#RoyalWedding: Fans at Paris shrine to Diana send best wishes to Harry

Young Prince Harry tries to hide behind his mother during a morning picture session at Marivent Palace in August 1988. File picture: Hugh Peralta/Reuters

Young Prince Harry tries to hide behind his mother during a morning picture session at Marivent Palace in August 1988. File picture: Hugh Peralta/Reuters

Published May 19, 2018

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Paris - Well-wishers in Paris gathered by

a shrine to Prince Harry's late mother, Princess Diana, on

Saturday to mark Prince Harry's marriage to American actress

Meghan Markle.

The shrine by the Pont de l'Alma, next to the River Seine

and the glitzy Avenue George V, is near the spot where Diana was

fatally injured in a car crash in 1997.

"I hope they get happy. It's one of the most important days

for England," said Maria Kuntgen, a 35-year-old tourist from

Brazil, at the memorial, where people had placed photos of Harry

and Meghan.

That view was echoed by Roksana Arakelyan, a 32-year-old

tourist from Moscow.

"They are so noble, so gorgeous," she said.

France's main TV stations all had teams reporting live from

Windsor, while Le Parisien newspaper had a photo of Harry and

Meghan dominating its front page.

Parisian David Andre Azoulay, 70, said he would watch the

wedding on TV, although others were less enthusiastic.

"I am very happy for them, but personally I'm not that

bothered," Gerard Le Gall told Reuters as he bought his papers

at a kiosk opposite the Diana memorial. 

Reuters

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