Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Just Chose Their Wedding Day Transportation—and It's Straight Out of a Fairy Tale

Published May 2, 2018

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4:17pm

Hear ye, hear ye: Your royal Uber is here!

OK, OK. So Meghan Markle and Prince Harry definitely won't be ride-sharing to their wedding (although, they do love to buck tradition, do they not?). But they have announced their royal transportation for their big day, and it's the most fairy-tale mode of transit ever: a horse-drawn carriage.

Yep, Kensington Palace announced today that the bride and groom will cruise around Windsor Town and Castle Hill after they say "I do" on May 19 in a horse-drawn open-air Ascot Landau, one of more than 100 carriages in the Royal Mews collections. Although it's a teeny bit subtler than Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal whip back in 2011, it's still got all the flair of the traditional English monarchy.

The Ascot Landau will be pulled by a father-and-son team of Windsor Grey horses named Storm and Tyrone and joined by an Escort of the Household Cavalry Regiment, Harry's army regiment. In the event of rain, the couple will settle for a glass-roofed Scottish State Coach built in 1830. Bummer.

BRB, off to practice our royal wave for the big day.

Roberta Fiorito

Director, Branded Content + Cohost, Royally Obsessed Podcast

As Director of Branded Content at Gallery Media Group, Roberta helps oversee the ideation and execution of sponsored content and experiential campaigns across PureWow and ONE37pm, including PureWow’s 24 in ’24. She began her career in editorial nine years ago, and has written and edited countless articles on news, trends, fashion, beauty and the royal family. She’s also cohost of the Royally Obsessed podcast, named one of the best royals podcasts by The New York Times and Town & Country. She cowrote the book Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family.

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