Eden: Prince Harry was NOT brutally snubbed for a friend’s wedding invitation

Prince Harry apparently arrived – according to British reports – in London on Sunday, April 6th. He traveled to London specifically to appear in court regarding his years-long attempt to get his royal protection locked down whenever he travels to the UK. If he really arrived on Sunday – and I have no idea if the reports are accurate – then that means he was one day too late to attend a good friend’s wedding. The Daily Mail’s Richard Eden spoke to the friend about Harry and Meghan’s non-attendance.

The Duke of Sussex stood shoulder to shoulder with Charles Vivian and his other closest confederates in the ‘band of brothers’ photograph at Windsor Castle on the night of his wedding.


So there was disappointment at the weekend among royal fans that Harry and Meghan were not present at Lord Vivian’s own big day.

Lord Vivian, 58, exchanged vows with Saweda Kamara, a US compliance director, at Chelsea Old Town Hall. They held a reception at The Nomad hotel, which is housed in the former Bow Street magistrates’ court and police station.

Lord Vivian confirms Harry was invited. When asked why the duke didn’t attend, he tells me: ‘I don’t know. He has a lot on.’

Among the guests was the man sometimes known as Harry’s ‘second father’, Mark Dyer, 59, a former Welsh Guards officer. Dyer introduced Harry to Lord Vivian, who’s a major player in the public relations world and reportedly helped the prince set up several of his charity trips to Africa. The duke’s absence in Chelsea was particularly notable because he was an usher at Vivian’s first wedding to Elizabeth Wimpress.

Lord Vivian’s was not the first wedding of one of the ‘band of brothers’ he missed. In 2023, I revealed Harry skipped Jack Mann’s nuptials in Suffolk.

[From The Daily Mail]

For years, the British tabloids have been trying to find a way into Harry’s close-knit group of surrogate fathers/brothers and mentors. They’ve never sold him out, never said a bad word about him. I don’t think Lord Vivian was saying anything bad either – he understands that Harry has a lot going on. He probably also knew it would be a headline either way, so at least he confirmed that Harry and Meghan were invited to the wedding, thus avoiding the “Harry and Meghan were BRUTALLY SNUBBED for wedding invitations” story. And if Harry really was in London on Sunday, perhaps he even stopped by and gave his best wishes to his friend after the wedding? We don’t know because (hilariously) the British media finds it so difficult to track Harry’s movements when he’s traveling solo.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.