Prince William and Prince Harry’s cousin has only invited one of them to her wedding – avoiding a potentially awkward encounter. Lady Amelia Windsor, 31, is a fashion model, environmentalist, and daughter of the King’s second cousin George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Canadian aristocrat and academic Sylvana Tomaselli.
Ms Windsor will be marrying property developer Ollie Lewis in May next year, in what’s likely to be a high profile event. But The Sun reports that only William and wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales have been sent save the date notices – and not Harry and his wife Meghan Markle. Ms Windsor wasn’t invited to Harry’s nuptials at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, the outlet reports.
The newspaper quoted a source as saying she the guestlist has been curated and drafted before the news of the Sussexes arrival in Britain.
The couple had spent the last six years living in California with their two young children, Archie and Lilibet, before making a surprise return to the UK in late August.
The source reportedly said that the young royal “isn’t close” to Harry and Meghan, but leaving them off the list is “maybe it’s for the best as it saves an awkward run-in between the brothers at an otherwise special day”.
They added: “Of course she was snubbed from Harry and Meghan’s wedding so she doesn’t owe them anything.”
Harry and William, the future King, aren’t thought to have been in the same room as each other since the funeral of their uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes in the summer of 2024.
Relations between the Sussexes and the Palace are believed to have been fraught in the years since Harry and Meghan decided to step down as senior working royals in early 2020.
The pair famously made international headlines as they publicly criticised the institution, and spoke openly about tensions with other members of the famously private family.
Despite the reported friction between the Palace and the Sussexes, during his time living in the US, the Duke made short trips to see the King, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and visited him with Meghan and their children in July.
It’s been speculated the trip it may have influenced Harry’s decision to live in the UK again.
Following the Sussexes’ return, the Palace made clear that their status within the institution has not changed. Its most senior officer Richard Benyon, put out guidance to senior officials in the Government and military reaffirming the King’s position on the Sussexes’ status as non-working royals.
The letter noted that the pair are “no longer working Members of The Royal Family” and that there is “no change to the current status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex”.
“Their styles as His and Her Royal Highness remain in abeyance and are not used.” It added that the “charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests”.
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II famously held a Sandringham “summit” in 2020 where it was said to have been agreed that the Sussexes couldn’t have a semi-royal role after stepping back from frontline duties, and were either in or out.