EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE'S UPCOMING WEDDING
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* The couple will tie the knot at midday on Saturday, May 19 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. It will be 9pm Sydney time
* The Dean of Windsor will conduct the service with The Archbishop of Canterbury set to officiate the couple's wedding vows
* After the service, the couple will take a carriage procession along the route from St George's Chapel, through Windsor Town, then returning to Windsor Castle
* A reception at St George's Hall, hosted by The Queen, will be held after the service with around 600 guests invited
* Later in the evening, Harry's father, the Prince of ,Wales will host a reception at Frogmore House for the couple and around 200 of their close friends and family
* Regiments and units of the United Kingdom's Armed Forces, which hold a special relationship with Prince Harry, will provide the ceremonial support at the wedding and carriage procession
* Included are the 3 Regiment Army Air Corps and The Royal Gurkha Rifles, who Harry served with in Afghanistan
* Floral designer Philippa Craddock will create the flower displays for their wedding
* White garden roses, peonies, foxgloves and branches of beech, birch and hornbeam, which will all be in season, are expected to be used
* After the wedding, the couple have arranged for the flowers to be distributed to charities
* Pastry chef Claire Ptak, the owner of London's Violet bakery, will make the royal wedding cake - a lemon elderflower cake, covered in buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers
* Ms Ptak's business is focused on using seasonal and organic ingredients, she was previously interviewed by Ms Markle for her former lifestyle website TheTig.com
* Invitations to the wedding followed royal tradition and were made by Barnard & Westwood
* The invitations were issued in the name of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and feature the Three-Feathered badge of the prince printed in gold ink
* Official heads of states have not been included on the guest list.
