--- title: Prince Charles, Meghan Markle Mom Had Royal Wedding Moment description: Prince Charles and Doria Ragland, the mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, shared a sweet moment during the royal wedding. canonical: https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T13:35:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:39.349Z og:title: Prince Charles and Meghan Markle's Mom Share Touching Moment og:description: The internet swooned og:url: https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9175e6788c5ff677/698930e2bc6cfc11fd3e5fd2/royal-wedding-2018-prince-charles-camilla-doria.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-prince-charles-camilla-doria og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Charles and Meghan Markle's Mom Share Touching Moment twitter:description: The internet swooned twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9175e6788c5ff677/698930e2bc6cfc11fd3e5fd2/royal-wedding-2018-prince-charles-camilla-doria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Charles and Meghan Markle's Mom Doria Ragland Share Touching Moment During Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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The internet swooned_  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney May 19, 2018 1:35 PM UTC  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney May 19, 2018 1:35 PM UTC [Prince Charles](http://time.com/5282023/meghan-markle-prince-charles/) and [Doria Ragland](http://time.com/5281663/meghan-markle-mother-royal-tea/), the mother of [Meghan, Duchess of Sussex](http://time.com/5228207/meghan-markle-title-royal-wedding/), shared a sweet moment during the [royal wedding.](http://time.com/5276277/royal-wedding-live/) During the ceremony, Prince Charles took the mother-of-the-bride’s hand to escort her to watch their children sign their register. The internet swooned at the budding friendship between the new in-laws. > [](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/997809374910271489) > [](https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/997810899812483072) > [](https://twitter.com/katebevan/status/997806912296177665) > [](https://twitter.com/mckwom/status/997807413528072192) > [](https://twitter.com/regardingroyals/status/997807048250347520) > [](https://twitter.com/RoyallyKate/status/997807128667672582) > [](https://twitter.com/LadyHawkins/status/997806940783894528) After the vows had been exchanged, Charles linked arms with Ragland and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as they walked out of St. George’s Chapel. At the last minute, Prince Charles ended up playing a prominent role in the ceremony: He [accompanied Meghan](http://time.com/5280037/meghan-markle-prince-harry-walking-down-aisle-history/) down part of the aisle after Kensington Palace announced Thursday that her father Thomas Markle [could not attend](http://time.com/5278568/thomas-markle-wedding/). Ragland [met](http://time.com/5281663/meghan-markle-mother-royal-tea/) Prince Charless, Queen Elizabeth II and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge earlier this week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Prince Charles and Meghan Markle's Mom Doria Ragland Share Touching Moment During Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-05-19T13:35:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:39.349Z","description":"The internet swooned","url":"https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9175e6788c5ff677/698930e2bc6cfc11fd3e5fd2/royal-wedding-2018-prince-charles-camilla-doria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9175e6788c5ff677/698930e2bc6cfc11fd3e5fd2/royal-wedding-2018-prince-charles-camilla-doria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"royal-wedding-2018-prince-charles-camilla-doria","caption":"From left, Doria Ragland, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall walk down the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, May 19, 2018.","creditText":"Jane Barlow—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/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/","name":"Prince Charles and Meghan Markle's Mom Doria Ragland Share Touching Moment During Royal Wedding"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The internet swooned","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/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5284079/prince-charles-doria-ragland-royal-wedding/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```