Yes pretty much. He's also trying to balance his religious obligation to keep pastoral matters confidential, whilst making a short comment that confirms when their legal wedding took place. I'm just noticing Welby's phrasing: 'I signed the wedding certificate, which is a legal document, and I would have committed a serious criminal offence if I signed it knowing it was false. So you can make what you like about. But the legal wedding was on the Saturday'.I think he's basically saying she's a liar, without actually saying the words. They were probably practicing their vows and no more than that, not even a mock ceremony.
That phrasing isn't quite right to me. I really think there is something else going on here in the background about the legalities of their wedding. What Welby has said though is enough to close that chapter, and if there is anything murky about (say) prior secret Botswana wedding, they'll keep a lid on it until the divorce happens.
ETA Full interview (and full of Welbyisms)
Justin Welby: "What I learnt from Covid, the threat of cancel culture and the truth on Harry & Meghan’s wedding"
An exclusive interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury on the lessons of the pandemic, the “enormous danger” of vaccine nationalism, the concerns…
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