Will Prince Harry bring Meghan Markle to Pippa Middleton’s wedding?

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In this current global news/gossip cycle, we have to find the small pleasures wherever we can. Personally, I love how there are conspiracies on top of conspiracies when it comes to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. I even believe some of the conspiracies, but overall, I just have to say: they are together. They are in love. They are clicking along and many royal reporters believe that an engagement will come sooner rather than later. I sort of believe it too: I think by May, Harry and Meghan will either be broken up or engaged. Here’s what I do not believe: weird British-tabloid fan-fiction about Harry bringing Meghan to Pippa Middleton’s wedding.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have kept their relationship relatively low-key so far. But the new couple are expected to make their first official public outing together for a special family occasion – Pippa Middleton’s wedding. Kate Middleton’s brother-in-law is expected to bring his American girlfriend as his plus one when Pippa marries James Matthews on May 20.

“Harry and Meghan are madly in love and he no longer wants to hide that from the world,” a source told the Daily Star . “He is close to Pippa and has been invited to her wedding and has obviously been given a plus one. Harry is adamant that he wants to take Meghan with him.”

[From The Daily Mirror]

For one, there is no guarantee that Pippa will invite Harry to her wedding. Harry and Pippa are likely social friends, but not close friends. But his brother is married to her sister, so I could see an invitation being offered, especially since Pippa’s wedding sounds like The Carole Show and Carole wants as many aristocrats and royals in attendance as possible. So, an invitation: possible, perhaps probable. But if you were Prince Harry, would you go all the way to Berkshire to see your sister-in-law’s sister marry Terribly Rich James Matthews? No. Probably not. And Harry would absolutely know (by now) that the Middletons don’t play well with other women, so even if he did go, he wouldn’t bring Meghan. Carole has her eye on Meghan Markle, absolutely, because Carole knows that if Meghan marries Harry, all hell will break loose with the royal reporting around William, Kate and Harry. Harry wants to shelter Meghan from that kind of drama.

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  1. Mikasa says:

    Stupid question, Carole wouldn’t allow it.

  2. Dee says:

    Likely not. It would steal the limelight from the bride.

    Not gonna happen.

  3. MunichGirl says:

    Well, I kinda like Pippa and it would be unfair if her wedding would turn into the Meghan/Harry show. It’s her big day and if Harry would go with Meghan all the articles would be about them, not her.

  4. Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

    Nope, there is no way in frozen hell that Carole would allow Meghan to take the spotlight away from Pippa and her showing off of Middleton Manor. This wedding is ALL about the Middletons. They won’t stand for Meghan upstaging them and she would if she went.

    I kinda like Pippa (can’t put finger on why) and it wouldn’t be nice for her not to be the centre of attention on her wedding day but you know the press will focus on the Cambridges – esp the kids who i have no doubt will be part of the wedding party.

    • Maria says:

      I like Pippa too, and I think Harry won’t attend the wedding with Meghan, knowing that would take all the attention away from the bride. But seriously, it’s Pippa’s wedding and she should tell her mother to keep her nose well out of it. Terribly Rich James Is probably footing the entire bill, so Carole has very little say in the matter. I feel that Pippa is more assertive than Waity and may be less welcoming to her mother’s advice. I hope anyway.

  5. AT says:

    Also, Meghan has a job in Toronto that she will be filming for in May. The possibility of her at the wedding is slim.

  6. Talie says:

    The American press will do all of Meghan’s work for her…everyone here will be jazzed by an American marrying into the Royal family. It’ll be a massive deal.

    • jmooo says:

      I don’t think he will marry her, that’s just a gut feeling I have. Something tells me the rest of the BRF is not that smitten with her.

      • Guest says:

        Meghan will be dealing with tons of racism if she marries Harry. Look at what has been said about her already for only dating him.

      • jmooo says:

        I haven’t read many racism comments but I saw a lot of “her PR team and she are so thirsty” comments. Plus, many don’t seem to want another American in their BRF.

        I mean in the end I don’t care if they marry, I just don’t think it’ll happen.

