What time is the Royal Wedding in my time zone? When to watch Harry and Meghan’s wedding today from where you live
THE Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is very nearly upon us, and viewers across the globe will be desperate to tune in.
But for many, this means setting a seriously early alarm – or stocking up on coffee to catch all the action. Here's when the ceremony will kick off around the world...
What time is The Royal Wedding in my time zone?
Royal Wedding guests will be arriving between 09.30am and 11.00am in UK time on Saturday, May 19.
Members of the Royal Family will begin to arrive from 11.20am, and Meghan and Harry's marriage ceremony is due to start at 12.00pm.
While there will be plenty to watch for viewers around the world ahead of the service itself, here's what time the main event gets underway around the world:
- 1.00am – Hawaii, USA
- 3.00am – Anchorage, USA
- 4.00am – Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, USA
- 5.00am – Denver, USA; Calgary, Canada
- 6.00am – Mexico City, Mexico; Kingston, Jamaica; New Orleans, USA
- 7.00am – Montreal, Canada; Lima, Peru; New York City, USA; La Paz, Bolivia
- 8.00am – Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Stanley, Falklands Islands
- 9.00am – Nuuk, Greenland
- 11.00am – Reykjavik, Iceland; Casablanca, Morocco
- 12.00pm – London, UK; Lisbon, Portugal; Algiers, Algeria
- 1.00pm – Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Oslo, Norway; Rome, Italy; Cape Town, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt
- 2.00pm – Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Jerusalem, Israel; Athens, Greece; Ankara, Turkey; Doha, Qatar; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 3.00pm – Abu Dhabi, UAE; Muscat, Oman
- 3.30pm – Tehran, Iran; Kabul, Afghanistan
- 4.00pm – Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Islamabad, Pakistan
- 4.30pm – New Delhi, India
- 5.00pm – Astana, Kazakhstan
- 6.00pm – Hanoi, Vietnam
- 7.00pm – Hong Kong; Perth, Australia; Beijing, China; Manila, The Philippines
- 8.00pm – Tokyo, Japan
- 9.00pm – Sydney, Australia
- 11.00pm – Auckland, New Zealand
The couple will tie the knot at St George's Chapel, Windsor, in front of 800 guests, with their day unfolding as below.
What's the timetable for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding?
Make sure you don't get caught out with the full schedule for Meghan and Harry's big day for the in-depth timetable below.
The wedding service itself is expected to last for around an hour, with the Dean of Windsor conducting the service.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will officiate as the couple make their vows.
The timeline of Meghan and Harry's big day
9am: Members of the public who have been invited to watch the wedding day from the grounds of Windsor Castle begin to arrive.
9.30-11.00: Wedding guests arrive at the Castle's famous Round Tower by coach and enter the chapel through the South Door and take their seats.
11.20: Members of the Royal Family begin to arrive and enter via the Galilee Porch, some on foot, others by car.
11.45: Possibly around this time Harry and his brother the Duke of Cambridge arrive at the Chapel's West Steps, probably on foot walking past the thousands of spectators invited into the grounds of the castle. The moment will give Harry the chance to acknowledge the 200 representatives from charities he is associated with gathered in the Horseshoe Cloister at the bottom of the steps.
11.55-11.59: Following protocol, the Queen will be the last member of the royal family to arrive for the wedding service.
11.59: Ms Markle arrives at the Chapel's West Steps by car, from her overnight accommodation, with some of her bridesmaids and page boys.
She will start her journey, which will take her past some of the crowds in the Long Walk, with her mother Doria Ragland - but when the car stops at the castle her mother will exchange places with her bridesmaids and page boys.
Ms Ragland will enter the chapel by the Galilee Porch and, in the absence of Meghan's father Thomas Markle, Prince Charles will meet her halfway down the aisle.
12.00: Service starts.
1.00pm: Service ends and the newlyweds emerge at the West Steps of the Chapel. They will be waved off on their carriage procession through Windsor by members of both families. The congregation will file out of the chapel to see the newlyweds leave before heading to St George's Hall for the lunchtime reception hosted by the Queen.
1.05pm: Around this time the carriage procession through the streets of Windsor will begin, taking 25 minutes.
7.00pm: Bride and groom departing Windsor castle for the evening reception Frogmore House hosted by the Prince of Wales.
Where is the Royal Wedding?
The couple will tie the knot at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, which offers a more low key venue than Westminster Abbey, where Kate Middleton and Prince William got married.
Meghan and Harry's venue can accommodate 800 guests, whereas the Abbey seats 2,000.
Its setting will also offer the couple and their famous friends and family some privacy on what is sure to be a major global news event.