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Who are 'they'? William and Catherine? I'd say this was a wedding because Peter and Autumn wanted to get married. As William is close to his cousins Peter and Zara; and Catherine had been his girlfriend for several years, she was of course invited even though William wasn't able to join. In addition, she already had her public recognition as girlfriend at Sandhurst in 2006. So, this wasn't about them...That was all rubbish. Of course they were fine with the photos being sold. It was practically set up as an event to introduce Kate into the royal family. And William wasnt there so not to overshadow the wedding pair. It was a PR savvy move there which benefited everyone.
They didn't have a problem with it. It's always surprised me people thought they did. He never would have done it if they did.
Who are 'they'? The fact that other royals haven't done it since might suggest that there is some truth in the BRF not being happy about what happened. Had they been perfectly fine with this set-up, we would have seen it more often imho.
They were not in the same position. Harry and Meghan were full time working royals who were receiving money from the Sovereign Grant. Autumn and Peter were not.. And Autumn's family is not well off..
I havent heard of the queen being shocked...She might not like it but if Autumn's family could not afford to pay for a wedding, the RF Could have helped out.
Why would Autumn's family need to be the bill for the wedding of the queen's grandson? Did Meghan's family also have to pay for her wedding to one of the queen's other grandsons?
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