A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has confirmed that the couple did not get married secretly in a private ceremony held three days before their official public wedding.
According to The Sun, a spokesperson representing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the publication that Meghan had been "confused" and "clearly misinformed" when she told Oprah Winfrey that she and Harry had been married in a clandestine ceremony in their back garden prior to their official wedding on May 19, 2018, at Windsor Castle.
Meghan previously opened up about the struggles of motherhood in this interview:Per The Sun, in her widely-publicized interview with Oprah, which aired on CBS on Sunday, March 7, Markle stated: "At our wedding, you know, three days before our wedding, we got married [...] No one knows that.
"But we called the Archbishop, and we just said: 'Look, this thing, this spectacle is for the world, but we want our union between us.' So, like, the vows that we have framed in our room are just the two of us in our backyard with the Archbishop of Canterbury."
However, now Stephen Borton, former chief clerk at the Faculty Office, has cleared up the misunderstanding, stating:
"[Meghan and Harry] did not marry three days earlier in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"The Special Licence I helped draw up enabled them to marry at St George's Chapel in Windsor and what happened there on 19 May 2018 and was seen by millions around the world was the official wedding as recognised by the Church of England and the law.
"What I suspect they did was exchange some simple vows they had perhaps written themselves, and which is fashionable, and said that in front of the Archbishop — or, and more likely, it was a simple rehearsal. [sic]"
Borton also stated that the Duke and Duchess couldn't have been married in the garden of Nottingham Cottage as it is not an authorized venue for a wedding, and added that there weren't enough witnesses present to validate the marriage under English law.
Borton added: "In order for them to be married a Special Licence was drawn up and the wording from Her Majesty the Queen authorizing the wedding and the official venue was recorded."
