The big day dawns for Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly with controversy swirling around the supposedly private wedding in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
The Queen and Peter Phillips together on a cruise
Indeed, so private will it be that only Hello! magazine photographers will be allowed into the church for the ceremony and to Frogmore House for the reception. A small number of selected snappers will be permitted shots of the couple on the steps of the Chapel after the event. A single official photograph will be released to commemorate the occasion.
Buckingham Palace officials have said they knew nothing of the arrangements for the Hello! photographers, nor that they had been sold exclusive rights to the wedding for Wednesday’s edition.
It’s clear the Queen did not know either, but will surely be aware of it now, following her return from a State visit to Turkey with Prince Philip.
Peter Phillips and his wife-to-be seem to have placed the Queen and the Duke in the embarrassing position of emulating the likes of Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton for this occasion.
One can imagine the Duke’s response. The Queen will probably be more emolient but must be displeased that she has been undermined in this way. Simply going to the event will make her complicit in the WAGish elements of the day.
The public should not have to pay for access, via a celebrity magazine, to the wedding of the Monarch’s grandson, which is partly supported by public funds.
At least Prince William is well out of it, hidden away in the African bush.
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