4 Ways to prep for the Royal Wedding Outland Entertainment style

In addition to wearing the Editor in Chief hat here at Outland Entertainment, I also write about pop culture in enough places that I've found it useful to follow the news. While this is particularly relevant for geek news, there are some headliners you just can't miss. In this case? It's the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry of Wales and American actress (ret) Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. While I'd love to get swept up in the romance of the moment, I'm also a fan of mixing my real-world with some SFF—which is why I came up with these four ways to prep (with a side order of geek).
  1. Watch Meghan Markle's SFF works
Although she's best known for her role on USA drama Suits, the princess to be has also dabbled in SFF appearances. She appeared as a guest star on the 2008-09 revival of Knight Rider. Catch her as Annie Ortiz in the episode "Fight Knight." She also appeared as Junior FBI Agent Amy Jessup on Fringe in the 2009 episodes "A New Day in the Old Town" and "Night of Desirable Objects." And though this film itself isn't SFF, Remember Me features Markle with in scenes with star and SFF regular Robert Pattinson.
  1. Get hooked on Royally Yours
If you love a good prose serial the way I do, the obvious choice for royal wedding prep is the new serial being launched by in tandem Serial Box and Rakuten Kobo, Royally Yours, which launched May 2. This six-part feel-good romance mini series intertwines relationships of several different characters in the style of Love, Actually as a fictional royal wedding takes center stage. The serial is created by a team of writers, including Megan Frampton, Kwana Jackson, Liz Maverick, Kate McMurray, and Falguni Kothari, in a television-like environment.
  1. Get the latest on podcast Spilling Royal Tea
If you're more interested in the real-time news TMZ style, you can tune in to Sean Mandell (TMZ) and Craig Robert Young (British actor) as they cover the latest wedding developments and put them in a historical perspective. Are Harry and Meghan sticking with tradition or striking it out on their own? Sean and Craig answer the questions with commentary in every episode of Spilling Royal Tea. Episodes drop every Thursday until the May 19 wedding celebration, and the series is very bingeable. There's a "Best of" playlist through Spoke, where you can check out the season's highlights. Of particular interest for our readers might be "Old Royal Weddings Were Shady AF," because sometimes the real world totally beats fiction when it comes to being ridiculous.
  1. Check out the best SFF royal (and seriously cool) weddings
If you're not really following the upcoming nuptials, but the romance puts you in the mood to revisit other happy couples, it might be time to reread or rewatch some excellent weddings from SFF favorites. I wrote an article for Den of Geek that's chock full of suggestions (and summaries), but here are a few I didn't fit into that post:
  • Pick up that classic princess bride story, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, or rewatch the classic film. "Mawwiage... Mawwiage is what bwings us togeva today..."
  • Worf and Jadzia Dax's wedding plans don't always go smoothly in Star Trek: Deep Space 9 season 6 episode "You Are Cordially Invited," but even though the Klingons aren't initially a big fan of Dax, by the end, even the staunchest opponents from Worf's House welcomed Dax into the family.
  • Another Star Trek couple married in Voyager season 7 episode "Drive": Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres.
  • While this one doesn't last, it's always fun to return to the Firefly episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds." There's a sweet ceremony in which Captain Mal unknowingly gets married to con-artist Saffron, making for great comedy while endangering the whole crew.
What are your favorite SFF weddings? Give us a shout out on social media and let us know!

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