); the earth was careening through space at a rate of 1,000 miles an hour; and Rachel Meghan Markle was getting married — MARRIED! These were the sparkling images beamed from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on May 19 to dazzle a global audience: The bride in lustrous, heavy white silk. Less than 24 hours earlier, the day before the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a tightly packed horde of nameless well-wishers had found themselves crushed between police barricades outside the walled complex of buildings known collectively as Windsor Castle. Everyone was desperate to see Ms. Markle. These people needed Ms. Markle as they needed oxygen.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2018 17:04 UTC