{"id":2318254,"date":"2026-03-08T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2318254"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:49:21","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsor-demanded-eugenies-wedding-be-as-grand-as-harrys-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-demanded-eugenies-wedding-be-as-grand-as-harrys-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten Windsor demanded Eugenie\u2019s wedding be as grand as Harry&#8217;s | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Princess Eugenie <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1030411\/Royal-wedding-LIVE-updates-Princess-Eugenie-wedding-Jack-Brooksbank-pictures-latest\">married Jack Brooksbank in October 2018<\/a>, the low-key ceremony at St George\u2019s Chapel was widely celebrated. But behind the scenes, the former Prince Andrew believed the wedding deserved the same level of grandeur and global attention as the event earlier that year when <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince Harry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\">Prince Harry<\/a> married Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Royal author, Andrew Lownie, told <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ex-prince-andrew-insisted-princess-eugenie-deserved-grand-royal-wedding-like-prince-harry-exclusive-11919523\" rel=\"nofollow\">People<\/a> Magazine: &#8220;She\u2019s a granddaughter of the Queen \u2014 a princess of the blood. He believed she should get everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;It will not be the same as the previous one that was held in May. This is not a public wedding, this is meant to be a family wedding,&#8221; Andrew said in an interview with ITV&#8217;s <em>This Morning<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/prince-andrew-made-awkward-comment-26046626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>The Mirror<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;ll be a few more people than most people have. There are a few more than Harry had, but that&#8217;s just the nature of Eugenie and Jack \u2014 they&#8217;ve got so many friends that they need a church of that size to fit them all in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Eugenie and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Jack Brooksbank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/jack-brooksbank\">Jack<\/a> had a larger guest list with about 850 people, compared to Prince Harry and Meghan&#8217;s 600 guests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Harry and Meghan\u2019s May 2018 ceremony became a worldwide spectacle. Broadcast to millions, it featured celebrity guests, large public celebrations in the town of Windsor, and extensive international media coverage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Just five months later, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Princess Eugenie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/princess-eugenie\">Eugenie<\/a> and Brooksbank exchanged vows in the very same chapel. Despite the elegance of the event, some commentators noted that it did not receive quite the same scale of international attention or ceremonial emphasis as Harry\u2019s earlier wedding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, Harry, as the younger son of <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"King Charles III\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/king-charles\">King Charles<\/a> (then the Prince of Wales), occupies a higher place in the line of succession than Eugenie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank in October 2018, the low-key ceremony at St George\u2019s Chapel was widely celebrated. 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