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THIS WEDDING WAS NOT THE BISHOP'S TO STEAL

Michael Curry mucked up when we read headlines like this: “Royal preacher who stole the show at Meghan and Harry’s wedding.” A priest upstages the bride?  What was really going on when Curry, head of the American Episcopal church, did his holy-roller spiel? Here's a clue: the commentators crowing that a black man embarrassed white royals.

Michael Curry
Michael Curry

A priest has mucked up when we read headlines like this: “Royal preacher who stole the show at Meghan and Harry’s wedding.”

Or this, from the ABC: “Reverend Bishop Michael Curry upstages Meghan Markle with impassioned sermon.”

A priest upstages the bride?

“Steals the show” from the bridal couple, Prince Harry and American actor Meghan Markle?

Whose wedding was this really?

What was really going on when Curry, head of the American Episcopal church, did his holy-roller spiel on Saturday?

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall react to the bishop’s spiel.
Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall react to the bishop’s spiel.

See, something was surely wrong when the faces of the bridegroom’s relatives registered open-mouthed exasperation (Zara Tindall), amusement (Princess Eugenie), stony indifference (the Queen) and barely suppressed giggling (Prince William).

(Read full column here.)

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