Royal Wedding schedule: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s big day revealed

Royal fans across the country have been waiting with bated breath for the full details of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding day.

And finally Kensington Palace have released the full schedule and timings for the big day.

Here we look at what we can expect on May 19, from when the first guests arrive at Windsor Castle to the evening celebrations at Frogmore House.

• The couple will spend, as according to tradition, the night before their wedding apart.

• There will be no American-style maid of honour and all of the couple’s page boys and bridesmaids – who are expected to include Prince George and Princess Charlotte – will be children.

• The couple will not go on honeymoon straight away – and will, remarkably, undertake their first public engagement as man and wife just days after the ceremony.

• The couple’s guests will arrive at St George’s Chapel between 9.30am and 11am on May 19. Guests will be arriving at the Round Tower by coach and will be seen walking to the South Door of St George’s Chapel.

Guests will be arriving at the Round Tower at Windsor Castle by coach and will be seen walking to the South Door of St George’s Chapel from 9.30am

The service begins at 12 noon at St George’s Chapel, pictured, in the grounds of Windsor Castle

• Members of The Royal Family will begin to arrive from 1120hrs, and enter St George’s Chapel via the Galilee Porch. Some will be on foot, and others will arrive by car.

• Prince Harry and his brother The Duke of Cambridge, who is his best man, will arrive at St George’s Chapel most likely by foot and will enter via the West Steps. This will allow Their Royal Highnesses to acknowledge the 1,200 members of the public invited into the Castle precincts, including the 200 charity representatives gathered in the Horseshoe Cloister at the bottom of the steps.

• On the morning of the wedding, with the service beginning at 12 noon, Meghan will get ready with her mother and girlfriends at a mystery location. Mother and daughter will be filmed leaving in their car together.

St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle where they will hold a reception for the guests until 3.30pm

• Meghan and Doria will stop just before they get to the venue. Doria will then head on into the chapel through the entrance reserved for members of the royal family, while Meghan will be joined by some of her Bridesmaids and Page Boys before she continues her journey to the church, entering via the West Steps.

• The Service will take around an hour and afterwards the newly married couple will process out of the church and acknowledge the 200 representatives of Prince Harry’s charities gathered in the Cloister. A spokesman said: ‘The couple are delighted that these people who will be such an important part of their official work in the years to come will be the first people they see after their wedding.’

• As the couple step into their Carriage, close family members will gather on the West Steps to wave them off on their Procession, which is due to take just under 25 minutes. A spokesman added: ‘Prince Harry and Ms. Markle are very much looking forward to this part of the day. It will be their chance to express their gratitude for the goodwill and warm wishes they have received from all quarters in the months since their engagement.’

Frogmore House, where the newly married couple will hold the evening reception for their guests

• Members of the congregation will file out of the church onto the grass to see the start of the Procession before walking to the reception at St George’s Hall. All guests will be attending the reception at St George’s Hall in Windsor Castle afterwards, which will last until around 3.30pm.

• Later the bride and groom will be photographed by media departing Windsor Castle for the evening reception at Frogmore House.