      • Susannah says:

        I have, especially on Twitter. I’ve actually reported abuse on Twitter because some of the comments are just horrible. She gets the usual ones that women get, whore, slut, slag, slapper, etc but the racist ones are there too and are especially prominent when talking about their potential children. What really surprises me is how all of those comments are from women, depressing really.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Plenty of racist comments about her on DM as well, which along with tumblr is a hive of anti-Meghan trolls.

      • Guest says:

        The DM comments on this woman are unbelievable.

      • seesittellsit says:

        @jmooo – I suspect you’re right that the rest of the BRF isn’t smitten with Markle, and that they prefer female additions a bit fresher and less, um, “sharp”, shall we say, more outwardly demure, but they weren’t too smitten with Pss. Michael of Kent and Prince Michael still married her. Of course, he wasn’t as close to the line of succession as Harry is, George and Charlotte notwithstanding. That might make a difference. Hard to say.

    • notasugarhere says:

      I think there would be initial interest but the American angle would die out, until it was used as a criticism. People Magazine would never give up on it, but their royal coverage is laughably inaccurate. DM would spend years alternately praising and mocking her Yankee ways.

      The press will do their traditional woman vs. woman games no matter who he marries. If they married? Best thing Meghan could do is put her head down and get to work quietly for the family firm. Follow Sophie’s post-sting model. I’d hope she’d be able to continue with World Vision but that might be too controversial (or overtly religious) for the BRF.

    • Ravine says:

      @jmooo – “Another” American? Can you remind me who the previous one was? I’m drawing a blank.

      • SusanneToo says:

        Wallis Simpson

      • notasugarhere says:

        @jmooo Wallis Simpson was never ‘in’ the BRF, the people of the UK didn’t know about her until after the fact, and he wasn’t forced out because of her but because of his own failings. She was a convenient scapegoat, and the lies and anti-Wallis PR prevails decades later.

  7. Guest says:

    Middletons don’t play well with other women? Can someone spill a little tea on that?

  8. Lainey says:

    I don’t think an engagement will happen anytime soon unless we hear about Megan being done with suits. I kinda think we’d have heard by now- they’re meant to be starting back up soon enough. It would have been announced or leaked by now. The cost of securing her home and set in Toronto would be enormous- just look at how much it costs everytime the Cambridges go to Berkshire. There’d be uproar. I think she’ll wait until her contracts done or get out of it early but finish this season.
    As for pips wedding not sure I buy he’ll be there. Wasn’t there an article saying how Carole disapproved of Harry’s manners.? He’s smarter than wills don’t think he’ll let himself be taken advantage of by the midds for publicity. But maybe he’s closer to them than I think?.

    • notasugarhere says:

      I don’t know if Suits would be told before an engagement happens. Too much chance that the news would get out ahead of time. They must already be aware of the possibility, and are thinking of what direction story lines could go “if” an engagement happens.

      They may choose to compress her filming time, to limit the days of disruption from fans or anti-fans near the set. Ex. If she’s supposed to film March – May, they might try to get all her scenes done in March and April. I doubt she’d leave them in a lurch, but if the contract needs to be broken it will be.

      I agree, I don’t see him being close to the Middletons. They are not his in-laws, Pippa is not his friends. Why would he be at the wedding?

  9. PHAKSI says:

    If Haghan do steal the spotlight from Pippa on her big day I will seriously side eye them. I think this is just the press hoping it happens

  10. JaneDoesWork says:

    “the Middletons don’t play well with other women” this is exactly what I was thinking. I actually really worry for Meghan. If they do get engaged, if I were her I would insist on bringing in my own staff. Meghan is Kate’s worst nightmare. She’s beautiful, she enjoys being involved in charity work, and she works.

  11. Clare says:

    Ofcoooooooooourse Harry will be invited to the wedding – they’ll want as many real life aristos there as possible.

    Also – Spencer Matthews is on yet another relaity show these days – albiet one that also features various olympians and one of Camilla’s ex-nieces.

  12. TheSageM says:

    “All the way to Berkshire” is really not that far from London at all.

  13. LadyT says:

    Zero chance that Harry will take Meghan to the wedding. It is in extremely poor form to do anything to take the focus off the bride and groom on their wedding day.

