“I’m ok. It will take a long time to heal. Staying in the hospital a few more days. Not allowed to get excited,” TMZ reported the father of the about-to-be-Duchess-of-Sussex said afterwards. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nHaving had a major heart attack eight days ago, and with three stints reported to be implanted, there’s no way Meghan’s dad will be by her side on her wedding day, alas.<\/p>\n
Which opens up the intriguing question of who will be leading the actress down the aisle at St. George\u2019s chapel in Windsor on Saturday at noon GMT.<\/p>\n
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As of Wednesday afternoon, Paddy Power has Meghan\u2019s mother Doria Ragland as the hot favorite at 1\/5, although it also has the bride herself walking solo down the aisle at 14\/1. Paddy even lays odds of 50\/1 that the entire wedding could be postponed to accommodate her dad, which have been halved since last week. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nGiven the production efforts and advertising that accompany a royal wedding however, that seems relatively unlikely to our cynical minds.<\/span><\/p>\nFor those who like an outsider bet, there’s US President Donald Trump — who has not been invited to attend — at 500-1.<\/strong><\/p>\nOn the Guest List, Maybe<\/h2>\n
As well as offering odds on which royal tiara Ms. Markle will be sporting (the Spencer family tiara with the shortest odds at 4\/1), Paddy Power also has novelty odds — or what the British bookmaker refers to as “special bets” —\u00a0 on a host of famous people who might attend.<\/p>\n
The odds-on favorite is Elton John at 1\/50, who after all wrote the special Candle in the Wind<\/em> lyrics for Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana and her ill-fated marriage to Prince Charles.<\/span><\/p>\nRussian President Vladimir Putin is at 500\/1, any of the Kardashians are at 20\/1, and former\u00a0Zimbabwean Prime Minister\u00a0Robert Mugabe is also on the persona non grata list along with Trump and Putin, coming in at 500\/1.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nHis Cup Runneth Over<\/h2>\n
The good news is Prince William, as Prince Harry\u2019s best man, is definitely expected to be there, despite an awkward clash with English soccer\u2019s hallowed FA Cup Final.<\/p>\n
William is the president of England\u2019s FA (Football Association) and would normally be expected to attend the event, which this year will be contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, but it seems the FA has given William the day off.<\/p>\n
The final? Well, it\u2019s close. Paddy Power is offering United as a small favorite at 5\/6, with Chelsea at even money.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royal weddings are as much about staging a global television spectacular as they are a ceremony uniting two young people in holy matrimony — maybe even more so — and Prince Harry\u2019s marriage to Hollywood actress Meghan Markle on Saturday will be no exception. In box office terms, it may not be Mayweather-McGregor, but it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":77886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,11,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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