We’re about one month away from Pippa Middleton’s almost-royal wedding. I actually feel a little bit of sympathy for Pippa, mixed with a healthy dash of schadenfreude. Pippa so badly wants her wedding to Terribly Rich James Matthews to be a classy, elegant, almost-royal affair. But what she’s getting is endless drama regarding the guest list and various guests’ plus-ones. Her soon-to-be brother-in-law Spencer Matthews is a reality star who wants to bring his reality-star girlfriend, and apparently Pippa has tried to shut it down. But the real drama is happening with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Harry is reportedly – according to KP’s press office – attending the wedding. Pippa is said to have “banned” Meghan Markle with a “no ring, no bring” policy. But what if Harry brings Meghan anyway?
Meghan Markle has requested a break from filming Suits at the same time that Pippa Middleton gets married. he 35-year-old actress is said to have asked for a week’s holiday in May, leaving her free to join Prince Harry at the event. Pippa and her husband-to-be James Matthews are said to have decreed a ‘no ring, no bring’ policy when it comes to plus ones at the wedding.
The policy – which means only those who are married can be a plus one – not only rules out Ms Markle, but also reality TV star Vogue Williams, 31, who is currently dating the groom’s brother Spencer. But, according to Hello!, the US actress wants to take a week off between May 15 and 22, allowing her time to travel to the UK for the wedding.
Last month, Ms Markle joined Harry at his best friend Tom Inskip’s wedding to Lara Hughes-Young in Jamaica. Kensington Palace did not comment on whether Ms Markle would be attending the wedding with Harry.
I think this is amazing. While Pippa has every right to make whatever wedding guest-policy she wants, it’s clear that the Middletons also feel like there’s not much they can do about a royal prince wanting to bring his girlfriend. My guess is that this was the trade-off they were willing to make – they got Harry to come to the wedding (even if he has never seemed particularly close to the Middletons) but they have to accept that Meghan will be his date and that Pippa’s wedding will be somewhat overshadowed by Harry and Meg. Much like Kate’s wedding was overshadowed by Pippa’s Ass of Lies. Much like Hary and Meg’s wedding will probably be overshadowed by Pippa and Kate getting pregnant at the same time? Thunder-stealers: Royal Edition.
Oh, People Mag has confirmed that Meghan will be Harry’s date… to Pippa’s wedding reception, not the wedding. Which is weird, right? What is Meghan supposed to do, just hang out in a hotel during the wedding??
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I don’t know where their ceremony will be but I’ve known people to do reception only invites when the venue is limited in capacity.
The church is called St Mark’s in the village of Englefield — if you google it, it really does look like a pretty small, quaint type church.
I thought this might be the compromise. It still amounts to a virtual announcement of imminent engagement, but it isn’t uncommon to have guests who are not invited to the church but are to the reception. I suppose if they really wanted Harry there, they had to let him bring the GF. But if he does, the headlines next day will be all about Harry and M., not Pippa and her wedding.
What if there is a “no ring, no bring” policy? Does this mean they Harry and Meghan may already be engaged?
I’d defer to Toronto gossip columnist Shinan Govani:
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/04/17/meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-royal-riddle-govani.html
He says she is looking for outfits for Pippa’s wedding. I also like how he calls out her yoga pap walks.
This part: “It also didn’t escape my attention that the grainy images were released exclusively by E!, which is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns the USA Network, the network that runs the show Suits.” Not sure about this, but doesn’t Meghan’s instagram pal, Jessica Mulroney work at E!… ?
Jessica Mulroney does not work at E! She is the heiress to the Brown Shoes retail empire in Canada.
Her husband, Ben Mulroney, works for ETalk, kind of like E!News, but it is owned by Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications giant.
thanks @pia
Lots of shade in that article!
@PIa-Jessica Mulroney is a stylist in her own right. She dresses Sophie Trudeau (and Meghan Markle.)
Huh, I do think that’s weird that she’s invited to the reception but not the wedding. Unless the church is fairly small or Harry is somehow involved in the ceremony? (I cant think of what he would be doing though.)
Hmm I wonder if it’s because the church (which is public) will have a photowalk but the reception which is on the Middletons private estate wont. Puppy wants photos of herself and her ~ROYAL NIECE AND NEPHEW~ on the cover of the tabloids the next day, not any pictures of Megan (who is significantly less dolittle than the wisteria sisters) I was shocked when I read that Charlotte will be a flower girl -she will barely barely be two -seemed little puppy was forcing it given that by the standards of any wedding that is still a bit young
Also this, in combination with rig news last week, makes me wonder if Megan DOES already have a ring, if Harry already proposed. Then makes it much more awkward for pippa (and Kate, who would be aware that she will need to ride the contrails the good pr of Harry and Megan’s charity work in the years to come) to exclude her. William proposed to Kate a couple months before it was announced. Only thing that makes me unsure about this is I don’t know if Megan has met the queen yet
Ohhh I like the theory of H&M already being engaged. That would make sense as to why she has now been invited (although it is also possible that she was invited all along.)
