Who will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle?

Today is Meghan Markle’s last day before she becomes royalty.

It was announced this morning that she has asked Prince Charles to walk her down the aisle in tomorrow’s wedding. She has already had her final dress fitting. (It is rumored to cost $135,000 and will be paid for by Prince Harry and his family.)

She booked her manicurist to come to Kensington Palace, ensuring her nails are ready for the moment when she and Harry exchange rings. And she has reportedly been doing regular workouts at home and jogging around the park to relieve stress.

In addition to preparing to marry Prince Harry, she’s also been preparing to join his family.

According to reports, Meghan has been required to master the silver service and learn how to handle seafood, drink soup, and so on. She has been taught to curtsy, something required when she meets Duchess Kate Middleton and every royal who ranks above her.

(The perfect curtsy, in case you were wondering, is “back straight, head up, with a bent front knee and your back leg behind you.”)

As the first American to join the royal family in decades, she has also been taking elocution lessons to soften her accent and learn British terminology. She has deleted all her social media accounts (it’s forbidden for royals to take selfies). Her nail polish must be “natural looking.” Like other royal women, she is never allowed to appear in public without stockings.

And she is permitted to pick up her fork at meals only after the queen begins eating. When the queen is finished, everyone else must stop eating as well.

“A golden age of American Anglophilia”

While most of us find the British royal family and customs confusing, we are also enamored with them.

Television viewership for tomorrow’s wedding is expected to surpass the twenty-three million Americans who tuned in for Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011. Media revenues related to the wedding will likely run as high as $100 million.

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