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_Published 2018-05-14. For 21-year-old Saeed Atcha, getting one of the internationally coveted invitations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming royal wedding was an unbelievable honor._


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## Transcript

I've been practicing my curtsy, in case I do meet some of the royals. I think I've decided that I'm not going to wear a top hat. I think that might just be a little over the top. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] Very, very surprised to get the invite to the royal wedding. I got a letter which sort of- it was almost like a Hogwarts- style letter with a crest on the back. And I thought, what could this be? And then when I opened it, they had the information there. So, definitely shocked and surprised. So I've got quite a lot. I think it's a seven page- Document here of which is just so British. In the itinerary we've got the arrivals for us guests at 8: 00 AM.

And the wedding service will begin midday, but from 10: 00 forward the people will start to arrive. And then approximately at 1: 00, there will be the carriage procession, which is very, very exciting. I think I've definitely spent over 1, 00 pounds. Thinking about the hotel, which is about 275 per night. The suit, which was about- About �� 275 per night. The suit which was about �� 400, off the top of my head, and I've not! And then I'll be driving in my car which is a 2 liter BMW, so that will probably take a quite a bit of fuel. I'm about, I would say probably 200 miles away from Windsor. So, driving from Bolton, that would probably be around, well usually around four hours.

But with the expected traffic, I mean, With the expected the traffic, I mean, I don't even even want to put a time on it. They've requested actually that there's no gifts instead they want you to donate some of the charities that they've listed. So I'm definitely going to donate to one of those charities, probably the one that aligns closest with me. [ MUSIC ]

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