Another Royal Wedding !

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Some good news for once

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14962833/Peter-Phillips-engaged-Harriet-Sperling.html

Is Lady Marina Windsor a first cousin of William and Harry ? 🤔. I don’t think she is

I don't think there's a planned reconciliation. And William, of all people, wouldn't have anything to do with it.

And I agree - it would be awful if these weddings were overshadowed by press interest in the brothers' mutual dislike.

No she isnt - Eliza Spencer and Peter Phillips are W&H's 1st cousins.

No, Marina is the grandaughter of the Duke of Kent who is first cousin to the late Queen. So I think that makes her 3rd cousin to William & Harry.

She attended William's wedding but was not invited to Harry's.

Yes. Neither invited the children of the Kents or the Gloucesters but he did invite the Clooneys and Oprah. Tbh QEII and PC are slightly to blame. They were after all footing the bill. I understand dropping cousins in favour of friends but not complete strangers! Some previously close friends were also dropped, some for the ceremony, some for the evening do.

Some previously close friends were also dropped, some for the ceremony, some for the evening do.

Who were these?

The only one whose name I remember was a guy called Tom Inskip, who was invited to the ceremony but not the evening bash. I remember him because the name stuck in my head and also because he had had a wedding in the Caribbean, which H had attended and I remember thinking they must have been good friends for H to do that so it was a clear snub.

Since when has hypothetical been a barrier to the frenetic speculation and theorising that goes on around here 😆

Thank you for clarifying @MrsGusset

That was when Meghan gate crashed the wedding - she hadn’t been invited!

I think several of Harry’s friends were knocked off the list.

Had they also not already split up before that wedding and she rocked up anyway?

You’re right, Snogger. The photos (which Meghan was unaware of) don’t show a happy, relaxed Meghan! I think she came to keep an eye on Harry.