Things are really ramping up for the royal wedding. The big news last week was that while William will be Harry\u2019s best man, Kate will not be the maid (or, I suppose, matron) of honor. A royal snub? Hardly. Apparently it is considered unseemly for a future queen to be an attendant to anyone \u2013 even on their wedding day! It\u2019s also been whispered that Meghan doesn\u2019t want anyone to upstage her \u2013 like Pippa did at Kate\u2019s wedding! So, who will attend to Meghan? Nobody, that\u2019s who. The official word is that she has too many friends to choose from, but our sources inside the palace tell us that Meghan actually wants her friends to have a good time and not have to work and fuss with her dress. Have no fear \u2013 she won\u2019t be all by her lonesome. The bridal party will have all those little kids as attendants and pages, including Will\u2019s children, George and Charlotte.<\/p>\n
The big scuttlebutt in London has to do with another royal couple \u2013 Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. Even though they divorced in 1996, Andy and Fergie get along better than ever and continue to live together. However, it\u2019s not like they\u2019re sharing a one-room flat \u2013 since their divorce, they\u2019ve been cohabitating in a 12-bedroom estate! But the birth of Prince Louis has apparently had a domino effect on the royal family. The law states that the sovereign must approve the marriage of the first six people in line for the throne \u2013 so it\u2019s the heir, the spare, and four others in case of something like bubonic plague. Up until Louis\u2019 birth, the line of succession was Charles, William, George, Charlotte, Harry, and Andrew. Now with Louis ensconced between Charlotte and Harry, Andrew is number seven and technically doesn\u2019t require mummy\u2019s approval to wed. Royal watchers speculate that Andrew and Sarah would like to re-marry, but the Queen would likely not allow it; one does not quickly forget the toe-sucking incident. Still, I find it unlikely that he\u2019d go against his mum\u2019s wishes \u2013 he ain\u2019t no Princess Margaret! Plus, that old woman can\u2019t live forever. Here\u2019s the catch \u2013 if he waits till Lizzie dies, Charles becomes king, Andy moves back into sixth position, and the whole problem starts all over again – until Harry and Meghan have a kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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