Royal weddings are known to be extravagant affairs with thousands of guests—take Prince William and Kate Middleton's 2011 ceremony at Westminster Abbey, when 1,900 people filled the historic church. Prince William is said to have told his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, that he didn't know most of the guests on the draft invitation list, prompting her to tell him to tear it up and start over. On September 12, 2009, another royal couple walked down the aisle, this time at Hampton Court palace—and according to the bride, she experienced the same problem as the now Prince of Wales.
"I didn’t know anyone at my wedding," Sophie Winkleman—who is married to Lord Frederick Windsor—told Tatler in 2024. "I had my best pals there but basically it was full of faces I’d never seen before."
