Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly snubbed from a royal event. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly not been invited to Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling’s upcoming wedding. Notably, the wedding will take place on Saturday, June 6, in Gloucestershire. Also, many members of the royal family will attend the wedding.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly ‘banned’ from royal family wedding
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly “not invited” to a Royal Family event. TalkTV host Mark Dolan revealed to Sky News host Paul Murray, “It’s a royal snub. It’s the royal wedding of the year, and it is Princess Anne’s son, Peter … and the bottom line is that Harry has not been invited.”
Continuing further, Dolan said, “It’s my understanding he’s been banned from the event. Why? Because Peter Phillips, the guy who’s getting married, doesn’t want Harry to take the headlines. Palace officials feel that Harry and Meghan are toxic and that they would ruin the special day.”
Interestingly, as per the Daily Mail, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton will reportedly attend the wedding. Notably, ex-Prince Andrew’s sister, Princess Anne, will attend the wedding with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.
Ex-Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, will reportedly attend their cousin Peter Phillips’ wedding in a rare royal appearance. Notably, their disgraced father, ex-Prince Andrew, has reportedly been snubbed from the royal event (via The Sun).
Harry and Markle quit their royal duties in 2020 and relocated to California, USA. BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond revealed to The Mirror that this comes as no surprise, considering Harry’s strained relations with his family.
This would put a negative spin on the whole day. Also, Bond believes Harry will understand the gravity of the situation. Furthermore, Bond shared that Peter is closer to William and has remained loyal to William rather than Harry. Hence, it is most likely that royal family members will leave out Harry from family events while their rift remains unresolved.
Princess Anne is set to witness her son, Peter Phillips, marry his fiancée, Harriet Sperling, at All Saints Church in Kemble, Cirencester, on 6 June. But before then, the sister of King Charles has to make a decision.
Whether Peter’s fiancée, NHS nurse Harriet Sperling, will be given permission and access to a tiara for her big day is yet to be determined. Though Harriet is marrying into the royal family, Peter does not have royal titles himself after his mother declined them upon his birth in 1977. Harriet will, therefore, not gain a royal title when she marries Peter, despite being the daughter-in-law of a princess.
Peter Phillips’ ex wore a bridal tiara
Harriet does not carry an aristocratic title from her maidenhood either. The same was true of Peter’s first wife, Autumn Kelly, whom he divorced in 2021.
However, upon their marriage in 2008, Autumn did in fact wear the antique Festoon Tiara, a piece she borrowed from Princess Anne.
Did Princess Anne wear a bridal tiara?
The piece has been in Anne’s collection since 1973, when she received it as a gift from the World-Wide Shipping Group after she christened one of their ships. Meanwhile, for her first wedding in 1973, when she married Captain Mark Phillips, Anne wore Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, which was a Russian-style kokoshnik tiara crafted from 47 diamond bars.
It was Anne’s something borrowed as the piece was on loan from her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. In 1992, when she married her second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, the Princess chose not to wear a tiara, opting to add flowers to her hair instead.
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Harriet’s sister-in-law’s bridal diadem
The fact that Peter’s sister, Zara, also wore a tiara when marrying retired rugby star Mike Tindall in 2011 also suggests that we may see Harriet sporting a diamond diadem. Zara, who also is without a royal title, wore Princess Andrew’s Meander Tiara.
This distinctive headpiece features a Greek key design punctuated by a central laurel wreath element and two honeysuckle elements. Worth an incredible £280,000, the tiara is truly a piece of royal history, with the earliest photos of Princess Alice wearing the tiara dating back to 1914.
Meanwhile, other royals in Zara’s generation to wear royal tiara on their wedding day include her cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as well as the Princess of Wales, the wife of Zara and Peter’s cousin, Prince William.
