--- title: Check Out the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Glory description: The British Armed Forces are prepping for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Royal Wedding on May 19 with a dress rehearsal of the procession canonical: https://time.com/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-17T14:48:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:55.003Z og:title: Check Out the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Glory og:description: It's a lot of horses and hats for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's big day og:url: https://time.com/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615476c43eadc32f/6989309fcf40a82ffcc4c3d2/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: Rehearsal For The Wedding Of Prince Harry And Ms. Meghan Markle Takes Place In Windsor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Check Out the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Glory twitter:description: It's a lot of horses and hats for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's big day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615476c43eadc32f/6989309fcf40a82ffcc4c3d2/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's a Look at the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Over-the-Top Glory > Sponsored content. 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Jack Taylor—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 17, 2018 2:48 PM UTC The sun is shining and the skies are blue in Windsor this week as members of the British Armed Forces practice for the Saturday, May 19 [royal wedding](http://time.com/5278568/thomas-markle-wedding/) of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. Their “dress rehearsal” on Thursday includes practicing the long walk — it literally takes place on an avenue called the Long Walk — through Windsor Town and Castle, rehearsing the route of the [carriage procession](http://time.com/5262695/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-carriage/) that Markle and her prince will embark upon just after they take their wedding vows in [St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5238468/royal-wedding-guest-list/) on Saturday afternoon. The Household Cavalry, Royal Navy, Army Air Corps, British Army and Irish Guards are all participating in putting on the formal pomp and circumstance for the occasion. On deck: lots of horses, riders in top hats, elaborate gilded helmets, crisp military uniforms galore and plenty of British flags lining the streets for that extra touch of patriotism. As the Kensington Palace Twitter account notes, more than 250 members of the Armed Forces all told will be involved for “ceremonial support,” including “regiments and units with a special relationship with Prince Harry.” (Harry served in the military [for a decade](https://www.royal.uk/prince-harrys-military-career), taking part in two tours to Afghanistan as a member of the Blues and Royals and the Army Air Corps. He also holds the title of [Captain General](http://time.com/5218449/armed-forces-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/) of the Royal Marines.) The Royal Wedding is set to kick off at noon on Saturday in the U.K., or 7 a.m. EST. It will be broadcast and livestreamed by a [number of outlets](http://time.com/5259776/royal-wedding-tv-license/). > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/997088708456312832) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/997102803075018752) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/"},"headline":"Here's a Look at the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Over-the-Top Glory","datePublished":"2018-05-17T14:48:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:55.003Z","description":"The Armed Forces are all set for Saturday's procession","url":"https://time.com/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615476c43eadc32f/6989309fcf40a82ffcc4c3d2/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615476c43eadc32f/6989309fcf40a82ffcc4c3d2/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rehearsal For The Wedding Of Prince Harry And Ms. Meghan Markle Takes Place In Windsor","caption":"Rehearsal For The Wedding Of Prince Harry And Ms. Meghan Markle Takes Place In Windsor","creditText":"Jack Taylor—Getty Images","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/5280755/royal-wedding-dress-rehearsal/","name":"Here's a Look at the Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal In All Its Over-the-Top Glory"}}]}] ```