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After Prince Harry’s tell-all biography was released earlier this year, and he and his wife Meghan Markle dropped their Netflix series, plus the multiple media stories posted about them every day, you’d be forgiven for assuming that you knew quite a bit about the Royal couple.
However, there are several details that continue to surprise the public about them. In particular, the special touches they decided to include on their 2018 wedding day in tribute to Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana. Following their nuptials at Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace revealed that Meghan's bouquet included Forget-Me-Nots, which was Diana's favourite flower.
"The spring blooms include Forget-Me-Nots which were Diana, Princess of Wales's favourite flower," the statement read. "The couple specifically chose them to be included in Ms. Markle's bouquet to honour the memory of the late Princess on this special day."
These flowers symbolise true love, making them perfect for a joyous wedding day. The bouquet also had sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, and astrantia, and sprigs of myrtle, all tied together with a raw silk ribbon. Prince Harry even picked some of the flowers from their private garden at Kensington Palace.
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This sweet touch was echoed over a year later when the couple shared a photo of their first baby, Archie. Paying a poignant tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, on Mother's Day, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Instagram account showed the newborn's feet above a splay of Forget-Me-Nots.
Another flower-related touch that many might have missed during the couple’s big day, which was watched by an estimated 1.9 billion people, was directly connected to the bride’s bouquet. Rather than throwing a bunch of flowers, a standard tradition, Meghan didn’t and followed Royal brides before her.
Following the wedding, her flowers were sent to Westminster Abbey and were laid at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. The gravestone, normally surrounded by poppies, commemorates an unidentified British soldier who tragically died on the battlefield during the First World War.
Not only does it commemorate a British man who lost his life, but it's also a symbol for the many people who have died during the conflict. The Queen Mother started the moving tradition almost a century ago when she married King George IV in 1923.
In a move that surprised everyone, she laid her bouquet on the grave on her way into the wedding ceremony. She did so to commemorate her brother Fergus, whom she lost during the Battle of Loos in 1915 - as well as the millions of others lost during the war.