Good theory, ib. It means she wouldn’t be in any of the photos taken by the press pack.
I don’t think it’s weird. Most of my friends had smaller crowds at the actual ceremony than the reception. Typically reception venues have more space.
See most people I know have more open policies when it comes to the wedding itself but since the reception is a per person cost, the spots are usually more limited.
ETA but either way its not a huge deal, I just found it interesting.
One of my friend’s wedding was the same way. All of us single people weren’t allowed a date due to limited room.
This is opposite in NY/NJ. The wedding is at a public place mostly, a Church, so anyone can attend. No invite is needed. The reception is expensive, so there are limited invitations.
She must be invited – I can’t imagine they would so rude as to have Meghan crash the wedding. Royal or not, that would be incredibly tacky and rude and I don’t believe they would do that.
I’ve heard of this before with British weddings. I maybe wrong but I thought you could be invited to church and lunch, but then bigger crowd joins party/dancing
This is EXACTLY how it works in UK weddings. Often close family and friends for church and sit down meal and a big shindig with buffet in the evening.
Okay, but do they split up couples to do this? I understand that some people are invited to one, the other, or both – but to have someone invited to the church, and his girlfriend is only invited to the reception? That’s weird. Maybe Harry’s not invited to the church either?
Cynical, i believe that was the case with Beatrice and her then boyfriend of many years during the W&K wedding. He Washington not invited to the church just the reception
Noli, the problem with that was the Middletons invited complete strangers from Berkshire to fill their space in the church. There was plenty of room for Dave at the wedding, but W&K were petulant-enough not to let him attend.
Okay, but serious question, how sober do people stay to actually give a f*** about who attended come like 11pm.
That’s not unusual here, if you don’t know the bride that well OR if the venue is small. I have attended receptions on a couple of occasions work colleagues but not really close personal friends.
Love the drama!
Sometimes people use ‘there’s limited church seating’ as a way to limit guests.
Maybe this was a Middleton church limit scheme gone wrong
‘Oh you can’t invite Meghan to the wedding, we’d love it but there’s not enough room at the church’
‘Okay great, she’ll just come to the reception then!’
I want to know what Meghan’s dress for this event will be more than Pippas, which I assume will be white lace and sleeves.
Pippa has every right to be a Bridezilla but she’s alienating everyone around her. I know of a bride that made so many demands of her friends in the lead up to her wedding, and was so nasty (for instance specifically making sure her MOH’s well behaved daughter with Downs wasn’t there when other kids were invited) that everyone held their nose and accommodated her then stopped speaking to her as soon as she came back from her honeymoon.
Um no one has the right to be a Bridezilla…
I mean you can be one. You can have ‘your day’ the next day however all bets are off.
Not directed at you Luca76, just a general observation but I’ve never understood this bridezilla thing. Why should anyone get a day to behave obnoxiously to people who you asked to be there and who could be doing better things with their time? Who declared the wedding day a sacred day to make others feel like shit? And why is this special pass restricted to brides? What happens when theres a wedding with no bride or with two brides? Do gay male couples toss a coin to see which one of them will be rude and unreasonable all day? Do lesbian couples just spend the day taking turns to freak out? Honestly, that type of behavior is a character failing and should never have been accepted into pop culture such as it has.
People get caught up in it being “my day” and forget to be gracious hosts. It’s not really a new phenomenon, but it now has a name.
@Cherise I tend to agree it’s BS. I’ve heard of lesbians who were Bridezillas so I’m not sure it’s exclusively heteronormative behavior. I think it’s a combination of consumerism, insecuritity, and the garbage we instill in women’s psyche about marriage and weddings from childhood.
Still I do think people have a right to throw ostentatious parties and be a$$hats whether it’s their wedding day or not.
I ponder these things at the gym when easily dialing up to “Say Yes to the Dress” to avoid more droning by Wolf Blitzer on CNN.
Agreed. And honestly, it’s supposed to be a big celebration, so if you’re not totally wasted singing crazy songs and loving everything… why are you even doing it? Just go to the courthouse.
@Luca76 How do you know Pippa is alienating everyone? For all we know the “no ring, no bring” is just Daily Mail fan fiction to drum up interest in a wedding they will undoubtedly cover.
