Crowds were buzzing in Windsor after the royal wedding, particularly the powerful sermon given by African-American bishop Rev. Michael Curry on the power of love and the various elements of the ceremony that celebrated Meghan Markle’s heritage. Two friends who had traveled to Windsor from the U.S., Raven Debose and Melanie Felton, described the service as “very black American.” “If you visit a black church in the south with a preacher, they will preach for at least an hour,” Debose, who is originally from Georgia but now lives in Texas, told TIME.