Reverend Michael Curry – the “break-out star” of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding who was lauded for his rousing sermon – has said he thought his invite to the ceremony was an “April Fool’s joke”

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“I thought somebody was doing an April Fool’s joke on me,” he told Good Morning Britain. “I just didn’t in my wildest imagination…”

Curry’s 14-minute sermon was the most-tweeted moment of the day, reaching 40,000 posts a minute and winning over viewers with his passionate words about love and power.

Speaking of how he thought his sermon went, Curry said: “I have to admit I had no idea… I really didn’t. When I sat down from the sermon I remember thinking to myself, I hope that was OK.”

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Of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, he said: “They’re going to work to make this world better and empowering women is one of the ways we do that.”

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