The royal wedding is about to begin in Kemble, just outside of Swindon and Cirencester, and members of the royal family are already arriving – but not everyone is present.
Princess Beatrice was the first royal to arrive at the wedding of Peter Phillips, Princess Anne’s son, and Harriet Sperling on Saturday, June 6.
Guests were seen arriving at All Saints Church in Kemble from midday, and Princess Beatrice was seen passing the church at approximately 12.30pm in a grey Range Rover.
However, fans and onlookers noted how the windows of the princess’s car had been blacked out and her father, Prince Andrew, was notably absent.
Princess Beatrice arriving at the church (Image: Newsquest)
The wedding is one of the first royal appearances since a report into the royal family’s residential property arrangements revealed the King foots the bill for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie’s accommodation in royal palaces despite them being non-working royals.
It also found their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, received an undisclosed private income from subletting three cottages on his Royal Lodge estate while paying a peppercorn rent for more than two decades.
Other royals expected to arrive at the Kemble wedding include the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Zara and Mike Tindall and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
Guests arriving at the church (Image: Newsquest)
Fans of the royals lined the streets (Image: Newsquest)
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not attend.
It is not known whether an invitation was extended to Mr Phillips’s cousin Harry, Meghan and their children, amid reports the Sussexes were left off the guest list.
Harry and Mr Phillips were close when younger but it is reported they have lost touch, with the duke, who has a longstanding rift with his brother William, moving to the US, from where he has criticised members of his family and the royal institution.
Mr Phillips’ is the late Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest grandson.
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