Gossiping on gossip site 😀
Point taken! 🙂
No bride has the right to be rude but I do not see why a bride has to please everyone without being obnoxious. I think your case is very extreme and it is uncalled for the bride to do that. In general, I’d just let brides do their own thing but to be fair, they shouldn’t get so sensitive if they also get the same reciprocation. For example, if a bride insists on a smaller crowd, they shouldn’t feel offended if the person they did not invite also does not invite them.
I’m saying this because I cringe when guests, especially older relatives, nitpick on details at a wedding i.e the food, venue, makeup etc. The bride is stressed enough and is trying to please everyone. This desire of wanting to have a perfect wedding can lead to an exorbitant one and the couple starts their marriage life in debt (this is rampant in my part of Asia). Just my two cents and personal opinion…
Why is she a Bridezilla? Because of her “no ring, no invite” policy? Why is that a Bridezilla? Most people have limited space and funds for a wedding. Assume they may have limited space, at least, but I haven’t heard of her being crazy about a bunch of stuff. Just her list and it is her right to have who she wants at her wedding. She may not have ever met Meghan, and isn’t close to Harry.
It is startling, though, how much Pippa and Meghan look alike. Wow.
So true. I was once unfortunate enough to be the maid of honour of a bridezilla. She also alienated everybody around her. Her two crowning moments were telling me that she had chosen me to be her MOH rather than two close, childhood friends for, and I quote “aesthetic reasons” and then, later, accusing me of ruining all the wedding photos with, um, “my weird face”.
Funnily enough, we ceased to be friends after that.
I wouldn’t even waste my time with that mess wedding or the reception if I was Meghan. Too much BS over nothing if waity’s lil sis don’t want her there then so be it. Harry’s a big boy he can go to weddings by himself. If I’m Meghan and Harry and I get married waity’s sis wouldn’t be invited to my wedding either because I’m petty. 😈
This is ridiculous. Why is this wedding a thing? Some unemployed girl is marrying a terribly rich reality show adjacent dude. I’m surprised Harry is going. If he’s bringing the gf, there’s no way anyone will care about the bride and groom one bit.
“terribly rich reality show adjacent dude” – hahahaha
Hmm…’Terribly Rich’ is debatable. Article in the DM over the weekend detailing his mortgage, business losses and recent pay cut.
Apparently TR James is *not* a big player in the City (London’s Wall Street), his company lost 20 million in a single year on a bad film investment.
No one’s going to be crying into their cheerios or eating cans of soup for dinner Chez Pippa, but all may not be as it seems in ‘Terribly Rich’ fiance land;-)
Can we drop the “terribly” and just call him rich. How about rich enough?
…for richer, for poorer… Poor Pippa. Maybe she will have to go to work for Mom and Pop to supplement their income.
Harry and Meghan are getting engaged…they all know by now. She’s shedding her site, sponsorships, and eventually Suits. Her not going would just look weird and feed into a tabloid narrative.
Exactly. Plus if the purpose of not inviting Meghan was to shift focus back onto Pippa, its having the opposite effect. Also, regardless of whether Meghan was invited, Meghan and Harry’s wedding is going to outshine Pippas by a landslide. She should just accept that.
The clothing line association ended in December, not this month. It is being reported because the store has been promoting it like she is still attached, so she appears to have made them stop.
Don’t really care if Meghan will be there but Pippa’s wedding photos will probably be published in Hello magazine.
Holy speculation, Batman!
If she told Harry that Meghan is not invited, I would be very surprised if he brought her anyway.
All that “no ring no bring” was in an article in the DM, and we know how reliable they are.
So, if she is taking time off, she probably is going, and therefore she probably was invited, either because they are already engaged or because she simply is invited as the +1 of Pippa’s brother in law. Simple really.
I feel the need to clarify- Harry is NOT pippa’s brother-in-law. He is the BROTHER OF Pippa’s brother-in-law.
That’s a huge difference in terms of protocol and expectation..
Well, he’s so going to marry her.
Yep 🙂
Exactly. So could he get on with it? I love a royal wedding!
Yes-hurry up all ready. I want something happy to watch. Trump news is anxiety inducing.
They are a wildly attractive couple and i wish them much happiness to ride off into the sunset together.
A royal wedding though – a whole lot of wastefully extravagant pomp & circumstance celebrating the ridiculous privileges of a ridiculously wealthy family born into a (ridiculously) antediluvian institution. Admittedly fascinating, entertaining, amusing even… yet so excessive and out of touch with societal values today, no? Seems wrong. Kardashianly wrong.
