History will be with the upcoming royal wedding between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. For many people around the world, the wedding has quite the social significance, with Markle being an American woman and a person of color essentially becoming a real-life Cinderella story by marrying into the British royal family. Unfortunately, a lot of people won’t be able to watch the event live and in-person, but we have the next best thing: live-streaming the royal wedding from the comfort of your own home, either online or on your mobile devices.
The wedding will take place at 12 noon in the United Kingdom. If you live in the United States, you’ll need to get up early. That’s basically 7 A.M. ET or 4 A.M. PT! Wherever you live around the world, make sure you have the proper time zone!
Royal Wedding Date, Start Time & Viewing Details
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2018
Time: 12 noon (local time)
Location: St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle
Network: ABC, CBS and NBC
Live-Stream: YouTube
How To Watch The Royal Wedding Online
The royal wedding can be watched online thanks to YouTube, who is live-streaming the event. The stream is expected to follow the wedding procession, marriage ceremony at Windsor Castle, among other events.
A lot of networks are already airing coverage of the royal wedding, many already have live-streams available, including ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, FoxNews.com, BBCAmerica.com, BBC.com and HBO.com.
BritBox, a streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV for fans of British television, will have a live stream of ITV’s coverage of the royal wedding; you can sign up for the service with a six-week trial.
Given that this is a royal wedding, a lot of services are offering live-streams. Entertainment Weekly is also offering live coverage starting at 6 A.M. ET/3 A.M. PT on EW.com, starting with PeopleTV’s royal wedding live show.
The CNN homepage is offering a live-stream that will start from 5-9 a.m. ET.
Facebook and Reuters TV are also offering live-streams.
How To Watch The Royal Wedding On Mobile Devices
Many of the television networks airing the coverage of the royal wedding come complete with apps that will let you live-stream the event from your mobile device.
These include ABC News app, CBS News app, NBC News app, Fox News app, HBO Now or HBO Go or even the BBC America app for iOS or Android
As mentioned, CNN is offering coverage, meaning that the event can be seen on CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Android TV.