Prince Harry leaves Coworth Park hotel for royal wedding

Prince Harry leaves Coworth Park hotel for royal wedding

Prince Harry has arrived at his wedding and Meghan Markle has started her final journey to the chapel giving the world the first glimpse of the bride's dress ahead of arguably the most A-list wedding in history.

The 36-year-old looked a vision in white and is wearing a diamond-encrusted tiara and veil over her face as she left Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire for Windsor Castle.

Her mother Doria smiled and looked adoringly at her daughter in the back of her wedding car, again supporting her in the absence of her father Thomas Markle.  

Mother and daughter drove away in a Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, which was built and delivered to the Queen in 1950 and used by Kate Middleton for her trip to Westminster Abbey when she married William seven years ago.

Prince Harry looked nervous as he arrived at St George's with his best man William but quickly warmed up waving and grinning at crowds before greeting guests inside and outside the chapel.

Celebrity royalty including the Clooneys, the Beckhams, Idris Elba, Elton John and Oprah Winfrey are among some of the world's biggest stars to arrive for the royal wedding today sending fans outside into a frenzy.  

Outside St George's Chapel up to 100,000 fevered well-wishers have gathered in glorious British sunshine to cheer the couple as they start their new married life. 

It is expected to be the biggest royal wedding in Britain since Prince William married Kate in 2011 with more than 21million UK households set to watch and 23million expected to tune in from America

The couple have invited 2,000 guests and have needed more than three hours to fill the church with friends including actor Tom Hardy, Carey Mulligan, tennis player Serena Williams and many of Meghan's Suits co-stars all there.

Harry's ex-girlfriends Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas were also invited and joined the Middletons and his uncle Earl Spencer in the giant congregation.

Royals including the Queen and Prince Charles - who will walk Meghan down the aisle after her father dropped out - will be the last to arrive before Harry, William and finally Meghan, who will enter the church alone.

Princess Diana's son's whirlwind romance with the US-born actress, 36, has captured the public's imagination and they will become the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they marry. 

After a secret six-month relationship the couple went public and later confirmed they got engaged in November when he proposed while roasting a chicken in his Kensington Palace flat. 

Their big day is finally here after a week of turmoil for Meghan after her father pulled out at the last minute and her estranged relatives flooded into the UK to cash in on her big day. 

Tens of thousands of royal fans are in the Berkshire town to catch a glimpse of the bride and groom, as police have effectively created a £30million ring of steel around the castle in a massive security operation.

Many slept on the streets and more have left their homes in the middle of the night or travelled from across the world to see them.

Revellers wearing wedding dresses, union and American flags and other outlandish outfits have been popping Champagne and prosecco since 8am or earlier as they toast the happy couple.

The official 10 Downing Street Twitter account posted a message to the couple from Theresa May, saying: 'My very best wishes to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day. To all of those joining the national celebration with street parties and other events, have a wonderful day.' 

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who will be officiating the ceremony in Windsor, tweeted: 'Praying for Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle today. May it be a day of joy and celebration as they commit their lives to each other before God - and may we all share in that joy with them.'

Meghan has spent her last night of freedom at the Cliveden House Hotel around 25 minutes from Windsor Castle where she will next see Prince Harry at the altar of St George's Chapel.

Last night she looked stunning as she arrived with her mother Doria Ragland, 62, after enjoying afternoon tea with the Queen.

Meanwhile her husband-to-be and Prince William enjoyed a walkabout through Windsor to meet the thousands of well-wishers who have gathered to see him get married.

As she walked into the hotel wearing a £1,350 navy Roland Mouret Barwick dress she grinned as she told waiting royal fans that she felt 'wonderful, thank you' ahead of the biggest day of her life.

Beaming Meghan also gathered her closest friends, her dress designer and hairdresser to join her in £1,500-a-night rooms last night.