If they quietly eloped, maybe with a handful of friends and immediate family, then made a major donation in lieu of a public wedding – so much more admirable.
@Cynical I would love a small (but televised) ceremony in Africa. It think it would be so cool for Harry to get married somewhere that is uniquely special to Harry, the man, not Harry, the prince.
Harry is clearly forging his own path, so why not break with tradition and have the wedding he wants?
@megan – beautiful idea and certainly more authentic. assuming they would keep the private jet traffic and helicoptering guests down to a minimum, lol. and they are still on the hook for a major donation (setting up a charitable foundation in their names and rarely/vaguely disbursing the funds won’t count).
Three cheers for Merry (Megan and Harry😊) !!!!
That’s a royal couple I can get behind.
Very interesting. Not sure about how English weddings work. Maybe the church has limited capacity for seating. But good for Harry on bringing his girlfriend. I wish I could be a fly on the wall at the Middleton discussions on that topic!
Hahaha one more thought, albeit improbable. How much would it show everyone up if we find out after the fact that she asked for the time off/is gone that week because she is doing a charity trip that week for her world vision or UN women ambassadorship? I would LOVE the contrast with the dolittles.
I’m sure the anti-Meghan crowd would say she was only doing it 2) to take attention away from Pippa Middleton or 2) as an excuse to cover up for the fact that she and Harry had broken up (even though they were in Toronto this weekend).
Up until recently I would have said no that she wouldn’t have gone. But given that an engagement is likely and that the Mida have struggled to generate media interest in Pippas wedding am not so sure. Meghan and Harry at the wedding would have the mags fighting over exclusives.
As per ib’s good theory upthread, it would mean instead of Pippa and TRJMatthews on the cover of People it would be cover photos of “Harry & Meghan next”. The press pack is given access to the wedding site, not the reception, so there wouldn’t be photos of Harry and Meghan at this event.
Maybe this is what H&M want – to be at the reception together, but not let the photographers get easy shots of them at the church. Of course they could get around that by not entering or leaving the church together. We won’t know until the day happens.
If the wedding happens…I just have one of my Pisces feelings…
Plausible theory and one that allows Pips/TR James (thou the Fail had an article over the weekend that basically said he wasn’t as wealthy as the press made him out to be) to save face with regards to the PR. Pips and Carole so want this to be a society wedding.
TheOtherOne, what is your PiscesSense hinting to you about this Leo-Virgo pairing?
Pippa sounds like an asshole…no ring, no bring. Jesus Christ
Honestly, having gone through getting married and having a wedding, I sympathise. For the most important day of your life thus far, who wants to share it with some random extras that they’ve never even met before? Especially one that is undoubtedly going to steal the spotlight, even unintentionally? People in my spouse’s family were unbelievably rude at our wedding, completely ignoring what the invites said and bringing extra guests that were not invited and whom I didn’t know, and who I never saw again. it still makes me mad when I look at the wedding photos and there I people whose names I don’t know.
Maybe space in the church is a concern? I went to a lot of weddings alone when I wasn’t dating anyone seriously. I never felt slighted. I didn’t do plus 1s for my friends either unless they were married/engaged/seriously dating-my venue was fairly small.
I never understood that policy, even if space is an issue, because where I live in Texas it’s deemed rude to invite someone without a date (whether you know the date personally or not, because that person IS important to the invitee regardless of how serious that relationship is.) The first wedding I attended in Texas, I was a platonic Plus One because my friend was officiating the wedding of his college friend and didn’t know anyone there and wasn’t dating anyone. He wanted someone to go with him to keep him company not only at the wedding (because he can’t spend the whole evening with bride & groom) but also on the three hour drive to the venue, and the time between rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, and actual wedding.
Second wedding in Texas was for my fiancé’s sister. I was only dating her brother for 6 or 7 months when she got married, so I was the GF with no ring and she had only met me TWICE and had limited space at her venue, but she still made sure to invite me to rehearsal dinner and wedding, as her brother’s date. That was just good manners to me. If original invitees are important to someone, no harm in letting them bring a guest. Most people don’t want to be dateless at an event that’s supposed to celebrate getting coupled up. I just made sure I wasn’t in official family photos, because I wasn’t part of her family yet and we didn’t know each other well. For unofficial photos, who cares? Just don’t frame/post/file them in the photo album. Plenty of unknown dates made it into some family photos for my relatives’ weddings, and it wasn’t a big deal. A photo only captures a moment, and in that moment that person was important to someone for whom the bride or groom cared deep enough to include in their special day.
Many couples have this same rule. Receptions are expensive and if you have to invite guests you have never met because they are dating a friend, you may not be able to invite other real friends. Nothing to do with being a jerk at all.
