How to Watch the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
On May 19, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry walk down the aisle at St George’s Chapel, a church on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
This place is much smaller than Westminster Abbey, where Kate Middleton and Prince William exchanged vows, and will only have 600 guests with 2,000 more invited to view it from the grounds.
If you weren’t one of the lucky few to receive an invite, you can still watch the big event, even if you’re an American without a TV.
How to watch on TV
A number of television stations in the United States will broadcast the event, but you will have to get up early: CBS starts airing at 4 a.m., NBC at 4:30 a.m. and ABC at 5 a.m. EST. BBC America and PBS have also said they will be broadcasting the wedding, but have not yet announced an official start time. Worth noting: While lighting starts in the early morning hours, the actual wedding won’t take place until 7am ET.
If you don’t want to get up early and can avoid wedding spoilers (is there such a thing as a wedding spoiler?), BBC America said it also plans to re-broadcast the wedding later in the day, but has yet to announce when.
You don’t need a cable to access CBS, ABC, or NBC, just an antenna. So if you have a TV at home, this is probably your best bet.
How to Stream
If you don’t have a TV but want to watch it anyway, there are several options for that. The New York Times will offer live coverage of the main event on its website.
It is reported that you can also stream the wedding with ABCNews.com and GoodMorningAmerica.com without a cable TV subscription.
And most streaming services like Hulu Live, YouTube Now, SlingTV, DirecTV Now, and PlayStation Vue offer access to at least one (if not all) of the network channels that will be streaming the big event. If you haven’t signed up for one of these services yet, it might be a good time to cash in on this free trial.