--- title: Meghan Markle Royal Wedding Dress Reactions description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding day has finally arrived and with it, the long-awaited debut of Markle's wedding dress. canonical: https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T11:34:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:40.170Z og:title: Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Dress Is Dazzling the Internet og:description: Here's what the world thinks of Markle's breathtaking look og:url: https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/ 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: Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Dress Is Dazzling the Internet twitter:description: Here's what the world thinks of Markle's breathtaking look 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 ---  # Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Dress Is Absolutely Dazzling the Internet > Sponsored content. 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After months of speculation over the look and style of Markle’s gown, the newest royal arrived at [St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/) at Windsor Castle on Saturday wearing a Givenchy dress from creative director Claire Waight Keller featuring a boat neck, long sleeves and an extravagant veil. Fans of the dress immediately took to social media to express their excitement over the breathtaking look, with many sharing their favorite photos of the dazzling bride at various moments throughout the ceremony. “Meghan’s so reckless when she rocks her Givenchy dress,” one Twitter user quoted Beyoncé. “She’s so possessive so she rocks that roc headdress! QUEEN AF.” > [](https://twitter.com/yasiru%5Fvismini/status/997800240722862081) See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/lucygustafsson%5F/status/997795587721498625) > [](https://twitter.com/Blake%5FD%5FT/status/997796936408338432) > [](https://twitter.com/oshawildling/status/997794626194067457) > [](https://twitter.com/Lisa%5FEldridge/status/997795480628334592) > [](https://twitter.com/ImogenMoore%5F/status/997800348046721024) > [](https://twitter.com/ctskara/status/997800235991683072) > [](https://twitter.com/FIorenceHanlon/status/997800344280281089) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Dress Is Absolutely Dazzling the Internet","datePublished":"2018-05-19T11:34:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:40.170Z","description":"Here's what the world thinks of Markle's breathtaking look","url":"https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry","royal wedding","meghan markle"],"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":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/","name":"Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding Dress Is Absolutely Dazzling the Internet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Here's what the world thinks of Markle's breathtaking look","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/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5222971/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress-reactions/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```