Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be attending Hugh Grosvenor’s upcoming wedding and it’s for the best, says one royal insider.
Mr Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, is close with both Prince William and Prince Harry, godfather to Prince George and Prince Archie, but only William will be in attendance, acting as an usher.
Hello Magazine’s Emily Nash discussed the upcoming wedding, said: “There’s no other way to look at this story, whatever the rights and wrongs on both sides, it’s just fundamentally very sad.
“It’s difficult, but you can also understand, why — diplomatically — it might be the right thing to do, because certainly, one thing the Royal Family is always clear about, they don’t want their presence, or absence, to be the focus of someone else’s happy day.”“For whatever reason, this decision has been made, and it’s probably the right one, because it would absolutely become the story on the day otherwise, and no bride or groom wants that.”
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Miss Nash feels like it’s relatable, saying most of us have had similar situations, where there are rifts, and these things pass, but in the case of William and Harry, it’s not passing, and she considers the Duke of Westminster’s wedding to be a “casualty.”
The Royally Obsessed co-hosts, Rachel Bowie and Roberta Fiorito, also chatted about the wedding and Harry sitting this one out.
Ms Bowie said: “This was originally thought to be the occasion that would finally reunite the brothers, but a decision — and no one really knows what went down — was ultimately made, that Harry and Meghan will not attend.”
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Ms Fiorito shares her opinions on the matter: “It sounds like it was due to avoiding any potential circumstance, that they would be overshadowed with the royal tension.”
According to Royal Obsessed, thousands of people are expected to line the streets and it will at the level of a royal wedding.
The wedding is scheduled to take place on June 7 at Chester Cathedral, followed by a reception at Eton Hall.