie belongs. The royal family's popularity is higher than ever, and Harry and Meghan's wedding
"We are getting a lot of American and Chinese visitors," said Jag Khaira at the Nell Gwynn Tearoom. "A lot of tourists do not know about this wedding Friday, but it will bring in the crowds and should be a good day for us."
Contributing: The Associated Press
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