From The New York Times-We went to church on Saturday, all of us, and caught the Meghan and Harry spirit.
This American girl tried to avoid it as best she could. Yes, I’m biracial like Meghan Markle, black like Meghan Markle, but I told myself I would watch a couple minutes of the royal hoopla — catch a glimpse of that dress, maybe — and then carry on.
But in the end I couldn’t help but get swept away.
Maybe it was the familiar sounds of the gospel choir, as Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” rang out across St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, and soothed me like an American lullaby.
Maybe it was the Most Rev. Michael Curry’s sermon about the power of love, invoking the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. no less, as his booming cadence washed over the British church, leaving some of the royal guests looking as if they might faint in their pews.
Heck, maybe it was Oprah. She was there, seated not far from the tennis star Serena Williams.
More here-
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/opinion/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-race.html
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