LONDON. The interview of “Repubblica” with the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby today is on all the English newspapers and sites. “Welby destroys the story of Meghan and Harry about their marriage”, enjoys the Daily Mail, in court with the former American actress. “Now we know the truth: no, the Archbishop did NOT marry the two dukes three days earlier”, rejoices the tabloid “Sun”. It is “our most read article of all”, tweeted in the morning the Royal correspondent of the public network ITV, Chris Ship. Because, among other things in the long conversation, the de facto head of the Church of England first spoke publicly about Harry and Meghan’s marriage, following the latter’s revelations during the couple’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey. a few weeks ago: according to the Duchess of Sussex, the Archbishop actually married them three days before that Saturday 19 May 2018, the day of the official ceremony at Windsor Castle, under the eyes of the United Kingdom and the world: “We wanted our thing, not what would be broadcast across the globe. So we called the archbishop and we got married a few days earlier with Harry ”.
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An erroneous reconstruction according to Welby. Who, during our conversation, expressed himself for the first time on the matter as follows: “I met several times, in a private and pastoral context, the dukes of Sussex before the official ceremony on Saturday 19 May 2018. That day there is It was the marriage. If I had signed the certificate on a different day I would have committed a serious crime. The marriage was celebrated on May 19th “.
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It is the first official denial by the Archbishop and the Church of England, which obviously sparked comments and controversies, especially on social media. On the one hand there are the critics of the rebel dukes of Sussex, who consider Welby’s words as yet another proof of what for them is an ambiguous behavior of the couple, as well as not being substantiated by the facts. On the other hand, those who defend Harry and especially Meghan, in any case, because according to them the former American actress during the interview with Oprah was referring to an unofficial ceremony and not to the one regularly recorded and signed by the highest religious authority.
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In any case, Piers Morgan, one of the most famous British journalists, has certainly taken a little revenge, who left the Itv network and its Good Morning Britain program right after Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah: in the circumstance, Morgan called Meghan Markle “a liar”, especially for the comments on the alleged racism in the royal family towards the little Archie, but the journalist was then forced to resign because he also publicly doubted the words of the duchess about the depression he suffered at the palace. Today, however, Morgan is enjoying her little revenge and on Twitter writes, ironically: “Well, at this point [dopo l’intervista di oggi] I believe that the Archbishop of Canterbury must also resign for not believing in Meghan Markle… ”.
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