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How to watch the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on CBC

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's will tie the knot on Saturday, and CBC has every angle covered. Find out more about how to follow our coverage leading up to and on the day of the nuptials.

CBC's live wedding day coverage starts at 4 a.m. ET Saturday

CBC is your go-to source for all royal wedding news leading up to the big day May 19, 2018. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knoton Saturday inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, and CBChas every angle covered.

We'll be on location in Windsor Castle and London bringing youlive coverage on wedding day on CBCTV,CBCRadio and CBCNews.ca and will whet your appetite withspecial programming in the days leading up to the wedding.

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May 19

Wedding day coverage starts at 4 a.m. ET Saturday on CBC TV and CBC News Network with a live special hosted byAdrienne Arsenault. She'll be joined byroyal expert Katie Nicholl,author ofHarry: Life, Loss, and Love and other books on the Royal Family. Peter Mansbridge, former anchor of The National, will drop by the broadcasting booth during the special.

You can also watch the special on our liveblog at CBCNews.ca, which willhave running commentary and updates from our correspondents on the scene. They include:Heather Hiscox, Nil Kksal, Thomas Daigle, Nahlah Ayed and JanetDavison, author of thepopularRoyal Fascinatornewsletter, who will be inside the walls of Windsor Castle.

StevenD'Souza, ZulekhaNathoo,TashaunaReid andTom Murphy will be covering reaction in New York, Los Angeles,Toronto and Halifax, respectively.

The CBC TV app will stream the special live and can be downloadedfrom the AppleApp Storeor Google Play.

CBC Radiocoverage will kick off at 6 a.m. ET with anextended version of World Report with Nil Kksal, reporting live from Windsor Castle.

Online

On Saturday, you can follow live wedding coverage onCBCNews.ca,YouTube, Facebook or Twitter at the following times:

CBCNews.ca: Our live blog coverage begins at 4 a.m. ET and will include news and analysis from our correspondents at WindsorCastle and in London as well as the live video of the CBCTV royal wedding special.

YouTube: Live coverage on the CBC News YouTube channel runs4 a.m.-10 a.m.ET (available in Canada).

Facebook: 6 a.m.-8:15 a.m. ET followed by a wedding recap and Q&A withPeter Mansbridge until 8:45 a.m. ET and then continued coverage until 10 a.m. You can follow coverage on the CBC News or NationalFacebook feeds (available in Canada).

Twitter: The @CBCNews Twitter feed will be streaming the CBC TV royal wedding special from 6 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ET(available in Canada).

Leading up to the royal wedding

There is plenty of coverage of Harry and Meghan's nuptials already on cbc.ca/royalwedding, and more will be appearingin the remaining days leading up to May 19.

The Royal Fascinatornewsletter will also be ramping up,with special editions coming out Thursday, Friday and Sunday.Subscribe hereto get all the latest wedding news and gossip delivered to your email inbox.

Send your ideas, questions, royal tips andcomments on the newsletter toroyalwedding@cbc.ca.

The National

On Wednesday, Adrienne Arsenault hosts The National from London, with a look at how Meghan Markle represents a new era for the monarchy.On ThursdayandFriday, Arsenaulthosts The National from Windsor, with in-depth reports on the legacy of Diana and some of the extraordinary people invited to the wedding.

More than 20 years after her death, Diana, Princess of Wales, still has enormous influence on her sons, Harry and William, and will no doubt be on the mind of the former as he ties the knot May 19.

Those broadcasts will include special programming:

  • Shadow of Diana: Arsenault will explore the continuing influence of Diana, Princess of Wales, on Prince Harry and the Royal Family.
  • The People's Wedding: Arsenault speaks to regular British citizenswho snagged an invite to the royal wedding, thanks to people in theircommunity who nominated themto attend.
  • Meghan's Appeal: Margaret Evans visits Brixton, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean district of south Londonand explores how the fact a biracial woman is marrying into the monarchy might affectBritain's complicated relationship with race.
  • Royal Outsiders: NahlahAyedtravels to Belgrade and speaks with Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia, who will be one of the foreign royals attending Harry and Meghan'swedding, about how a monarchy can be a positive influence.

CBC News Network

HeatherHiscoxwill be hosting the News Network daily morning showfrom London andWindsor as of May 16.

The backdrop for this year's royal wedding is vastly different to that of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's 1947 in post-war Britain, when rationing was still common.

Peter Mansbridgewill present a series of past documentarieson the Royal Family at 8 p.m.on CBC News Network in the week leading up to the wedding:

The week of documentaries on CBCNews Networkwill end with a new documentary by Mansbridge, Royal Wedding for the Ages, whichlooks at how Harry and Meghan's union fits within the history of the British monarchy.