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Here’s Who Walked These Royal Brides Down the Aisle at Their Weddings

Here’s Who Walked These Royal Brides Down the Aisle at Their Weddings

It wasn't always their fathers

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Who will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle when she marries Prince Harry on Saturday? As of now, it’s up in the air. It was originally announced that her father, Thomas, would do the honors, but in the days leading up to the ceremony, he has confirmed that he will not be doing so. We're guessing her mother, Doria Ragland, will step up instead, but that moment down the aisle will be a part of royal wedding history. Here, we round up the lucky individuals who've given away previous royal brides before they said "I do."

This article originally appeared on Harper's BAZAAR US.

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Prince Philip walked his daughter, Princess Anne, down the aisle at Westminster Abbey during her 1973 wedding to Mark Phillips. Her second wedding, to Timothy Laurence, was private in 1992, but she still had her father escort her down the aisle. Photo: Getty
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During Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s wedding in 1986, the future Duchess of York was escorted down the aisle by her father, Major Ronald Ferguson. Photo: Getty
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Prince Philip also gave away his sister-in-law, Princess Margaret, at her wedding to Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminister Abbey. The ceremony took place in 1960, eight years after her and Elizabeth's father King George VI passed away. In his absence, Philip stepped in to accompany the bride for her entrance. Photo: Getty
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Letizia Ortiz walked down the aisle with her father, Jesus Ortiz, when she married Felipe, Prince of Asturias (now King Felipe VI of Spain) on May 22, 2004. Photo: Getty
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When former South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock married Prince Albert II of Monaco on July 2, 2011, her father, Michael Kenneth Wittstock, walked her down the aisle. Photo: Getty
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When Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, married Mike Tindall on July 30, 2011, her father, Captain Mark Phillips, escorted her down the aisle. Photo: Getty
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Earl Spencer walked his daughter, the soon-to-be Princess Diana, down the aisle at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles. Photo: Getty
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Before she took the throne herself, Princess Elizabeth was escorted by her father, King George VI, during her wedding to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1942. Photo: Getty
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When Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall, married Prince Charles in 2005, the two walked down the aisle together during their religious ceremony, according to the New York Times. Their civil ceremony was kept private. Photo: Getty
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When Autumn Kelly married the Queen's grandson, Peter Phillips, on May 17, 2008, her father, Brian Kelly, walked her down the aisle at Windsor Castle. Photo: Getty
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King Carl Gustaf of Sweden escorted his daughter, Princess Victoria, down the aisle for her marriage to Daniel Westling on June 19, 2010. Photo: Getty
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When the Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pippa married James Matthews in 2017, her father, Michael Middleton, walked her down the aisle. Photo: Getty
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Prince Charles escorted the daughter of his good friend Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma, when she married Thomas Hooper at the "society wedding of the year" in 2016 Photo: Getty
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During Prince Edward’s 1999 wedding, bride Sophie Rhys-Jones was escorted down the aisle by her father, Christopher. Photo: Getty
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Kate’s father also walked the future Duchess of Cambridge down the aisle at her wedding on April 29, 2011. Photo: Getty
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