{"id":2482489,"date":"2026-06-30T20:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2482489"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:27:47","slug":"prince-william-kate-wont-attend-taylor-and-travis-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-kate-wont-attend-taylor-and-travis-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William, Kate Won&#8217;t Attend Taylor and Travis&#8217; Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/travis-kelce\/\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s wedding is the event of the summer, but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-william\/\"><strong>Prince William<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kate-middleton\/\"><strong>Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong><\/a> apparently won\u2019t be among the guests in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite speculation about the royal couple possibly traveling from England to the United States for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-not-invited-to-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding\/\">the upcoming nuptials<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-kate-middleton-not-attending-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding-exclusive-12006948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> reported on Tuesday, June 30, that William and Kate, both 44, will not be at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Kensington Palace for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Wales initially sparked interest as to whether he and Kate were on the coveted wedding guest list in May when he played coy about Swift, 36, and Kelce\u2019s highly-anticipated nuptials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-friends-on-wedding-invites\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-friends-on-wedding-invites\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">What Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s BFFs Have Said About Wedding Invites<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce are remaining tight-lipped when it comes to their highly-anticipated upcoming nuptials \u2014 but that hasn\u2019t stopped, well, the world from grilling their nearest and dearest friends for any and all wedding details. Ever since Swift and Kelce got engaged in August 2025 after two years of dating, the celebrity world [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked during an appearance on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-hoping-for-taylor-swift-wedding-invitation\/\"><em>Heart Breakfast<\/em><\/a> whether he\u2019d received an invitation, William replied, \u201cNo comment.\u201d He added a cheeky smile, which prompted the studio to break out into laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping, and I\u2019m sure there might be an invitation around, but we\u2019ll see,\u201d the prince added, adding fuel to the speculation that he and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kate-middleton-shares-new-message-about-cancer-effects\/\">the Princess of Wales<\/a> could make a surprise appearance <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kennedy-wedding-planner-shares-taylor-travis-ceremony-theory\/\">at the U.S. ceremony<\/a> rumored to be taking place at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>While William didn\u2019t reveal any more information, he noted that his daughter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/princess-charlotte\/\"><strong>Princess Charlotte<\/strong><\/a>, was \u201cobsessed\u201d with Swift. (William and Kate share Charlotte, 11, and sons <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-george\/\"><strong>Prince George<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-louis\/\"><strong>Prince Louis<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Although William and Kate appear to be staying put across the pond over the 4th of July weekend \u2014 Swift and Kelce\u2019s wedding is reportedly taking place on the holiday weekend \u2014 William\u2019s friendship with the Grammy winner goes back more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The future king of England met Swift in 2013 at the Centrepoint Winter Whites Gala at Kensington Palace, where the duo joined <strong>Jon Bon Jovi<\/strong> onstage for an impromptu rendition of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-prince-william-bon-jovi-sing-livin-on-a-prayer-watch-the-amazing-performance-20132711\/\">Livin\u2019 on a Prayer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When William <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-attends-taylor-swifts-tour-with-kids-report\/\">celebrated his 42nd birthday<\/a> in June 2024, he decided to do so in style by attending Swift\u2019s <em>Eras Tour<\/em> with George, 12, and Charlotte at Wembley Stadium in London.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4364537\" style=\"width: 819px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125.14285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4364537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Prince William and Kate Middleton Wont Attend Taylor Swift and Travis Kelces Wedding Report\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-Wont-Attend-Taylor-Swift-and-Travis-Kelces-Wedding-Report.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Taylor Swift, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Travis Kelce.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Taylor Swift\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the show, William and his eldest children hung out with Swift and Kelce, 36, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-trolls-jason-kelce-over-meeting-prince-william-at-eras-tour\/\">who was also in the crowd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start,\u201d Swift wrote via Instagram at the time, sharing a group selfie.<\/p>\n<p>Although William and Swift\u2019s friendship timeline won\u2019t include her wedding, there are going to be plenty of A-listers supporting her when she says, \u201cI do\u201d with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna go to Taylor\u2019s wedding,\u201d <strong>Suki Waterhouse<\/strong> told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/suki-waterhouse-teases-shell-attend-taylor-swifts-wedding\/\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> in May, confirming she will be watching her longtime friend walk down the aisle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-details-meeting-prince-william-at-london-eras-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Kelce-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Prince-William-at-London-Eras-Tour-2_6096f5.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Opens Up About Meeting Prince William at London Eras Tour\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-details-meeting-prince-william-at-london-eras-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Travis Kelce Details Meeting Prince William at &#8216;Eras Tour&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTravis Kelce got the royal treatment at girlfriend Taylor Swift\u2018s Eras Tour in London on Friday, June 21 \u2014 and he\u2019s spilling all the tea about meeting Prince William. \u201cDude, he was the coolest motherf\u2013ker,\u201d Travis, 34, said on his and brother Jason Kelce\u2018s \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast on Wednesday, June 26. \u201cHe was so cool!\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the date approaches, however, little is known about who is for sure invited to the wedding and where it will be amid reports that the couple plan to get hitched at MSG in New York on Friday, July 3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTaylor and Travis told guests to be in NYC. No other location was provided,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-wedding-guests-dont-know-ceremony-location-yet\/\">a source exclusively told <em>Us<\/em><\/a> earlier this month, noting that invitees only know to be in the Big Apple on Thursday, July 2, and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A separate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-arent-having-rhode-island-wedding-2\/\">insider told <em>Us<\/em><\/a> that Swift and Kelce \u201creally wanted their wedding in Rhode Island, and June 13 was the date, but security wouldn\u2019t have worked because it could get out of hand with that kind of scale of an event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was being planned in Rhode Island,\u201d the source added. \u201cAnd so many people wanted to come that plans had to change because it became bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding is the event of the summer, but Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton apparently won\u2019t be among the guests in attendance. Despite speculation about the royal couple possibly traveling from England to the United States for the upcoming nuptials, People reported on Tuesday, June 30, that William and Kate, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2482490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,307104,21738,22091,350701],"class_list":["post-2482489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-news","tag-the-royals","tag-weddings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Prince-William-Kate-Wont-Attend-Taylor-and-Travis-Wedding.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482491,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482489\/revisions\/2482491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}