Royal Wedding 2018: Breaking royal protocol with no VIPs at Harry and Meghan's wedding
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle are not inviting any high commissioners to their wedding in a another break from royal protocol. It comes after they decided not to invite Theresa May or any other heads of state to see them exchange vows at St George’s Chapel, Windsor on May 19.
The royal couple have decided against any high commissioners attending their wedding
Speaking after meeting the couple yesterday, Alexander Downer, the Australian High Commissioner, said: “I have not been invited because no high commissioners have been invited as far as I am aware.”
The revelation came after Harry and Meghan attended a function at Australia House, in London, to preview October’s Invictus Games in Sydney.
Yesterday Army personnel praised the prince for founding the competition for wounded ex-servicemen and women.
Gareth Paterson, from Newcastle, who is leaving the Army after 24 years’ service, said of the prince: “He genuinely cares about everyone he meets and remembers who people are.
Harry and Meghan arrive at Australia House for reception
He doesn’t do it for the media like some celebrities, he really cares about people’s stories.
“He doesn’t do it for the media like some celebrities, he really cares about people’s stories.”
Mr Paterson, 40, who suffers from an autoimmune disease, competed at two Invictus Games, winning three gold medals in archery. He now coaches.
Jo Hursey, 42, who knows Harry from her 23 years in the Army, said: “I don’t think he realises how many lives he’s changed.”
In a speech, Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said: “It will be a formidable contest. Five hundred athletes... will all be competing in a country and a city which will applaud them for their service and cheers them on to greater heights.”
Mr Downer said of meeting Meghan: “She was very relaxed and friendly and seemed to have a great capacity to make people feel at ease.”