A Royal(ish) Wedding in the Cotswolds
The late queen‘s eldest grandchild married a pediatric nurse on Saturday.
When it comes to royal weddings, it will be a minute (read: decade or more) before the next major one from the Windsors. Prince George is turning 13 next month; he has a lot of life ahead of them. Elsewhere in the ranks of the Windsor family tree are Edward and Sophie’s daughter, Lady Louise Windsor (age 22), and son, James, Earl of Wessex (age 18). Again, they have time.
So, what’s a royal watcher to do? Well, how about the second wedding of Peter Phillips, the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and son of Princess Anne? The 48-year-old father of two married Harriet Sperling, an NHS nurse, in the Cotswolds on Saturday.
Is this a royal wedding? He is a member of the British Royal Family, so…yes, I suppose it is. Is it a ROYAL wedding, as in a global spectacle? Absolutely not. Peter is not a working royal, nor does he generate excitement in the same way his cousins (Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie) or his sister (Zara Tindall) does.
Still, it’s hard to resist a fresh influx of wedding photos from the Cotswolds with all the trappings of a Windsor wedding. There was a dramatic lace veil steeped in symbolism, a tiara with a backstory, and even a quintessential British spot of rain.
Below, details on what the bride wore and my personal best-dressed list, from Anne’s delightful throwback hat to an umbrella with unicorns. But first, a bit of a primer: who is this man, who is he marrying, and who was invited — and who was not.
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The Best Moments from Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling’s Royal(ish) Wedding
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