Pippa Middleton tied the knot with James Matthews in 2017. Five years later, new details have emerged about the couple’s nuptials.
According to Express, Pippa invited Prince Harry to her wedding. But she didn’t invite Meghan Markle to attend her special day.
The Duchess of Sussex made an appearance at Pippa and Matthews’ wedding reception. But she wasn’t seated beside Prince Harry during the outing.
Express revealed that Pippa’s mom, Carole Middleton had concerns about Markle attending her youngest daughter’s wedding. After all, Carole was convinced that Markle could overshadow Pippa.
In a similar manner, Pippa’s older sister, Kate Middleton didn’t act serve as her sister’s bridesmaid or maid of honor. There were similar fears that the Duchess of Cambridge could upstage Pippa on her wedding day.
But when Middleton and Prince William tied the knot in 2011, Pippa served as her older sister’s bridesmaid. In fact, Pippa made headlines at the time because of the stunning dress that she wore.
Meanwhile, Markle has been accused of upstaging some members of the royal family throughout the years.
In 2018, she was accused of upstaging Princess Eugenie’s wedding with her baby news. Royal insiders claimed that Markle shared her pregnancy news with the royal family while they were at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for Princess Eugenie’s wedding.
Last year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were once again accused of upstaging Princess Eugenie with their baby news. Five days after Princess Eugenie announced the birth of her son, August, the Sussexes shared the news that Markle is pregnant with Lilibet Diana.
New Idea claimed that Markle purposely overshadowed Prince Harry’s cousin because it already happened twice.
“Once is an accident but twice is a choice. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry must be choosing to upstage Princess Eugenie at any opportunity because this is the second time they have stolen her thunder,” the tabloid said.
Other than Princess Eugenie, Markle was also accused of upstaging Prince William’s Kate. Just hours after Middleton’s 38th birthday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shocked the entire world when they announced their decision to quit The Firm.
However, it is still unclear whether the alleged upstaging was done on purpose. It is possible that what happened was entirely just a coincidence and the royal fans are just giving it a different meaning.