LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. actress Meghan Markle hasbeen baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritualhead of the Church of England, ahead of her royal wedding in Mayto Britain's Prince Harry, the Daily Mail newspaper reported onThursday.
The 45-minute ceremony conducted by Justin Welby, spiritualhead of the Anglican communion of millions of Christiansglobally, took place at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace onTuesday, the paper said.
The secret baptism was followed immediately by herconfirmation, it added.
"That's not something that we are commenting on," Harry'soffice said about the report.
The Mail said Harry's father, heir-to-the-throne PrinceCharles and his wife Camilla were present but Queen Elizabeth,the titular head of the Church of England, was not.
When Markle, 36, and Harry, 33, announced their engagementlast November, his office said Markle, who attended a Catholicschool as a child, identified as a Protestant and would bebaptized and confirmed before their marriage on May 19.
Welby will preside over the exchange of wedding vows at theceremony at Windsor castle although the service itself will beconducted by the Dean of Windsor.