Royal Wedding: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's ceremony to receive address by senior US bishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby calls Bishop Michael Bruce Curry a 'stunning preacher'

The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry (Mike Theiler/Reuters)

A senior US bishop will deliver an address at the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle next Saturday.

The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, was the first African-American elected to into the prestigious role in 2015.

Prince Harry, the sixth-in-line to the throne, and Ms Markle, star of US television drama Suits, will tie the knot at Windsor Castle, home to the British royal fmaily for nearly 1,000 years.

Kensington Palace said the bishop would join Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual head of the Anglican communion, for the wedding which is expected to be watched by millions of people around the world.

Archbishop Welby will preside over the exchange of vows, while the service itself will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor.

“The love that has brought and will bind Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle together has its source and origin in God, and is the key to life and happiness,” Bishop Curry said in a statement. “And so we celebrate and pray for them today.”

The couple of have not yet met Bishop Curry, who will travel from his home in Chicago for the ceremony.

Archbishop Welby called Bishop Curry a “stunning preacher” and said he was “thrilled” he would be involved in the wedding, in a tweet.

The United States-based Episcopal Church is a constituent member of the global Anglican Communion, of which the Church of England is the Mother Church.

According to its website, Bishop Curry has been active in issues of social justice including immigration policy and marriage equality.

Reuters