    • notasugarhere says:

      Tell it to Kate Middleton who wears bright red stretch lace, animal print, or plunge-to-waist necklines to weddings. Too sick to work while pregnant, but she just had to show up at a wedding in Switzerland to give paps a shot? Or the time she showed up at a wedding on a windy day, without a slip, expecting and giving everyone an eyeful?

      Pippa should be more worried that Kate or her mother will be the one trying to upstage the bride. Pippa did it on W&K’s wedding day, along with Carole wearing an outfit from Diana’s favorite designer. Now it is Kate’s turn. The Middletons feel competitive with every woman – even each other.

      • LadyT says:

        Haha. I did not say pulling focus did not happen—I said it was in extremely poor form.
        I’m expecting better of Harry.

      • ?? How could Pippa have known that wearing a padded foundation would cause such an uproar in the media? She probably just didn’t want the A-line dress to not fit poorly. Kate picked Pippa’s dress. The Middleton women have never given me the impression of being competitive. Quite the opposite, actually. I don’t know if they compete with other women.

      • notasugarhere says:

        I think a form-fitting, white, low-cut dress was a way for Carole to showcase her other single-and-available daughter. Mrs. Bennet all the way. See the other royal weddings that involved adult bridesmaids to see the difference.

      • Well, nota, we may have to disagree on this. Pippa’s dress was simple with elegant, well-constructed lines and exquisite tailoring. I don’t know anyone who would refer to an A-line dress as fitted. She wore light minimal makeup and I found her simple half up-do pinned with sprigs of flowers to be lovely. She has horrible formal style but on Kate’s wedding day Pippa looked fresh, youthful and soft. Her understated feminity looked far better than Kate’s severe silhouette. As for low-cut I don’t get it – Pippa has a small bosom and there was no attempt to amplify it with padding to give her cleavage or a ‘bombshell’ silhouette.

        Agree to disagree 🙂

      • notasugarhere says:

        Her dress was a fitted tulip or mermaid style, not A-line. Look at what adult bridesmaids wore at other royal weddings. Those silhouettes and necklines accommodated needing to bend over to take care of the wedding train without showcasing the padded undies or cleavage.

        The wedding was used as an opportunity to showcase 1) the Middleton triumph in finally landing William and 2) their still-available and spray-tanned-bright-orange younger daughter.

      • Lady D says:

        One of Kate’s most clueless dressing moments came when she wore a bright pink coat to the 911 Memorial in New York. Everyone there was in respectful black, except her.

      • Or maybe it was just two close sisters trying to look pretty on a special day. Not everything they do puts them in the tramp/shameless hussy/harlot category. Jeesh.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Those are your words, not mine Erin, not what I’m saying.

        Carole is Mrs. Bennet personified. Everything she has done for decades has been to climb and have her daughters marry well. The choice of dress for Pippa on the wedding day was all part of that plan.

  14. Jb says:

    Harry will be invited – it’s Meghan that’s going to give it a pass.

  15. notasugarhere says:

    The bigger headline thief in May could be the France trial, not whether Harry and Meghan are at this wedding. I’m sure the Middletons would like all the press to be about Pippa, the wedding, Harry and Meghan, possible W&K pregnancy. Anything to keep people from remembering how W&K lied to the paralympians and skipped off to France.

    • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

      That could b why the wedding is in May. Distraction for the potential ah!tstorm that case could b for the Dolittles.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Pippa’s wedding date was published in early December, continuance was requested at the January court appearance and May date set then. I think they were hoping it would be done and forgotten long before the wedding. I don’t expect it to end with this trial. Whichever side prevails, I think an appeal will happen.

      • TheOtherOne says:

        When are the Invictus games this year?

      • notasugarhere says:

        September 23 – 30 in Toronto.

  16. cerys says:

    I don’t think Carole would allow it although it would be nice to see her and Waity get annoyed about it. However, being upstaged on her big day would be unfair on Pippa, who comes across as the most likeable of the Middleton women. If Harry attends the wedding at all then he will probably accompany Dull and Duller instead of bringing a plus one.

    • TheOtherOne says:

      Agreed. This wedding is about Carole, pushing Party Pieces internationally, and if there is energy left Pippa and TR James.

  17. suze says:

    I hope that this is a genuine thing. All signs appear so.

