Meghan Markle baptised and confirmed by Archbishop ahead of marriage to Prince Harry

16 March 2018

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Meghan Markle walks into Westminster Abbey with Prince Harry for the Commonwealth Day service, on Monday. Also present at the service were the Queen and other members of the royal family.

Ms Markle was reported to have been baptised and confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week in advance of her marriage to Prince Harry in May.

The baptism took place in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in the presence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Daily Mail reports.

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