
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – the now Duchess of Sussex, was different to every other Royal Wedding before it.
The ceremony was a beautiful blend of English tradition and Meghan’s part African American heritage, including a gospel choir rendition ofStand by Me, and a sermon by powerhouse preacher Michael Curry.
However, there was another blink-and-you’ll miss it detail that shows that Meghan Markle will be a royal like none other before her.
Ms. Meghan Markle, wearing a #Givenchy Haute Couture wedding gown designed by #ClareWaightKeller to the #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/nmWB71GzNm
— GIVENCHY (@givenchy) May 19, 2018
As reported by Kensington Palace, the Duchess wanted her wedding to represent all 53 countries of the Commonwealth in some aspect and in keeping with her wishes, Clare Waight Keller delivered.
The artistic director of Parisian Haute Couture house Givenchy and designer behind her wedding dress orchestrated a veil which incorporated the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country. They were all hand-embroidered into the trimming of the veil.
Ms. Markle expressed the wish of having all 53 countries of the Commonwealth with her on her journey through the ceremony. Ms. Waight Keller designed a veil representing the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country united in one spectacular floral composition.
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 19, 2018
In a statement released by the Palace it stated that “Ms. Markle wanted to express her gratitude for the opportunity to support the work of the Commonwealth by incorporating references to its members into the design of her wedding dress.”
“Significant time was spent researching the flora of each Commonwealth country and much care was taken by Ms. Waight Keller to ensure that every flower is unique,” it read.

Each flower embroidered into Markle's veil carried a great deal of significance. Image: Getty.

Image: Getty.

Image: Getty.

The time spent on the hand-embroidered details behind the veil would have immense. Image: Getty.
Along with the 53 flowers, Meghan Markle also personally requested the addition of another two, flowers which were symbolic of the couple's English and American union.
Wintersweet - which grows in the grounds of Kensington Palace in front of Nottingham Cottage (where the couple got engaged) and California Poppy - which is the state flower of Markle’s place of birth, California.
Two crops of wheat were also embroidered into the front of the veil, which symbolise love and charity.
Here is the list of flowers associated with each Commonwealth nation:
Pacific:
United Kindom:
Europe:
Caribbean & Americas:
Asis:
Africa:
Jessica Wang
Lifestyle Writer
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