Bishop Curry at the royal wedding.Photo: REX/Shutterstock
Thepower of lovewas flowing freely through the aisles of St. George’s Chapel on Saturday during the wedding ofPrince HarryandMeghan Markle. And the man who made sure that emotion was at the forefront couldn’t even believe he was invited.
Bishop Michael Bruce Curry — whospoke passionatelyduring the Windsor ceremony — appeared on numerous media outlets on Tuesday, includingGood Morning America, where he told co-host Robin Roberts that he was shocked to be asked to preach.
“It was the decision of the couple, but they were in consultation both with the Archbishop of Canterbury and with the Dean of St. George’s and I’m sure others as well,” he recounted toGood Morning America, adding, “I got a phone call, and I didn’t believe it, because a member of my staff called and said, ‘They’d like you to preach at the royal wedding,’ and I said, ‘Get out of here it’s April Fools. You’ve got to be kidding me.’ And it was actually true.”
The news was so secretive, Curry said he couldn’t even tell his wife “for about a month.”
He similarly toldGood Morning Britainof getting the call, “I thought somebody was doing an April Fool’s joke on me,” adding, “I just didn’t [think] in my wildest imagination.”
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Bishop Curry covered a variety of topics in his sermon, also paying homage to Meghan’s American heritage. At one point, the bishopquoted Martin Luther King Jr., saying, “We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will be able to make of this old world a new world. Love is the only way.”
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day.REX/Shutterstock
The sermon quickly went viral, and also drew some priceless expressions from the royal family, including a side-eye fromKate Middletonto Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and a huge jaw drop from Zara Tindall.
“When I sat down from the sermon I remember thinking to myself, ‘I hope that was okay,’ ” Curry toldGood Morning Britain, also admitting toTodaythat he was “a little bit nervous.”
Curry called the royal couple “gracious” toGood Morning America, adding, “the love between those two people, between that royal couple, was so powerful not only did we all show up, but it brought all these different worlds together.”
Hearkening back to the sermon, he told Roberts, “Actually for a moment, we were actually together, organized, around love. Their love was a sign of God’s love and what that can do in our lives.”
The bishop, who was within arm’s reach of Meghan and Harry as they said “I do,” added that the royal newlyweds are likely to continue spreading the power of their love as a married couple — particularly given Meghan’s declaration that she is “proud to be a woman and a feminist” on theroyal family official website.
“They’re going to work to make this world better and empowering women is one of the ways we do that,” added Bishop Curry toGood Morning Britain.
After dancing the night away with their closest friends and family at theirintimate evening reception at Frogmore Houseon Saturday evening, the royal newlyweds returned to theirKensington Palace homeon Monday — with Meghan still sporting her bridal“messy bun”and earrings.
They will attend their first public engagement as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party on Tuesday.
source: people.com
