--- title: Royal Wedding Kiss: See Harry and Meghan's Big Smooch description: After saying their vows inside of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sealed their union with a kiss. canonical: https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T12:39:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:39.665Z og:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Have Their First Royal Wedding Kiss og:description: The newlyweds sealed their union with a kiss og:url: https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06d8f58828134bf/698930de7cdbac210ad5ce88/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Have Their First Royal Wedding Kiss twitter:description: The newlyweds sealed their union with a kiss twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06d8f58828134bf/698930de7cdbac210ad5ce88/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Kiss Was a Smooch to Remember > Sponsored content. 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The newlyweds sealed their union with a kiss_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2018 12:39 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2018 12:39 PM UTC After saying their vows inside of [St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/) on Saturday, [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/) and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5259621/serena-williams-wedding-advice-meghan-markle/) sealed their union with the royal wedding first kiss. Following the service, the newly-appointed Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared before the crowd gathered at Windsor Castle—as well as the millions of royals fans watching around the world—to share a smooch as husband and wife. The romantic scene was reminiscent of the royal wedding kiss shared seven years ago by Prince William and Kate Middleton on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their 2011 nuptials at Westminster Abbey. And just like that kiss, Harry and Meghan’s peck was one to remember.  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following their wedding at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. Mark Cuthbert—UK Press via Getty Images The crowd could be heard cheering in earnest as the smiling newlyweds leaned toward each other, creating a picture-perfect snapshot of the fairytale day. > [](https://twitter.com/Juancarlos%5FMike/status/997818688714760192) > [](https://twitter.com/PerezgEva/status/997815164572438528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/"},"headline":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Kiss Was a Smooch to Remember","datePublished":"2018-05-19T12:39:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:39.665Z","description":"The newlyweds sealed their union with a kiss","url":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry","royal wedding","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06d8f58828134bf/698930de7cdbac210ad5ce88/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte06d8f58828134bf/698930de7cdbac210ad5ce88/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-kiss.","caption":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they exit St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after their royal wedding ceremony, May 19, 2018.","creditText":"Neil Hall—POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Kiss Was a Smooch to Remember"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The newlyweds sealed their union with a kiss","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5260000/royal-wedding-kiss-prince-harry-meghan-markle/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```