Meghan Markle

Harry and Meghan’s wedding had descended into PR nightmare in the home stretch, but Prince Charles’s timely intervention puts things back on track

Anne Kingston: It’s too often done with the assumption that her fiancé represents a racial norm. And that carries some ugly historical resonance

Scott Gilmore: Any family put on the royal pedestal would be found wanting. The truth is, the Markles are actually very average—they are us.

One of the latest figures in the spotlight surrounding the royal wedding is Jessica Mulroney, the bride-to-be’s friend and confidant

Markle has taken to royal duties ’like a duck to water,’ outpacing even her future sister-in-law during Kate’s pre-wedding months

From Meghan Markle’s sister to Prince Harry himself, each of the main players harboured ill motive, missed a chance to intervene or failed to spot a train wreck in the making

Kensington Palace calls for ’understanding and respect’ ahead of the royal wedding, but Thomas Markle’s cooperation with paparazzi will make for a difficult relationship with Prince Harry

To make it easier to tell a royal countess (Sophie) from an aristocratic one (Karen Spencer, sister-in-law of the late Diana, princess of Wales), Maclean’s has created a royal gallery of the guests.

How to watch the royal wedding and related programming, the moments to look out for on the big day, and even what to eat and drink as you take in the spectacle

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding fast approaching, here’s a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of royal weddings gone by