Nielsen says 29 million people in US watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle royal wedding

New York: Perhaps getting married to a U.S. television star helps in the royal wedding ratings. [caption id=“attachment_4475673” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after their wedding at Windsor Castle Saturday.[/caption] The Nielsen company says 29.2 million people in the United States watched the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle early Saturday. The London ceremony aired starting at 7 a.m. Eastern time and was carried live on 15 different networks. The telecast topped the 22.8 million people who watched Harry’s older brother, Prince William, marry Kate Middleton in 2011. By a whisker, NBC earned network bragging rights. Nielsen said an estimated 6.42 million people watched NBC’s coverage while 6.35 million watched it on ABC. The CBS audience was 4.79 million people.