that countdown the royal wedding between
Prince Harry and American actress Megan
Markel is on as you can see on our
countdown clock 4 days 12 hours away
where all of England is buzzing with
excitement ahead of the big day this
coming Saturday a horse in our own Louie
Aguirre is right there for it all he
joins us live from Buckingham Palace in
London
what a sight behind you Louie oh it's
beautiful Laurie and Calvin yes the
excitement is definitely building we've
been pretty much hanging out here
outside Buckingham Palace from the
moment we landed here in London we
haven't caught a glimpse of Harry or
Megan quite yet but the Queen is in
residence and she has been receiving
guests we've seen a number of posh
sharply dressed people go inside the
palace gates a lot of chauffeured cars
going inside the palace gates no
official reception on the books for
today but again the big news rocking
London rocking Kensington Palace today
is news that Megan Merkel's father
Thomas Markel has opted out of the
wedding he will not be walking his
daughter down the aisle this is because
of those photos that went viral last
week showing him on his laptop looking
up articles and photos of Harry and and
Megan apparently all that was staged
with the paparazzi he was allegedly paid
for those photos and that caused a big
drama so he does not want to embarrass
his daughter or Harry or the royal
family so today he announced to TMZ that
he in fact will not be attending the
wedding and Megan is said to be quite
devastated over this news but this will
not dampen their big day again as you
said just four days away as a matter of
fact we spoke with a royal biographer
who spent a lot of time with Harry
documenting and interviewing him over
the past couple of years and she says
that with Megan this prince has indeed
found his happily ever after
old installs were aligned everything was
just perfect it's a modern fairytale
that has your typically reserved
Londoners going gaga a million percent
excited really yeah very a royal wedding
like none before breaking all the rules
Prince Harry marrying Megan Markel a
bi-racial American actress a divorce
woman three years is senior and who
stole his heart
from their very first blind date almost
two years ago she arrived on the scene
and bam wham we know that chemistry took
off his magic it was magic I think it
still is magic
royal biographer Angela Levin should
know she was given unprecedented access
to Harry from 2016 to 2017 when she
trailed them at Kensington Palace
interviewing him for her new book Harry
a biography of a prince in Meagan Levin
says Harry has found the perfect
princess they're very genuine you know
they're very down-to-earth they want to
make a difference they want to do good
things they don't want to just cut
ribbons they want to get involved and I
think that it will be a big difference
of the royal family the wedding still
four days away but already Levin says
she's seen a change in Harry he stopped
eating a lot of meat he stopped drinking
is cut down on cigarettes you know she's
got him a good influence on him is happy
after the devastating loss of his mother
the late Princess Diana when he was only
12 years old it's something so many
around the world have wanted for this
young prince and now at last it's
finally happening he can be quite
bad-tempered he can be quite irritable
he doesn't have patience for people he
doesn't particularly like so if he's
going around smiling and happy then it's
good for him and I think that's what one
looks for yes everybody what's a happily
ever after
so yes again some sad news for Megan and
Harry today with this news of her father
backing out of the wedding we have heard
from Kensington Palace who released this
statement say this is a deeply personal
moment for miss Marcal in the days
before her wedding she and Prince Harry
asked again for understanding and
respect this just breaking today we
don't know who in fact will now walk
Megan down the aisle it's not outside
the realm of possibility that her mother
might do it she and her mom are very
tight nothing about this wedding has
been by the book from the very beginning
of so we'll wait and see what happens
for now live in London Louie Aguirre
local 10 News it doesn't have to be
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