It isn’t about money as what they’re doing is the opposite. Limiting the people at the ceremony, having more people at the reception.
I love some good wedding drama. I cannot wait for this wedding to happen.
You must read the DM article about how Terribly Rich James isn’t Terrinly Rich at all.
I read that! I loved that article; they had receipts. Even the commenters were telling Pippa to run. I wonder how Carole with an E is going to spin that story.
The comments on that article were hysterical. Someone said that Carole would be chewing her gum just that much harder.
Could you imagine if Harry went out and proposed to Meghan tomorrow and it was announced in the papers immediately? I think Carole and Pippa’s heads would pop off.
Hahaha – yes. Harry and Meghan confirming their engagement before her wedding is my gossip dream. The Middleton’s would be apoplectic over it.
I was thinking an announcement circa Mother’s Day would fit for so many reasons: his recent interview about his mental health following her death, the shared desire for philanthropy ( Momma’s raison d’être ), her desire for her son’s happiness- a lovely and appropriate tribute, IMO. Not sure if they would give pause to stealing Pippa’s thunder, though- although is it about a week apart, I think.
Yes! Do it Harry! Please. 😀
I don’t understand why people can take this the wrong way. It is probably more meaningful for church ceremony or the solemnisation to be witnessed by closed ones. The rest can be hosted at a reception. Also, why can’t Harry and or Meghan be reasonable enough to spend time on their own? I don’t think Pippa is being unreasonable here but Pippa has to manage her own expectations if she is only invited to their reception, in fairness. For example, if the bride says no ring no bring, then for your own wedding, just invite the bride without a plus one. Maybe it’s just my part of the world, we can attend weddings alone if there’s no plus one, even if we have partners.
In a regular situation with non celebrities this makes sense, but Carole is using this wedding as a way to integrate the Middletons as part of the high society set. Harry was invited to get press. There is no evidence he has ever associated with Pippa outside of his brother’s wedding and the one christening (he wasn’t at Charlotte’s). Normally the sibling of an in law is not invited to a wedding if the venue is that small.
As has been speculated above, Harry probably agreed to attend because they are letting Meghan show up for the reception and Carole wants an invite to Harry’s wedding so she is creating goodwill.
Frankly don’t even know why Harry would be invited to their church ceremony. As you said, no indication they are close, though of course we don’t know everything. Up to the Midds to invite who they want, I reckon Harry may just feel obliged to attend the church ceremony due to his brother. Anyway, at least the reception is a good opportunity for Meghan and Harry to meet up hahaha…I’m sure long distance is hard (even though both have more moolah than us).
It doesn’t make sense for Harry to be at this wedding, with no evidence of personal time spent with any Middletons for 15 years. He’s there for someone’s reasons, but likely not his own. Cutting out his girlfriend of 9-10 months doesn’t make sense, unless it is something like so she isn’t in the pictures. Whether it is the Middletons or H&M that don’t want the paps having access to them together at a church, we don’t know.
Harry is probably there so William has someone to talk to.
Maybe Harry will go to the pub with Meghan and keep her company rather than going to the church ceremony. That would make sense to me, and it would be considerate to his gf. He would go up in my estimation if he did that. He doesn’t have any real connection to the Middletons and I don’t know why he was invited anyway. I see it as the Middletons shoring up their royal connections by having William’s brother there.
It’s not weird to me. The church is small, and public. That is where the pap photo ops are. The Midd estate is large and locked down. It makes perfect sense she would slip in for the reception.
No way is Carole going to allow this to become the Harry and Meg Show. Rightfully, I will say.
To be fair, I doubt Meghan and Harry want it either. I think Harry, at least, understands how carefully he must tread as far as up staging others.
The church is also private and locked down. KP/ the Middletons have arranged pap stroll for the church, but not at Middleton towers.
This is what happened at Christmas too.
Have to control all images of the kids, LAK. Odds on only W&K-friendly photographers being the ones who just happen to get access to the media pen? And Nanny Maria being snuck in the back, hopefully not wearing her official uniform again.
Why is Harry even going to this wedding? Maybe he is really right with the Middletons?
Why would Meghan want to go? It’s just Pippa!
Why would someone with a job take time off just to travel over the ocean to attend the wedding of someone she doesn’t know and doesn’t need to know?
What if this means that Harry in fact sees the Mids as family and friends?
What will the hardcore “Harry is better and hates the Mids” fans do when Meghan becomes besties with the Middleton sisters? I actually see that happen.
