Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The couple announced their engagement in November 
 
 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will be held on Saturday 19 May 2018, Kensington Palace has announced. 
 
 The pair confirmed their engagement in November and said the service would be at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. 
 
 The date breaks with tradition as royal weddings usually take place on a weekday - the Queen wed on a Thursday and the Duke of Cambridge on a Friday. 
 
 The wedding will be on the same day as the FA Cup Final, which Prince William normally attends as FA president. 
 
 The time of the match has yet to be confirmed, but in recent years it has taken place at 17:30 GMT. 
 
 The Royal Family will pay for the wedding, including the service, music, flowers and reception. 
 
 The event will take place just a month after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to welcome their third child to the family. 
 
 Ms Markle will be baptised into the Church of England and confirmed before the wedding. 
 
 Earlier this week, Kensington Palace announced the couple will be spending Christmas together at Sandringham with the Queen. 
 
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 The prince and the American actor, 36, carried out their first official engagement in Nottingham on 1 December. 
 
 Prince Harry made a public appearance at Sandhurst earlier on Friday - 11 years after he graduated from the military academy - for the Sovereign's Parade. 
 
 No Bank Holiday 
 
 BBC Royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Saturday date was "unusual, but not unprecedented" and would give people the opportunity to go to Windsor for the celebrations. 
 
 He added: "Downing Street clearly hasn't been persuaded [into giving a Bank Holiday]… these things are so ruled by precedent." 
 
 Image copyright PA Image caption Prince Harry and Ms Markle on their first official engagement in Nottingham 
 
 Reacting to the clash with the cup match, an FA spokesman said the organisation was "delighted" for Prince Harry and Ms Markle. 
 
 He added: "Saturday 19 May promises to be a wonderful day with such a special royal occasion being followed by English football's showpiece event, the Emirates FA Cup Final. 
 
 "With millions coming together to watch both events at home and around the world, it will be a day to celebrate." 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption The couple visited a gallery and school in Nottingham ||||| PRINCE Harry has asked big brother William to be his best man at his upcoming wedding. 
 
 And Wills is said to be "honoured" to stand by the side of his brother when Harry, 33, ties the knot with US actress Meghan Markle next month. 
 
 PA Prince Harry was by his brother's side during the Duke of Cambridge's wedding to Kate in 2011 
 
 It's a sweet request, with Prince Harry best man at William's wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011. 
 
 Kensington Palace this morning confirmed the news, tweeting: "Prince Harry has asked his brother The Duke of Cambridge to be his Best Man at his wedding to Ms. Meghan Markle. 
 
 "The Duke of Cambridge is honoured to have been asked, and is very much looking forward to supporting his brother at St George's Chapel, Windsor on May 19th." 
 
 As part of the announcement, photographs of the brothers were shared - including an adorable snap of the pair as boys dressed as police officers, complete with bobby hats. 
 
 Moment Prince William joked that Prince Harry hadn't asked him to be Best Man at wedding to Meghan Markle yet 
 
 PA Prince William and Prince Harry have a close relationship as brothers 
 
 PA The pair made adorable police officers 
 
 It comes despite Prince William saying earlier this year that Harry had not yet asked him to fill the role for the May wedding. 
 
 Interview with former Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand, the future king said: "He hasn't asked me yet", adding: "It could be a sensitive issue." 
 
 He also joked he was "still working it out" when Rio asked if he had decided whether he would attend the FA Cup Final at Wembley or the event at Windsor Castle - with the dates clashing. 
 
 The countdown for the royal wedding is on, with Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan to wed on May 19. 
 
 PA Prince William is said to have been honoured to have been asked 
 
 Getty - Contributor Harry and Meghan will tie the knot next month 
 
 AFP or licensors Prince Harry and his bride-to-be Meghan attended an Anzac Day ceremony with William yesterday 
 
 PA The pair have shown off their playful side 
 
 The couple will say "I do" in May at St George's Chapel, which is nestled within the grounds of Windsor Castle. 
 
 Among the throng of guests will be family including The Queen and Prince Charles - with 2,640 members of the public also invited to attend the big day. 
 
 And bets are already being taken on where Prince William will organise Harry's stag do - with 100/1 odds that the celebrations will be at Las Vegas. 
 
 According to Ladbrokes, a bash somewhere in the Scottish Highlands is the favourite with bookies at 5/1, with a private hideaway in Wales fancied at 8/1. 
 
 This week, the official line-up for the wedding was released, with music to be under the direction of James Vivian, the Director of Music at St George's Chapel. 
 
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 Kensington Palace said that Windsor, a royal residence west of London, had become "a special place for the two of them." 
 
