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10 | Anna-Katharina Höpflinger and Marie-Therese Mäder www.jrfm.eu 2018, 4/2, 7–21 567The television coverage of the ceremony at St. George’s Chapel enabled the viewing of semi-private spaces. The camera view provided privileged access to central moments of the ritual, for example when the bride entered the chapel by herself (fig. 4), when Prince Charles, her future father-in-law, escorted Mar- kle from half way down the main aisle to the altar (fig. 5), or when vows were made during the ceremony within the church (fig. 6). 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPJ2_nqjNbs [accessed 29 June 2018]. 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPJ2_nqjNbs [accessed 29 June 2018]. 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPJ2_nqjNbs [accessed 29 June 2018]. Fig. 3: On the right spectators are extending their arms, smartphones in hand, to catch the moment of the couple’s appearance (BBC News, Royal Wedding, Live from Windsor, 19 May 2018, 00:45:56).5 Fig. 4: From a high angle, the camera shows the bride and the flower bearers carrying her veil. The view underlines the nature of her walk to the altar, in part unaccompanied, and the threshold between the two spaces occupied by the invited guests: the first part as she walks down the aisle seen by a broader audience, and thus a semi-public space, and the second part seen by members of the royal family, the clergy, the choir, and few chosen guests, and thus a semi- private space (BBC News, Royal Wedding, Live from Windsor, 19 May 2018, 00:04:20).6 Fig. 5: As the bride’s father was absent, Prince Charles escorted Markle down the aisle and up to the altar, almost as he were granting her official access to this semi-private space of a most privileged family (BBC News, Royal Wedding, Live from Windsor, 19 May 2018, 00:04:45).7