IMO all this the Mids vs Saviour Meghan stuff is wishful thinking from some of you here. Do you really think Harry is that nasty and wants to “ruin” Pippas wedding to lay the focus on himself and girlfriend? British mags especially the DM will rip Meghan apart. They hate her
I agree with your last paragraph. It might just be this site, but the whole “Meghan Markle will totally outplay the royals, put the Midds in their rightful place, and completely reinvent the monarchy because she is just that awesome” narrative is as misguided as saying she is totally unsuitable.
I think she and Harry would be a good couple but I also think they are as human as Will and Kate, and will make missteps. Hopefully, those will be few.
I think that Harry and Meghan know that outshining the stars of the show – the Cambridges, and by extension, the Midds – is a foolish game.
From what I can see, the Meghan hate comes from a handful of tumblr fanatics who have spread their bile to the DM.
We’re logically questioning why Harry has been invited to this wedding, when there is no evidence of a relationship between Harry and the Middletons over the last 15 years. If he’s just being invited for Middleton PR, why cut out his girlfriend as well?
The Middletons want the positive PR, W&K want the PR of controlling every image of their kids. They want the attention – on themselves. It is about PR, not about the wedding. If they didn’t want public attention, they would have banned photographers from a wedding at a church on a private estate. Instead, they are allowing a press pack. KP has been roped in to do to PR announcements about a wedding between two private individuals.
Pippa will presumably be wearing a huge, white, designer gown. She will be the center of attention, no matter who attends this wedding or doesn’t. By refusing to let Harry bring his girlfriend of 10 months? That isn’t about taking attention off the marrying couple during the ceremony. It is about the Middletons and W&K wanting the press attention of happy families / Real Royal Family pictures on the web.
Obvious PR is obvious.
I don’t think the invite has that much weight to it. The Midds love Wills, they love attention and they like Harry. To get all three, Meghan is part of the deal, so they found a way to work her in.
Not to mention the deals made so they can get freebies and comps for the fake royal wedding. Carole wants to show off what she has accomplished via her daughters marriages. It must have stung that no one (press wise) was interested.
The Midds love what they get from their association with Billy Boy, that’s for sure. There is no evidence that they like Harry, and no evidence that he likes them. 15 years, no proof of them spending personal time together.
To include Harry means to fully include his girlfriend, unless they have ulterior PR-related motives. And they do, given the media pen and KP announcements.
I would agree with your assessment, NAS, except that Pippa is not exceptional – and her wedding is a bore for regular media without bum pillows. .. add Willy and the Unicorns – I wish the best of bums in the night!
wolfpup, they are having an official media corral at a private event, an event on private property so the Middletons/Matthews have to give approval to have press there. KP sent out an announcement.
The almost-never-seen children of W&K (the “unicorns”?) will be in the wedding party, and able to be photographed without W&K screaming about privacy at this private event. This is about PR. Because the kiddies are in it, there will be plenty of interest.
Ollie, I completely agree with you! As I’ve been reading these comments, the thought going through my head was: “NONE OF US KNOWS ANYTHING! lol” For goodness sake, Harry and Meghan managed to go out for MONTHS without any pictures and such until they wanted pics to come out. We didn’t even know about them until Harry felt the need to tell trolls to back the hell off insulting her online! For all we know, when she visited Harry at Kensington, they saw W & K. WE DON’T KNOW!
For posters to be gleefully cackling at how the Middletons’ noses are out of joint, or are feeling this or that… C’mon people! Yes, this is a gossip site (which I love coming to and reading!), and yes, we’re gossiping, but stop stating your own projections as fact! YOU DON”T KNOW these people lol ✌🏻
I bet Harry & Meghan aren’t even attending this wedding. Why would they? Pippa & Harry are not friends. Not even casually. While she might have asked off, and she could have any number of reasons for asking, doesn’t necessarily mean she’s going to Pip’s nuptials.
I totally agree. Why would Harry want to attend. The media fabricated the supposed attraction between Pippa and Harry. Harry is just a nice friendly guy with everyone. I sincerely hope that Harry and Megs do not attend this Middleton wedding. I also believe that Meghan HAS met the Queen. I think both the Queen and Prince Phillip have a soft spot for Harry, also they are not getting any younger and I am sure Harry would like to have both grandparents at his wedding. The Queen is the nearest thing he has to a mother, although I believe his mother’s sisters’ do play an important role in his life….(Middleton’s take note, this is the way to behave, as in laws to the royal family).
I think that Meghan has met the Queen as well. I think that they are already engaged and she’s just tying up lose ends to take entry into her new life with Harry.
She didn’t ask for time off, the Suits production is on a hiatus during that week. This would be the second time the media has made it seem like she’s requesting time off her job to spend time with Harry.
