--- title: Meghan Markle Veil at the Royal Wedding Becomes Meme description: The internet thinks Meghan Markle's dramatically long veil at the royal wedding looks like a CVS receipt. canonical: https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-22T14:25:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:37.877Z og:title: We're Gathered Here Today to See Meghan Markle's Veil Memes og:description: "When you marry a CVS receipt" og:url: https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474870742b9bc907/698930d48fd2ee993635ba7f/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-wedding-dress-4.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Meghan-Markle-Wedding-Dress-Back og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: We're Gathered Here Today to See Meghan Markle's Veil Memes twitter:description: "When you marry a CVS receipt" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474870742b9bc907/698930d48fd2ee993635ba7f/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-wedding-dress-4.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # We Are Gathered Here Today to Enjoy Some Memes About Meghan Markle's Veil > Sponsored content. 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"When you marry a CVS receipt"_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 22, 2018 2:25 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 22, 2018 2:25 PM UTC [Meghan Markle’s 16.5 foot long veil](http://time.com/5245809/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress/) made a bunch of people think of unnecessarily long CVS receipts. On Saturday, the world cleared a path to give Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her veil the room to ascend the steps of St. George’s Chapel at the 2018 royal wedding. And as she did, she revealed her Clare Waight Keller-designed [Givenchy gown](http://time.com/money/5278447/meghan-markle-wedding-dress-cost/). Her staircase-sweeping silk tulle veil’s floral embroidery paid tribute to 53 countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. It took hundreds of hours of tireless sewing to create. In fact, meticulous workers had to wash their hands every half hour to keep it looking immaculate, according to Kensington Palace. But it only took the internet hours to spot its close resemblance to something much more infamous for its over-the-top length: [endless CVS receipts](http://time.com/5284818/meghan-royal-wedding-meme/). CVS receipts have long been [infamous](https://imgur.com/APyaKWu) for being unnecessarily long. CVS Chief Marketing Officer Rob Price once told [the Boston _Globe_](http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/08/30/long-cvs-receipts-spark-social-media-sensation/VzQeVzNmBB3ECqy6vQtj1N/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/08/30/long-cvs-receipts-spark-social-media-sensation/VzQeVzNmBB3ECqy6vQtj1N/story.html) that they’re so long because of the chain’s loyalty program. Waight Keller gave the pharmacy zero credit for inspiring her. But it was only a matter of time before viewers made the connection. Here are some of the memes of Meghan’s veil transformed into a CVS receipt. > [](https://twitter.com/JCyrus/status/998018068369436672) > [](https://twitter.com/EvilERUReady/status/997947878906646528) > [](https://twitter.com/Debsam1760/status/998629157784387590) > [](https://twitter.com/nascarcasm/status/997817054777528321) > [](https://twitter.com/keepcalmkarie0n/status/998631700065390592) > [](https://twitter.com/NikkiAmy/status/998025484184293378) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/"},"headline":"We Are Gathered Here Today to Enjoy Some Memes About Meghan Markle's Veil","datePublished":"2018-05-22T14:25:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:37.877Z","description":"\"When you marry a CVS receipt\"","url":"https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474870742b9bc907/698930d48fd2ee993635ba7f/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-wedding-dress-4.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/blt474870742b9bc907/698930d48fd2ee993635ba7f/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-wedding-dress-4.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meghan-Markle-Wedding-Dress-Back","caption":"A look at the back of Meghan Markle's wedding dress","creditText":"Andrew Matthews—Pool/Reuters","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/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/","name":"We Are Gathered Here Today to Enjoy Some Memes About Meghan Markle's Veil"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"When you marry a CVS receipt\"","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/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5286922/meghan-markle-veil-meme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```