THESE royals were reportedly snubbed from Peter Phillips’ wedding near Cirencester this weekend.
Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne, will marry paediatric NHS nurse and freelance writer Harriet Sperling at All Saints’ Church in Limes Road in Kemble on Saturday, June 6.
However, not all of the most well-known members of the royal family will reportedly be attending.
These royals are said to have not been invited to the big day.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson have reportedly not been invited to the wedding, with an invitation likely deemed ‘inappropriate’, according to a friend of Mr Phillips and Ms Sperling.
There have been further revelations about the pair’s friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Hello! revealed in May that the friend of the couple had told the magazine: “It was probably not deemed appropriate to invite them.
“It’s Peter and Harriet’s special day, and clearly their attendance would cause a distraction to the whole day.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The Duke of Sussex has also not been invited to the wedding, according to the friend.
That would likely also rule out the Duchess of Sussex.
“Peter and Harry haven’t spoken for several years and have simply lost touch, so he hasn’t been invited,” the friend said.
Peter Phillips' spokesman declined to comment, according to Hello!.
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In Hello!’s A Right Royal Podcast, Emily Nash from the magazine said Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s presence at the wedding ‘would be a terrible look’.
“It was very interesting that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are also not going, because it turns out they haven't spoken in years,” Hello!’s Andrea Caamaño said.
“I thought that was quite the revelation, because I would have thought maybe they still maintained some relationship, especially after the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh.”
Ms Nash said: “I think clearly [Mr Phillips] has huge loyalty to Prince William and to the King, and for whatever reason, he has at some point lost touch with Harry, and it is sad to see that happening, but also not entirely surprising given how difficult relationships have been.”
Mr Phillips and Ms Sperling announced their wedding date on Wednesday, April 1.
Issued by Gerard Franklin, described as an official spokesman speaking on behalf of the pair, the announcement read: “Mr Peter Phillips, the son of HRH The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and Ms Harriet Sperling, daughter of the late Mr Rupert Sanders and Mrs Mary Sanders of Gloucestershire, have today announced their wedding date.
“The summer wedding will take place at All Saints Church, Kemble, Cirencester, on Saturday, June 6, 2026 in a private ceremony.
“Both families have been informed jointly of the wedding date by invitation.
“Their Majesties The King and Queen and The Prince and Princess of Wales have also been informed of the announcement.
“Further details will be announced in due course.”
Born in 1977, Mr Phillips, 48, is the King’s nephew, Prince William and the Duke of Sussex’s cousin, the brother of Zara Tindall and the son of Anne and Captain Phillips, her first husband.
Residing on his mother’s Gatcombe Park estate near Minchinhampton, he split from his first wife Autumn in 2020 after 12 years of marriage and shares custody of their two children, Savannah, 15, and 14-year-old Isla.
Ms Sperling has a 13-year-old daughter, Georgina, with her former husband, Antonio St John Sperling.
Mr Phillips’ engagement to the nurse, who he began dating in 2024, was announced in August last year.