 A spokesman said Markle would retain US citizenship through the process of becoming a UK citizen but it was "too early to say" if she would retain dual nationality. The process is expected to take several years. 
 
 The wedding is likely to fall after another big royal occasion -- Harry's older brother, Prince William, and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, are expecting their third child in April. 
 
 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at a photocall to announce their engagement at Kensington Palace in London. 
 
 News of the couple's engagement was announced on Monday and came after months of speculation. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their first public appearance as an engaged couple in the gardens of Kensington Palace on Monday afternoon, where Harry told reporters he knew Markle was "the one" from "the very first time we met." 
 
 Their first official joint engagement will take place in the city of Nottingham on Friday, where they will greet members of the public together for the first time before attending an event to mark World AIDS Day. 
 
 After the wedding, Markle will become the fourth patron of The Royal Foundation, a charitable organization set up in 2009 by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. 
 
 The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace, the official residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. One of Markle's two dogs, Guy, is already in the UK, while the other, Bogart, is now with friends of Markle's in Canada. 
 
 A church wedding 
 
 In choosing St George's Chapel at Windsor as the venue, the couple are following in royal tradition. Most recently, the church was the scene of the wedding of Peter Phillips -- son of Princess Anne and cousin to Harry -- who married Autumn Kelly in 2008. 
 
 Although Markle has been married before, that will not pose any obstacle to a church wedding as the Church of England permits divorcees to remarry. 
 
 The last royal wedding involving a divorcee was a civil ceremony rather than a church marriage. Harry's father, Prince Charles, married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 in a town hall in Windsor. 
 
 The then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, agreed the arrangements were "consistent with Church of England guidelines concerning remarriage." 
 
 The Church of England nevertheless allows the remarriage of divorced people "in exceptional circumstances." 
 
 Rules state that divorcees must be asked a series of questions designed to ensure "past hurts" have been healed and mistakes learned from. 
 
 The couple will wed in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. 
 
 Although Markle attended a Catholic school as a child, she is not a practicing Roman Catholic, so an Anglican wedding will not raise any denominational questions. Kensington Palace said she would be baptized into the Church of England before the wedding. 
 
 Current Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Monday he was "absolutely delighted" at news of the wedding. "I have met Prince Harry on a number of occasions and have always been struck by his commitment and passion for his charities, and his immense love for his family," he said in a statement 
 
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 News of the engagement prompted hopes that Brits might be granted an extra day off on the day of the nuptials. The wedding of William and Kate was declared a special holiday, as was Charles' wedding to Diana and that of his younger sister Princess Anne. 
 
 But Downing Street has said that there are "no plans" for a special holiday to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Markle. 
 
 It began with a blind date 
 
 The couple opened up for the first time about their relationship in an interview with the BBC's Mishal Husain broadcast on Monday evening. They have previously stayed clear of the public eye, opting for evenings at home instead of nights out to avoid media scrutiny, which has times been none too kind to Markle. 
 
 The two met for a drink in July 2016 on a blind date, brokered by a mutual friend, whose name they would not reveal, but "it was definitely a setup," Markle said. 
 
 A second date was followed by a camping trip to Botswana. "Then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me," explained Harry. 
 
 "We were able to really have so much time just to connect," added Markle, "and we never went longer than two weeks without seeing each other, even though we were obviously doing a long-distance relationship. We made it work." 
 
 It was during a "cozy night" earlier this month at the couple's Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace when Harry proposed, Markle said. 
 
 "It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got down on one knee," she said. "As a matter of fact, I could barely let you finish proposing. I said, 'Can I say yes now?'" 
 
 The ring features a stone from Botswana accompanied by two smaller diamonds from the jewelry collection of Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana. 
 
 Harry wanted to include those on the ring, which he designed himself with a yellow gold band, "to make sure she's with us on this crazy journey together."
– Prepare for an onslaught of media buzz each time a bit of minutiae about the upcoming Meghan Markle-Prince Harry wedding emerges. Friday's relevant detail: their actual wedding date. It had previously been noted the ceremony would take place sometime next spring, but now an actual date has been announced, and it's a break from convention, per the BBC. The couple will wed in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018, which is unusual for a royal wedding as it falls on a Saturday. Royal couples usually take their vows on a weekday: Harry's parents, Charles and Diana, wed on a Wednesday, for example, while brother William wed Kate Middleton on a Friday. The Telegraph notes the date may have been picked to avoid having to declare a bank holiday, as well as to allow Middleton time to recover from the birth of her third child, due in April. One person who will have to trade in one big event for another: Harry's best man, Prince William, who usually presides over the FA Cup soccer finals and presents the trophy. This year's championship is being held on the same day as Harry and Meghan's wedding.