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May 19, 2018 30 tweets 23 min read Read on X
Did your invitation to Windsor Castle get lost in the mail?

If so, @JarrieBradshaw has you covered with our #RoyalWedding coverage!
#DYK Colleen Harris, the Former Press Secretary to Princes Charles, William and Harry, was the first black royal press secretary #RoyalWedding
Oprah whipped together a last minute dress because the one she ordered was entirely too white for the #RoyalWedding.

Her and Idris have arrived to celebrate #HarryandMeghan
Here’s a first look at the setting for today’s #RoyalWedding of #HarryandMeghan in St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle is almost 1,000 years old.

🗣YOU LOOK GOOD! #RoyalWedding
.@GayleKing is giving your favorite church auntie a run for her money and says she’ll be changing hats every hour on the hour to celebrate the #RoyalWedding.
.@Oprah is out here in her Sunday’s best giving us #EasterSunday lewks! #RoyalWedding
Prince Harry’s ex girlfriend is at the wedding? #RoyalWedding
This is fine. Everything’s fine. Nothing to see here. Prince Harry’s ex #RoyalWedding
I heard, that you're settled down
That you’ve found a girl and you're, getting married now... #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“Wait, Meghan pushed things back 15 minutes?

Look at her bringing CP time to the monarchy.” - @onlychyld #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” #RoyalWedding  #HarryAndMeghan 
May all your future husbands look at you like Harry looks at Meghan. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMehgan
Does anyone object to this union?? #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“I wonder if there will be fish and chips at the reception.” #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love.” #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
There’s a black pastor quoting MLK and mentioning negro spirituals at the #RoyalWedding
When love is the way there’s plenty good room for all of God’s children because when love is the way, we actually treat each other like we’re actually family.

When love is the way, we know that God is the source of us all. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“Dr King was right when he said we must discover the redemptive power of love.” #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
Wait, we just had a black preacher talk about slavery and MLK and now we’re getting Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me”

Meghan Markle done brought the Black church to Windsor Castle. #RoyalWedding
Look. At. These. Facts. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
“In the presence of God, I make this vow.” #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
I now pronounce you husband and wife. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
Now black cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason?!?! #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
Reminder:

Knowing someone does not automatically grant you an invitation to their wedding. trib.al/QiWMnJq #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
Wait... this little light of mine?! This wedding was so black that they’ll probably have pound cake and do the wobble/electric slide at the reception. #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan
Hello 911, it’s me, Susan.. I’m at Windsor Castle and it’s very ethnic. There’s a black preacher, a black choir and Officer I think a black man with some form of instrument. I fear they’re about to start the wobble. I don’t feel safe: trib.al/94hg7di #RoyalWedding
Hello officer, it’s me, Susan. There’s a prince marrying a black woman... this cannot be right. I don’t feel safe. trib.al/94hg7di #RoyalWedding #HarryAndMeghan

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Honoring the best and brightest of black America continues to be a revolutionary act and we salute this year’s honorees: trib.al/i0r9HAj
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