Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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40 free Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle trivia questions with answers — history quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
On 19 May 2018 a British prince married an American actress at Windsor Castle while a global audience estimated in the hundreds of millions looked on. The day mixed old royal ritual with touches no royal wedding had seen before, including a gospel choir and a guest preacher from the United States. This quiz covers the whole story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding: the engagement and the ring, the dress, veil and tiara, the flowers and the cake, the music and readings, the uniforms, the titles granted that morning, the famous faces in the pews and the parties afterwards. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the detail behind each moment. It is made for royal watchers who remember the broadcast, for anyone putting together a royal-themed quiz night, and for fans who want to find out how much of the day they really took in.
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Q 01What did Prince Harry need Queen Elizabeth II's permission to keep when marrying Meghan Markle in Army uniform?
His beard
His beard needed the Queen's sign-off because facial hair was then allowed in the British Army only in exceptional circumstances.
Q 02Which soul classic did the gospel group the Kingdom Choir sing at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding?
Stand by Me
Stand by Me was arranged for the choir by Mark Delisser and sung as the bride and groom sat down during the service.
Q 03What flavour was the wedding cake that a London baker made for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Lemon and elderflower
Lemon and elderflower layers were decorated with peonies in shades of white and cream.
Q 04Who escorted Meghan Markle through the quire to the altar at Windsor after her father withdrew from her wedding?
Prince Charles
Prince Charles, the groom's father, met the bride partway, after she had walked the first stretch of the aisle with only her attendants behind her.
Q 05Which dukedom did Queen Elizabeth II give Prince Harry on the morning he married Meghan Markle?
Sussex
Sussex came with two lesser titles, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel, following the custom of giving royal princes a peerage when they marry.
Q 06At which venue, where his uncle Prince Edward had also wed, did Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle?
St George's Chapel
St George's Chapel sits inside Windsor Castle, and it had also hosted the blessing of the marriage of Harry's father and stepmother.
Q 07Which civil rights leader was quoted in the sermon on love at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding?
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted in a 14-minute address on the redemptive power of love, given by the head of the American branch of Anglicanism.
Q 08Before Meghan Markle wed Prince Harry, which American divorcee had married the abdicated Edward VIII in 1937?
Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson became Duchess of Windsor but was never styled Her Royal Highness, a style Meghan received on marrying.
Q 09Which singer performed at the reception Queen Elizabeth II hosted after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding?
Elton John
Elton John sang for the roughly 600 guests who had attended the service, at a reception held in the castle after the carriage procession.
Q 10Before marrying Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was best known for acting in which legal drama television series?
Suits
Suits was filmed in Toronto, and several of her co-stars from the show were among the guests at Windsor.
Q 11Clare Waight Keller designed Meghan Markle's wedding dress as artistic director of which French fashion house?
Givenchy
Givenchy kept the secret until the last moment: the maker's name was revealed only as the bride stepped out of her car for the service.
Q 12The flowers embroidered on Meghan Markle's wedding veil stood for the countries of which international body?
The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth had 53 members at the time, and each got its own flower on a veil that took embroiderers 500 hours to finish.
Q 13Which US state's official flower, a poppy, was embroidered on Meghan Markle's wedding veil to honour her birthplace?
California
Q 21Which cleric performed the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle while the Dean of Windsor led the service?
Justin Welby
Justin Welby, then Archbishop of Canterbury, used the standard marriage service published in Common Worship, the modern Anglican liturgy.
Q 22The diamond bandeau tiara lent to Meghan Markle for her wedding to Prince Harry was made in 1932 for whom?
Queen Mary
Queen Mary had the band built around a brooch she had been given as a wedding present by the County of Lincoln in 1893.
Q 23Which cellist played Schubert's Ave Maria while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed the register at their wedding?
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
California is where Meghan was born, and its state poppy sat on the veil beside wintersweet, a flower that grew outside the couple's cottage.
Q 14Which British actor, also a guest at the ceremony, was the DJ at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's evening reception?
Idris Elba
Idris Elba was invited by Harry, and the bride handed him a setlist that included Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
Q 15In a 2021 interview with which host did Meghan say she and Prince Harry exchanged vows before their wedding day?
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey, herself a guest at Windsor, heard that the pair made private vows three days early; the Archbishop of Canterbury later said the legal wedding was the public one.
Q 16Prince William skipped which annual football match because it fell on the day Prince Harry married Meghan Markle?
FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final was a fixture William normally attended as President of the Football Association, but he was his brother's best man instead.
Q 17On which day of the week did Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle, with no bank holiday declared?
Saturday
Saturday was the choice, and unlike William and Kate's Friday wedding in 2011 the day was not declared a bank holiday.
Q 18Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle in the garden of which London royal home, site of Nottingham Cottage?
Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace was also where the couple faced the cameras, at an engagement photocall in its Sunken Garden.
Q 19Which niece of Prince Harry joined her brother among the bridesmaids and page boys at his wedding to Meghan Markle?
Princess Charlotte
Princess Charlotte was one of five attendants chosen by the groom, alongside three of his godchildren.
Q 20Which American bishop, then head of the Episcopal Church, preached at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Michael Curry
Michael Curry spoke for 14 minutes, and prayers later in the service were offered by a chaplain to the Queen and a Coptic Orthodox archbishop.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason was 19 at the time, and with the orchestra he also played Fauré's Après un rêve.
Q 24Meghan Markle's wedding ring was made of gold from which part of Britain, while Prince Harry's was platinum?
Wales
Wales supplied the gold for the bride's ring, and both bands were made by Cleave and Company, the court jewellers behind her engagement ring.
Q 25The central diamond in Meghan Markle's engagement ring from Prince Harry came from which African country?
Botswana
Botswana supplied the main stone, which Harry had set between two smaller diamonds from his mother's jewellery collection.
Q 26Which British designer made the halter-neck dress Meghan Markle wore to her evening wedding reception?
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney's open-backed gown was worn with an emerald-cut aquamarine ring that had once belonged to Harry's mother, Diana.
Q 27In which silver-blue classic sports car did Prince Harry drive Meghan Markle to their evening wedding reception?
Jaguar E-Type
The Jaguar E-Type was a loaned Concept Zero model, and the groom took the wheel himself with his new wife beside him.
Q 28Where did 200 close friends join Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the second reception on their wedding day?
Frogmore House
Frogmore House hosted a party given by the groom's father, and the night ended with a small fireworks display overhead.
Q 29Which flowers did Prince Harry hand-pick for Meghan Markle's wedding bouquet in honour of his late mother, Diana?
Forget-me-nots
Forget-me-nots joined sweet peas, jasmine and lily of the valley in a bouquet designed by the florist Philippa Craddock.
Q 30Prince Harry wore the frock coat uniform of which Army regiment, his old unit, to marry Meghan Markle?
Blues and Royals
The Blues and Royals uniform was also worn by his best man, and mounted soldiers of the regiment escorted the newlyweds' carriage.