Duke of Westminster axes Harry and Meghan from his marriage ceremony guestlist
When the Duke of Westminster made the ‘extremely unhappy’ determination to exclude the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from his marriage ceremony subsequent summer season, he was aware of the royal row that difficult his sister’s ceremony on the identical venue.
The Daily Mail understands that the Duke, Hugh Grosvenor, was ‘very aware’ of the tensions surrounding the marriage of Lady Tamara Grosvenor and Edward van Cutsem at Chester Cathedral in 2004 and didn’t need something related at his personal.
‘Hugh is aware of how delicate marriage ceremony invites could be,’ a buddy of the household informed this newspaper.
Camilla Parker Bowles was invited to his sister’s marriage ceremony however was informed that she wouldn’t be permitted to take a seat with Prince Charles and must sit a number of rows again. She would additionally should arrive individually. This was as a result of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have been because of attend the ceremony.
A Buckingham Palace courtier was quoted as saying on the time: ‘It might provoke touch upon the day, however Her Majesty may also be attending and she or he is a stickler for protocol.
‘A pew will probably be put aside for the members of the Royal Family attending, and it will be inappropriate for Mrs Parker Bowles to take a seat beside Prince Charles since she has no official standing.
‘Even for Mrs Parker Bowles to reach with the Prince on the occasion, within the presence of the Queen, could be to confer rights and standing upon her that she merely doesn’t have.’
The Duke of Westminster and Miss Olivia Henson are engaged to be married
Prince Harry and Meghan’s exclusion from the Duke of Westminster’s marriage ceremony comes amid an more and more bitter royal rift
The Duke is so near Harry that he’s reportedly godfather to his son, Prince Archie
Prince WilliaM greeted by General Timothy Granville-Chapman (2R), Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster (2L) and John Peace (L) through the official handover to the nation of the newly constructed Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) on the Stanford Hall Estate on June 21, 2018 in Leeds
There had beforehand been only a few official events at which each Mrs Parker Bowles, as she then was, and the Queen had been current. Among them have been the Westminster Abbey service for the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation, a pop live performance within the backyard of Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen’s Jubilee, and the Queen Mother’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
According to Viscountess Bangor, higher often known as the distinguished creator Sarah Bradford, Mrs Parker Bowles was apparently so infuriated to learn in a newspaper diary column that royal protocol would imply she could not sit beside Charles on the marriage ceremony that she informed the inheritor to the throne that the established order was now not acceptable.
She and Prince Charles pulled out of attending Lady Tamara’s marriage ceremony, which, like her brother’s, was described because the society occasion of the 12 months. It was reported that Charles took the choice as a result of he was sad concerning the remedy of Mrs Parker Bowles.
The marriage ceremony was attended by 650 visitors, together with the Queen, Prince Philip, and Princes William and Harry.
Ed Van Cutsem and Lady Tamara Grosvenor go away their marriage ceremony service at Chester Cathedral on November 6, 2004
Prince Harry and Meghan’s exclusion from the Duke of Westminster’s marriage ceremony comes amid an more and more bitter royal rift.
Hugh Grosvenor, 32, is to marry Olivia Henson, 30, at Chester Cathedral on June 7. The King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince George, who’s the Duke’s godson, are invited.
The Duke is so near Harry that he’s reportedly godfather to his son, Prince Archie. The Duke, who has an estimated fortune of £10billion, is the King’s godson and had an official position on the coronation in May.
It is known that he needed to ask the Sussexes, however is aware their look may dominate the day and trigger pressure for Charles, Camilla, William and Catherine.
A buddy of William and Harry’s informed the Sunday Times: ‘It’s extremely unhappy it has come to this. Hugh is certainly one of only a few shut mates of William and Harry’s who has maintained sturdy bonds and a line of communication with each.’
A spokesman for the Duke of Westminster declined to remark.
