The Royal Wedding Born Out of Africa Tolson Banner , Meagan Markle , Prince Harry , African Diaspora London , England June 2018018
THE ROYAL WEDDING BORN OUT OF AFRICA
By Tolson Banner Guest Columnist
Pomp and circumstance . Pageantry and pontification . A wedding day of bliss . The British crown and the daughter of African dust . A matrimony reverberating the cradle of civilization . The Britain holdings were once so vast this phrase was coined : “ The sun never sets on the British Empire ”.
And so too was the vastness of its colonial empire that this phrase is apropos : “ The England Empire eclipsed the sun from shining on Mother Africa ”. Set against this historical backdrop , we witness a love story juxtaposed against amour and neocolonialism ; against exploitation and the affairs of the heart ; against the raping of Africa ’ s mineral wealth and its people and the breaking of royal tradition .
The bride to be was Meagan Markle , a bi-racial , African-American of humble beginnings . It appears Markle bedazzled her husband to be with her stunning charms and striking beauty .
Born of an African-American mother and a father of American-European descent , Markle stormed onto the British Monarch scene with grace and panache ; giving rise and inspiration to the downtrodden - ushering in “ A change gonna come ” moment ? We shall see .
The groom , born with the proverbial silver spoon , Prince Henry , Duke of Sussex , on the other hand was of British royalty .
Prince Harry , as he is more commonly known , is the younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana , who in 1997 died in a car crash in Paris . He stands sixth in line to the British throne .
Prince Harry ’ s boyish ways wooed the crowd - breaking many young girl hearts in waiting . With the white nationalistic fervor still smoldering from Brexit , Prince Harry came across as altruistic and egalitarian .