The poignant reason Meghan Markle didn’t throw her wedding bouquet

MEGHAN Markle chose to forgo one of the highlights of any wedding – the throwing of the bouquet – for a very poignant reason.

The 37-year-old followed in the tradition of fellow royal brides The Queen, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton and instead sent her stunning flowers to Westminster Abbey, where they were laid on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

This tomb contains the body of a First World War soldier, who was buried there as a tribute to all those who’ve died in international military conflict.

Meghan’s flowers arrived at the Abbey on Sunday, May 20, the day after her wedding to Prince Harry.

The Queen Mother started the sweet tradition when she married King George VI at the Abbey in 1923.

In an unexpected move, the bride-to-be laid her bouquet on the grave on her way into the ceremony.

She did this in memory of her brother Fergus, who’d been killed during the Battle of Loos in 1915.

As with most brides, the flowers Meghan chose for bouquet were significant to her and her new husband.

She included Forget-Me-Nots, Princess Diana’s favourite blooms, in honour of Harry’s late mother.

There was also a sprig of myrtle, a Royal Family tradition that dates back to Queen Victoria’s wedding to Prince Albert in 1840.

Myrtle is the emblem of matrimony and symbolises love and hope.

These were joined by sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine and astrantia, which were all bound with a naturally dyed raw silk ribbon.

Harry, 34, handpicked several flowers from the couple’s private garden at their home at Kensington Palace.

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