    However, it s highly unlikely that Meghan and Harry will show up as a couple at Pips wedding. For one thing, Harry has been brought up not to steal the show at other people’s weddings, and turning the wedding into the Meg and Harry show would be incredibly rude. I don’t think anyone wants that kind of publicity.

    Plus, I get the impression t h at the Middleton/Harry connection is weak, only held together by the fact of Williams connection to the family.

    I am fine with not seeing them together officially until their own wedding.

  18. oce says:

    I just came here to say “Huzzah”!! Yeeeeeeees #BLACKGIRLMAGIC

  19. Angel says:

    Pippa’s man IS sex, sorry not sorry:)
    I know most don’t see it.

    • Canadian Becks says:

      Well, one of your two sentences is correct.

    • notasugarhere says:

      Don’t know about TRJM(TM). Pippa looks more like Wallace Simpson every day. The center part and strange upsweeps of the top section side hair are adding to it.

  20. Citresse says:

    If Harry is engaged by the wedding, then it would be strange if Meghan wasn’t present. I happen to believe it’ll be over by April. Harry has cooled on Meghan.

    • Lorelai says:

      What makes you think he’s cooled on her? Given recent headlines & photos, I get the opposite impression.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Of course, because walking down a public street holding her hand, being photographed on a date, walking half in front of her to protect her? If you’re from tumblr or the DM, it means they aren’t together anymore and it is all fake.

  21. spidey says:

    I somehow doubt that Harry will be at the wedding.

  22. Mimi says:

    Can someone clue me in to the Terribly Rich trademark? I googled but could not find a source. Obviously the man is rich but why terribly so?

  23. Say What says:

    I think these two are in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. All loved up and everything, but Harry has no pressure to marry really. He is only 32 years old he could be a bachelor for a few more years. I don’t know if the British main stream news is like the U.S mainstream news on what they cover, but I was just in England on business recently and it seemed that there was no real coverage of them in the main stream media, just the tabloids. So it is all gossip right now. Talking about vetting, I am sure the British Royal Family will have a whole process for her, before she gets married.

  24. Elle R. says:

    You know, regardless of how I feel about the Middletons, I have to say I would lose a lot of respect for Harry and Meghan if she showed up at the wedding. The wedding would become all about Harry and Meghan being there, and given that Pippa has spent her life in Kate’s shadow, let Pippa have her day.

    • pink parasole says:

      People bring their girlfriend’s to weddings all the time. If anything it would draw more attention to the occasion, not just Meghan.

      • suze says:

        I love it when people compare their experience to the royals. This isn’t exactly the same thing as bringing your girlfriend to Cousin Tony’s wedding.

        Harry without a date will be infinitely less attention grabbing than if he appeared with Meghan.

      • notasugarhere says:

        If he shows up it would get attention either way. If she is there, oh she’s there, they’re so in love, planning for their own big day! If she isn’t there, it will be loads of stories about how they’ve broken up, etc. Can’t win either way.

        I don’t see why he’d attend this wedding. He isn’t friends with Pippa, isn’t close to the Middletons, they aren’t his in-laws.

  25. jenny says:

    As they say in sex and the city it’s not love his lights on. Happened to my brother got to a point in his life decided he’d marry and the next woman that came along he did. They now have two kids and are a lovely couple was it earth shattering love no but they’ve grown into it and now there blissfully happy. Happens to women too, once the decisions made they do it they’re simply tired of looking, and the more that people bash her and drag him the more he’ll dig his heels in happened to my brother too. let them get on with it. no other woman wants to marry him shes comfortable in the spotlight so i say go for it everyone deserves happiness.

  26. PettyRiperton says:

    I think Harry will be back to his usual blonde bimbos by May. Meghan was/is just something new for him to try then he will move on which would be good for her the royals have a long history of being judgmental and hypocritical it’s best not marry that family. You have to give up your life for that stuffy uppity crap when marry into that.

    • notasugarhere says:

      Chelsy and Cressida are not bimbos. Meghan Markel isn’t the first non-blond, non-white person he has dated. Some on tumblr like to think that way, because they’d don’t like that this could be serious.

      Maxima, Letizia, Mathilde, Daniel, Mary, etc. They all married into royal families, gave up their careers, and seem to be having happy lives in their new royal roles. Meghan could adapt just as they did.