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More conservative newspapers, they proudly proclaimed that meghan was distantly related to prince harry on her fathers side. >> 17 cousins, to be exact. >> the subtext of it was, dont worry, shes one of us, you know, because of her fathers line. there is still that. they dress it up to say isnt it cute, they are related. they are saying, this is a bloodline coming into the royal family. let us not forget it, they are a bunch of germans. lovely people. >> princess charlotte as well. well get into...

And she was 12 years old. she was never really a royals fan until prince harry proposed to meghan markle. then she looked up and said, hey, that girl looks like me. take a look. whats it mean to you? >> it means a lot to me because if we actually think about it, its like british royal heritage with african-american -- it means a lot to me because -- [ inaudible ] >> what do you like about meghan markle? >> i think she seems -- >> tell me whar, what do you li >> i like how she never stops chasing...

There. >> exactly. >> people from "suits." >> and australians. harry spent his gap year in australia. there are a lot of australians there. this is an international, bringing together of people. >> a cultural shock. they are driving on the wrong side of the road. >> the right side. >> breaking tradition is what made diana the peoples princess. the thing they have tried to do to mitigate that is giving more information about meghans background. >> right. this is one of those regrettable things on...

I think people are really looking at this as a way to include biracial children because they are the biggest growing ethnic group in great britain. theres never been any representation. they feel lost. its either black or white. my moms wind rush generation after the war felt very much, no color. this is a young generation, you felt very, very included until brexit. i think this wedding is, for them, the biracial children, its a recognition both colors can come together and co-exist. thats an im...

Walk anybody down the aisle. he is going to walk her down the aisle, deliver her to prince harry. >> this is a grand affair. st. georges chapel fits 800 people. by comparison, kate and william had 1900. >> how many people were at your wedding? >> about 200. yours was teeny tiny. >> mine was two. >> diane and charles had 3500 people. it was the wedding of the century. this seems big to us, but in comparison, it is small. we are going to talk about the people inside the grounds. >> its so much fun...

There. "stand by me" is going to be the stand-out song. ive heard it will be amazing. >> a 19-year-old cellist that harry heard years ago said he has to have him in the wedding. meghan called him on the phone, directly. thats an exciting thing to have the future princess, a future duchess call you and say, please, perform in our wedding. >> those are going to be some of the performers inside the church. >> i think it will be a "love actually" moment. >> i love that. oprah might stand-up in the s...

And the dress is unveiled. a lot of speculation about the dress, still no sign of who it could be. a great deal of guessing. we expect the future bride and groom to be getting ready, hanging around at their hotels. harry is with william, his best man. he looked very relaxed yesterday, chatting with the crowd, didnt seem like he had a care in the world. meghan, when asked how she was feeling by a journalist as she say rived at the wonderful cliveden hotel. happy to have her mother by her side. th...

By the standards of the royal family and royal history, it is a long way in a relatively short time. >> the day after the engagement was announced, there was a piece where they said, you would never have seen an american actress divorcee, mixed race, ever be able to marry a royal. its a sentence you would never hear 100 years ago. >> not even 30 years ago. >> it is not a modern day fairytale, it is modern day reality. >> stay with us, we will be back from windsor.

Princess diana. you watched the queen, you realize just what dianas death, the impact and the lack of sensitivity that the gequeen ha to dianas death, its important to know how special diana was to the people and the backlash she received forced her to change. >> immediately after the death, you know, the kids were isolated, harry and william were isolated and not many people offering praise these days. tony blair intervened. the queen was staying in her royal castle, not acknowledging the outpo...

The aisle, its a telegraph to the world, we have a new princess in town. im an independent woman, i can walk myself down the aisle. >> she will meet prince charles down the end of the aisle. >> its okay. shes got this on her own. i think its circling back to what we said earlier, a testament to the queen relaxing. in the early 90s, she decided to chill out. she famously did not allow her sister to marry the love of her life because he was a divorcee. >> as we learned in the crowd. >> absolutely....