A royal photographer who attended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018 has slammed the globally-televised event as “miserable” and the “worst royal wedding”.
A guest at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2018 wedding has slammed the event as “miserable” just days after the Sussexes’ sixth wedding anniversary.
Harry wed the former Suits actress in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in front of 600 guests and a global TV audience estimated in the hundreds of millions.
The then-entire royal family including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip attended the wedding on Harry’s side alongside an array of guests from British high society.
However, Meghan infamously invited barely any guests from her previous life except for a handful of friends and her mother Doria Ragland.
An attendee at Harry and Meghan’s 2018 nuptials called the event “the worst royal wedding”. Picture by Gareth Fuller – WPA/Getty Images.
Despite opting not to invite her father or estranged half siblings, Meghan did invite stars she allegedly barely knew like Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney and the Beckhams.
Renowned royal photographer Arthur Edwards, best known for photographing members of the British Royal Family, was also at the nuptials but has since slammed the wedding.
“I hated the day. The day was a miserable day,” Mr Edwards revealed on The Sun’s YouTube channel on Friday.
The seasoned photographer, who also covered royal weddings like Prince William and Princess Catherine’s nuptials in 2011 and the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex in 1999, said the Sussex wedding was “the worst”.
“I can tell you now, it was the worst royal wedding I ever did,” he said.
According to Mr Edwards, the main issue with the wedding was that Harry was bizarrely “determined” to keep the media away “as much as possible” despite the fact the event was televised and cost taxpayers millions of pounds.
He also claimed Harry and Meghan “turned away” when they rode past him in the royal carriage to intentionally ruin any photos.
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“In many ways, (the press) were badly treated,” he said.
The historic event, which was supposed to be the beginning of the Sussexes’ lives as working royals, was perhaps an early indication of the couple’s hostility to the media and desire to leave the monarchy.
Just 18 months later, the couple would “formally” step back from royal duties and move to the United States, sparking an enduring rift with the royal family.
