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After all the speculation<\/a><\/strong>, we have this:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Meghan Markle<\/a> will be baptized into the Church of England to please the Queen, despite her Catholic schooling and \u2018Jewish first wedding\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Miss Markle, from Los Angeles, will be both baptised and confirmed as she prepares for her church wedding with Prince Harry<\/a>, in May.<\/p>\n

The bride-to-be is Christian, a member of the Protestant faith who went to a Catholic high school.<\/p>\n

Her mother Doria Ragland is Protestant while her father Thomas Markle is Episcopalian.<\/p>\n

However, her first husband, US TV producer Trevor Engelson, was Jewish and the couple tied the knot in a Bohemian ceremony at the Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.<\/p>\n

The wedding lasted four days and in keeping with Jewish traditions, the couple were lifted on chairs as the guests danced in celebration at their reception.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read on.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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