In England, a royal coupling

WINDSOR, England - Until Meghan Markle came along, it's unlikely that anyone would associate the words "royal wedding" with the phrase "ringing call for social justice."

But that was the inescapable conclusion Saturday as Markle, a biracial, L.A.-bred American actress - glamorous and dewy-eyed, preternaturally composed - exchanged marriage vows with a sometimes visibly nervous Prince Harry, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who is sixth in line to the British throne.

Yes, there were all the traditional trappings of royal nuptials in what may be the world's most storied monarchy: the 19th-century horse-drawn carriage, a sumptuous tiara dusted off for the occasion, the jewel-like Gothic cathedral contained within the turreted walls of medieval Windsor Castle, which has for centuries been a seat of British royalty.

To sighs of pleasure on the part of some