Prince Harry will not attend the Duke of Westminster’s wedding later this summer because it will be ‘too awkward’ with Prince William

Prince Harry will not attend the Duke of Westminster’s wedding later this summer because it will be ‘too awkward’ with Prince William, an expert has claimed.

The event, which will take place on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral, will see the marriage between Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson take place. It’s likely to be the wedding of the summer, with royals such as King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales all invited. However there have long been rumours about whether the Duke of Sussex would be in attendance at the nuptials.

The event, which will take place on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral, will see the marriage between Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson take place. It’s likely to be the wedding of the summer, with royals such as King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales all invited. However there have long been rumours about whether the Duke of Sussex would be in attendance at the nuptials.

A source previously Page Six that the Duke of Sussex turned down a ‘save the date’ to the Duke of Westminster’s wedding to avoid an ‘awkward’ encounter with the other members of the royal family. Prince Harry was said to have called the Duke himself to apologise for any inconvenience at him having to refuse. At the time, it was said that the Duchess of Sussex was also invited to the wedding but, like her husband, would not attend. In recent weeks, speculation ramped up that Prince Harry could attend the event – with some suggesting the nuptials would see the brothers reunited face-to-face for the first time since Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis. According to Ephraim Hardcastle’s column, published mid-March, a ‘society guessing game’ was taking place over whether Prince Harry will show up at the event.

Now an expert appears to have laid rest to the rumours, saying Prince Harry did, in fact, decline to attend the event. Speaking to The Mirror, royal author Tom Quinn said Harry declined on the grounds that it would just be ‘too awkward’. He said, ‘But there are other reasons – Harry knows he can’t attend without Meghan and Meghan has absolutely insisted she won’t be there.’

The event, which will take place on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral, will see the marriage between Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson take place. It’s likely to be the wedding of the summer, with royals such as King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales all invited. However there have long been rumours about whether the Duke of Sussex would be in attendance at the nuptials.

A source previously Page Six that the Duke of Sussex turned down a ‘save the date’ to the Duke of Westminster’s wedding to avoid an ‘awkward’ encounter with the other members of the royal family. Prince Harry was said to have called the Duke himself to apologise for any inconvenience at him having to refuse. At the time, it was said that the Duchess of Sussex was also invited to the wedding but, like her husband, would not attend. In recent weeks, speculation ramped up that Prince Harry could attend the event – with some suggesting the nuptials would see the brothers reunited face-to-face for the first time since Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis. According to Ephraim Hardcastle’s column, published mid-March, a ‘society guessing game’ was taking place over whether Prince Harry will show up at the event.

Now an expert appears to have laid rest to the rumours, saying Prince Harry did, in fact, decline to attend the event. Speaking to The Mirror, royal author Tom Quinn said Harry declined on the grounds that it would just be ‘too awkward’. He said, ‘But there are other reasons – Harry knows he can’t attend without Meghan and Meghan has absolutely insisted she won’t be there.’

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He also claimed that Prince William will be in attendance, in large part due to the fact that Hugh is one of Prince George’s godparents.

Known to friends as ‘Hughie’, billionaire Grosvenor had a key role in the Coronation. Born in January 1991, he was the third child and only son born to the 6th Duke of Westminster and his wife Natalia. Hugh’s three sisters are all married: Lady Tamara, 43, to Edward van Cutsem (a close friend of the Royal Family); Lady Edwina, 41, to television historian Dan Snow; Lady Viola, 30, to Dragoon Guards officer Angus Roberts. Through their mother, Hugh and his sisters descend from Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and the House of Romanov.