--- title: Smiling Page Boy at Royal Wedding Photo Goes Viral description: A smiling page boy behind Meghan Markle went viral after he captured the internet's heart. canonical: https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T11:41:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:40.130Z og:title: This Page Boy Is the Adorable Star of the Royal Wedding og:description: The internet fell in love with the adorable smiling page boy og:url: https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9e7a1fd62ae912c/698930d3bc6cfce5533e5fc8/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-church.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Royal wedding og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Page Boy Is the Adorable Star of the Royal Wedding twitter:description: The internet fell in love with the adorable smiling page boy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9e7a1fd62ae912c/698930d3bc6cfce5533e5fc8/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-church.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Smiling Kid Behind Meghan Markle Is the Breakout Star of the Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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A smiling page boy behind Meghan Markle went viral after he captured the internet's heart._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 19, 2018 11:41 AM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 19, 2018 11:41 AM UTC At the [royal wedding](http://Everything to Know About Prince Harry and Prince William's Matching Royal Wedding Outfits http://time.com/5274140/prince-harry-wedding-outfit/) of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, it was a page boy who truly captured the internet’s hearts, forsaking all others. As [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5278008/meghan-markle-wedding-tiara/) first began to make her way down the aisle in her stunning Givenchy wedding gown, cameras captured a wee page boy’s smiling face. He was peeking out just above just above her veil. It was one of [Jessica Mulroney’s seven-year-old twin sons](http://time.com/5279072/meghan-markle-bridal-party/), first-time page boy and all-time great, Brian Mulroney. He went viral for his joyful face that wordlessly communicated what everyone was feeling in that heart-stopping moment. This is the true love, the truest love of the royal wedding that will endure forever. See the best memes and the royal wedding kid photos below. > [](https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/997795296477437954) > [](https://twitter.com/ThomasARoberts/status/997795530083270656) > [](https://twitter.com/MeghanMaven/status/997798759118536705) > [](https://twitter.com/JulieAnn1972/status/997795016910233601) > [](https://twitter.com/lind%5Fhannah12/status/997794794700230657) > [](https://twitter.com/tweetdeguerre/status/997795172447535105) > [](https://twitter.com/RyanJL/status/997795398956789761) > [](https://twitter.com/karahinesley/status/997796116069429248) > [](https://twitter.com/AdamHusler/status/997795045846679552) > [](https://twitter.com/JPickover/status/997836759038820358) > [](https://twitter.com/IantheRose/status/997798573835243520) > [](https://twitter.com/ShepNewsTeam/status/997796564696551424) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/997799040115916800) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/"},"headline":"The Smiling Kid Behind Meghan Markle Is the Breakout Star of the Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-05-19T11:41:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:40.130Z","description":"A smiling page boy behind Meghan Markle went viral after he captured the internet's heart.","url":"https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9e7a1fd62ae912c/698930d3bc6cfce5533e5fc8/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-church.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9e7a1fd62ae912c/698930d3bc6cfce5533e5fc8/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-church.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Royal wedding","caption":"Meghan Markle walks down the aisle of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, May 19, 2018.","creditText":"Danny Lawson—PA Wire","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/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/","name":"The Smiling Kid Behind Meghan Markle Is the Breakout Star of the Royal Wedding"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"A smiling page boy behind Meghan Markle went viral after he captured the internet's heart.","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/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```