That’s why Meghan couldn’t sit next to Harry at Pippa Middleton’s wedding

Celebration time for Pippa Middleton And James Matthews. Their second child, Grace Elizabeth Janewhich in its name bears a tribute to Queenhe switched off his first candle. The little girl has an older brother: Arthur Michael Williamborn in October 2018, first cousin of the princes George, Charlotte And Louis. The little family lives in a residence from £ 17 million in the upscale neighborhood of Chelsea, west of London. And she is rarely seen: James and Kate Middleton’s sister are very jealous of their privacy. Officially engaged since summer 2016, the two are about to celebrate six years of marriage. I am indeed get marriedin the church of St. Mark in Berkshirein May 2017. And their “yes”, needless to say, was fairytale.

Among the 130 guests – highly selected – there were of course William and Kate (bridesmaid was their second child Charlotte) and also Harry with his then fiancée Meghan Markle. At the wedding banquet, however, as revealed by the Mirrorone «Strange rule prevented the former actress from sitting next to” her “prince“. Kate’s younger sister, in fact, had had a somewhat unusual idea regarding the seating arrangement.

After the religious ceremony all the guests moved to Bucklebury Village Hall, on the estate of the bride’s parents, Carole and Michael. There they participated in a number of fun games and admired an incredible light show before appetizers such as venison carpaccio, scampi and asparagus with hollandaise sauce were served. When it came time to sit down to eat, the guests were surprised to find that Pippa had established a “rule”: no one should have taken a seat next to their “better half”. A rather unusual system that allows guests to make friends and which in any case the etiquette does not prohibit at all: “It is up to the guest, during formal events, to decide whether husbands and wives should be seated together or apart”, says the guide Debrett, ” Bible of good manners. The fact is that Meghan, who had crossed the ocean making three thousand kilometers of travel to attend the wedding with Harry, could not sit next to him.

It was not the only scorn for the former actress. As revealed by Finding Freedom, the future duchess was convinced that Pippa would also invite her to the religious ceremony (and in fact she had even bought herself a dress suitable for the big event). But at the time Harry and Meghan, recently engaged, were the center of media attention. Pippa, fearing that Markle would “overshadow” her big day, didn’t want her in church. Harry attended the wedding vow exchange alone, while Meghan had to content herself with joining him at the banquet. And once there she discovered that she couldn’t even sit next to “his of hers” her prince of hers.