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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, confirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not legally married prior to their televised wedding, clarifying the comments the Duchess made in the couple's shocking interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The interview contained many revelations, including the news that Meghan and Harry had privately exchanged their vows a few days before the ceremony.
"You know, we got married three days before our wedding," Meghan said.
Nobody knows this.
The vows that we have framed in our room are those that only the two of us said in our patio in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The duchess did not give more information about the private ceremony, but many deduced that it was not legally binding due to the absence of witnesses.
Welby, who presided over the couple in their public vows on May 19, 2018, has clarified events.
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«The legal wedding was on Saturday.
I signed the marriage certificate, which is a legal document, and I would have committed a serious crime if I had signed it knowing it was false, "said Welby, in statements first collected by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica and confirmed to CNN by Lambeth Palace .
'So you can interpret it what you want.
The legal wedding was on Saturday, but I will not say anything about what happened in previous meetings, "added the archbishop.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married at St George's Chapel in Windsor, becoming the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
However, in January last year, the couple announced their separation from the royal family.
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Earlier this month, they took advantage of a highly publicized interview with Oprah to discuss their experiences, including allegations of racism within the family and Meghan's admission of feeling suicidal during her pregnancy.
The two-hour television special was highly anticipated as Harry and Meghan can now talk more freely about the royal family following their effective separation from the palace.
In one of the most puzzling revelations, Meghan said that a member of the royal family, whom she did not identify by name, questioned how dark the skin of her unborn baby, Archie, would be while she was pregnant.
There were several "concerns and conversations about how dark her skin might be when she was born," she said.
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