That is really good to know.
Meghan should just volunteer to help Waity who has offered to babysit the kiddies in the basement during the ceremony. Thst would probably solve the problem.
If there is an engagement in the works, I wonder if they will delay formal announcement until after the snap general election Theresa May just called for 8 June? The royals prefer not to appear to be distracting attention from “important” political issues.
I’d bet another $10 he’s already proposed. He’s over thirty, she’s pushing 36, they want kids, starting over with someone after a LTR with someone else is, let’s face it, often more like work than romance . . . I’m guessing Harry is in a “Now or never” phase and just wants to settle down.
British royal family engagements are usually shorter, less than 6 months, so we may see Flying Elvi for Christmas.
And I agree with your take. It may be somewhat unromantic, at a certain point it is about settling down.
Hmmm…..I have been saying for a long time that the engagement will be announced May/June, now with this general election coming up I am pretty sure the announcement will be late May or very early June, they won’t wait till after the election. In any case the engagement has to be sorted so that Meghan can openly and fully participate in summer season events such as Royal Ascot, Wimbledon, Cowes, Henley, Cowdray Park…..
Here’s a question. Has the Royal Family ever allowed a Wedding in the Winter? They do like to maximize the crowds and the good PR.
*Could* we see this December, a snow covered tiara and a glorious (faux) fur wrap around the shoulders of a newly minted Princess Sparkle?
HM and Prince Philip married on November 20th; 70th anniversary this year. Anne’s first wedding was in November, her second was in December.
I don’t see what the big deal is. The church is probably small, the reception will be bigger.
And I understand why Harry was invited…he’s Kate’s brother-in-law and has probably been friendly with Pippa, too.
To me, it makes no sense that he’s been invited. The Middletons are not his in-laws, and there is no evidence of a relationship between the Midd and Harry for the last 15 years.
Well, there must be some relationship if he is indeed invited. 😀
Well, no, not really that’s the point. If there was any sign of friendship between any of these people it would make sense. As it stands there are more photos of Pippa with Eugenie and Beatrice on personal time than there are of Harry/Pippa/maybe-not-so-terribly-rich-TM.
I agree. I think it’s strange that he would be invited.
In light of this development, I find the comments of how Meghan was “all over” Harry in Jamaica and how Harry was “so not into her” hilarious, They are together and they are committed to taking this relationship to the next level.
The trolls need to step to the left.
Hear! hear!
Well, that was partly a response to the first set of photos released. I was nonplussed myself till the cozier ones came out. Some part of me still thinks Harry looks like a Boy to Markle’s Woman and she should look further – but then, as a friend of mine once said glumly “No matter how old they are, they’re always too young for you.”
seesitellisit…..I loved your comment “No matter how old they are, they’re always too young for you.”……that is SO true. lol!
Seesittellsit,I totally agree with you:I think too that Meghan is like a woman who knows what she wants and knows where she at…Harry seems nice and loveable and have changed(because back in the days he was just some douche rich boy….for me) but since he broke up with Cressidas,he seems to have a very long list of “conquêtes” and I’m wondering if he is serious,I think that he is a “player”….and even when he was with Cressidas and Chelsy,he used to have interest in others girls….so I don’t think he is a husband material,he is just a womanizer and I have that feeling that he is gonna break his heart and even worse for her,she had bunch of people who hates her or judging her….it’s not a win win for her….but who knows,maybe I’m completely wrong and like my husband says it,:they’re grown adults”…yes,they are but I like her since I was watching Suits….
I’m hoping Sixer shows up to give her assessment of the Theresa May call for a General Election. Not that that has anything to do with Flying Elvi, winter weddings, or media corrals at weddings for private citizens…
Check the other royal thread – the William mental health one. We’ve been having a snap Gen Election discussion on there.
Please do tell me…what on earth is ‘Flying Elvi’, and in what context is this concept, totally unknown to me, being used.
It was from a discussion a few months ago. People saying they needed the distraction of a royal wedding, complete with tacky American touches like it taking place in Vegas. This led to talk about the group of Elvis Presley impersonators who skydive – known as the Flying Elvi – and how they could make an appearance at the wedding.
I just looked it up. It started in a post on December 15th about Prince Harry maybe introducing Meghan Markle to the Queen at Christmas.
Thanks for the tip, DU/Betti!
Thanks notasugarhere.
Would anyone really GAF if both Wisteria Sisters WERE preggo for Harry and Meghan’s wedding? I mean, at this point, everyone is watching H&M, Waity would be on #3, and it would only make sense that Pippa would be working on her first now that she’s married.
I think after this wedding, which I don’t think she should attend, Meghan should drop out of sight, find a way to do yoga in private, the heated room she’d have to give up and do plain plain old yoga… but she’ll survive. I think her team is not managing her image well. She is overexposed and need to let the media come looking for her instead of giving them access
What access has Meghan given the media? She hasn’t given a single interview or attended a media event since we found out she’s dating Harry. Meghan is not overexposed, the coverage of her is over saturated because the media won’t stop writing articles about her and that is something she does not control. Also why is Meghan’s walk to yoga class bothersome to some? I don’t get it, is she not allowed to show her face in public for sake of a good workout?
You are absolutely right, Bea. I guess some people think Meghan is suppose to hide away in her home and not live a normal life in order to conform their antiquated ideas about royalty and those who associate with them. No one is forcing them to look at her photos, read the inane and often made-up tabloid articles, or put that much thought into how she should conduct herself in public as a private citizen. Drop out of sight? How about she just cease all forms of social contact and stop feeling like she a free human being. I doubt the criticism could be more petty.
Hasn’t she been using that same yoga studio for the past 3 years. All of a sudden they’re pap walks?
Was like this with Harry’s other girlfriends? She can’t win.
I agree totally with your assessment. She, or her team, are playing for the paps a la yoga walks when the better strategy is not to alert anyone, go about her acting job, and keep her private moments as private as possible.
well, well rumours have it that Kylie Minogue has been dating Prince Andrew…I know he’s not invited but poor Pipa, not be at the center of all the talks ?
Double wedding!
I like harry and Meghan as a couple, all I’m saying wether or not her walk to the yoga studio is a pap walk, she souls shut it down because EVERYTHING is used against her. They should go back to operating the way they were right after Christmas when no one where they were and if they were even together, Then hit us with the engagement announcement.
Meghan has that hands off he is mine look in that main picture if she doesn’t get the ring soon she is going to start getting jittery. If Harry is seen by the press walking her into the church it seals that they are an item I am yet to see them together on an official engagement. Would not be surprised if Harry isn’t an usher. Pippa will want as many titled aristocrats holding the main parts as possible what a social climber she is. As for Meghan and the rest of the sisterettes who are not nvited to the reception I would decline the invite. If you are not invited to the church then forget it.
I’m a little confused doesn’t everyone know they r an item? Is this a British ism or a royalty thing? Someone explain this for me
It’s pretty common for British weddings to have two guest lists. Super close friends and family attend the ceremony (list 1) and a wedding breakfast (aka dinner) and then everyone else attends the reception (which can also be catered but is when the party starts), that’s list 2.
Why is anyone assuming there’s an engagement? Just because they are dating doesn’t mean they are getting married. Talk about pressure! Even if they were to get married one day I think it may be a ways off. It hasn’t even been a year. I cant see Reitman’s being a lucrative deal. Their clothing line is very poor quality.
I figure having Harry there was important to Pippa. And Carole. And thus the Catherine. Who all leaned on the petulant prince to get his brother on board. More princes, more better! We so popular and cool! And the perpetually put out prince was anyway relieved to have an adjacent compadre to sympathise whilst enduring this downmarket extravaganza shame fest.
More unexpected backwash from Brexit: the triviality, impotence and sheer pointlessness of the royal family, right out there on front street, right now, to be continued indefinitely, yikes!
I expect they didn’t figure on that. Sad, Well it would be if everything else wasn’t an even worser nightmare on wheels.
Long run – Pippa can be a bitch, demanding for her own wedding I have no problem with that.
What is bullshit is that England overran the world, and we needed folks like Nelson Mandela and Gandhi for continents to be saved!!! India, and Africa – and what about the American Revolutionary war? _ England…you are boring me!
As far as I can see it, there are too many white folks, thinking they are “boss”.
Are Willy and his brother really worth conversation?
Britains greed is the source of all the wars in the Middle East. And yet they do not accept responsibility for their decisions with NATO, nor for the refugees created by all the wars they began. Hence, Brexit!
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These people are exhausting
I got married quite a few years ago but I distinctly recall consulting my Emily Post book of ediquette to be sure I didn’t do something tacky. As I recall all single guests were invited “and Guest” because back in the day single women didn’t attend events unescorted so they would bring a guest. Seems only right to allow single men to have a guest as well.
All the bridezilla talk has me smh. You don’t have to over control just to get attention. Be a grascious bride and all eyes will be on you. It doesn’t matter what others wear or who they bring. The bride and groom are the main attraction. They should not pay attention to anyone else’s side show. My dear sister was my MOH and she insulated me from any pre wedding drama, bless her heart.