{"id":232565,"date":"2025-07-02T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232565\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:38:09","slug":"kate-middleton-and-prince-william-had-an-unexpected-wedding-crossover-moment-with-sanchez-jeff-bezos-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232565\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William Had an Unexpected Wedding Crossover Moment with S\u00e1nchez-Jeff Bezos Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Earlier this year, Lauren S\u00e1nchez\u2019s brother said his sister\u2019s wedding to Jeff Bezos was going to be \u201clike a Princess Di thing,\u201d referring, of course, to Princess Diana\u2019s 1981 wedding to the former Prince Charles.<\/li>\n<li>When S\u00e1nchez and Bezos married on June 27 in front of a star-studded array of guests, they likely did take at least one piece of inspiration from a famous wedding of the British royal family\u2014Kate Middleton and Prince William.<\/li>\n<li>When William and Kate married in 2011, the same wedding reception singer sang the same song that she did at the S\u00e1nchez-Bezos wedding reception last month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-middleton-qatar-state-visit-8754169\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a> and <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-small-monarchy-fewer-working-royals-8666855\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> weren\u2019t at the Venice wedding of <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/lauren-sanchez-jeff-bezos-married-11747652\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren S\u00e1nchez<\/a> and <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity-arrivals-bezos-sanchez-wedding-11762719\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Bezos<\/a>\u2014but inspiration from their royal wedding in 2011 made it to the Italian city.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/what-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-s-wedding-shares-with-prince-william-and-kate-ceremony-11764718\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a> pointed out, the S\u00e1nchez-Bezos wedding had a surprising connection to the British royal family\u2014Ellie Goulding, who was William and Kate\u2019s wedding reception singer, also performed for S\u00e1nchez and Bezos, right down to the same song, \u201cYour Song.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Ellie Goulding in Venice, Italy on June 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> That tune, of course, is a rendition of an original by Elton John, who was famously a close friend of William\u2019s mother <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-diana-unexpected-mantra-when-marriage-prince-charles-became-difficult-11729099\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s. John also performed at the late Princess of Wales\u2019s funeral on September 6, 1997.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> S\u00e1nchez and Bezos\u2019s wedding reception on June 27 took place on the island of San Giorgio Maggiori; Goulding also lent her voice to the second wedding reception of the former Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, hosted by King Charles (then Prince Charles) in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011. Goulding later called the experience 14 years ago \u201cnerve-wracking.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cBut William and Kate were very appreciative,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2216484\/Ellie-Goulding-Singing-Royal-wedding.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail<\/a> in 2012. \u201cThey are an awesome couple and told me how much they enjoyed it. My band and I stayed at the reception all night, and it\u2019s something I\u2019ll treasure forever.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Prince William and Kate Middleton.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton and Prince William on their April 29, 2011 wedding day.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to royal biographer Robert Jobson\u2019s 2024 book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Catherine-Princess-Wales-Biography-Future\/dp\/1639367128\" data-component=\"amazon\" data-source=\"affiliate\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine, the Princess of Wales<\/a>, Goulding also performed her own hit, \u201cStarry Eyed,\u201d as well as a cover of \u201cMr. Brightside\u201d by The Killers, which Jobson wrote was one of William and Kate\u2019s favorite songs. Goulding later reunited with the couple\u2014who were now the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2014in Boston in December 2022, when she performed at the second iteration of William\u2019s Earthshot Prize Awards.\n<\/p>\n<p> Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Ellie Goulding on December 2, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In addition to Goulding, Andrea Bocelli\u2019s son Matteo Bocelli also sang at the S\u00e1nchez-Bezos festivities, according to People. And while there were no British royals on hand, there was royalty present in the form of Jordan\u2019s glamorous <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/queen-rania-arrives-lauren-sanchez-jeff-bezos-venice-wedding-11762420\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Rania<\/a>, as well as her son Crown Prince Hussein, his wife Princess Rajwa, and their newborn daughter Princess Iman.\n<\/p>\n<p> Lauren S\u00e1nchez and Jeff Bezos in Venice, Italy during their wedding weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Back in March, S\u00e1nchez\u2019s brother Paul told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/27\/lauren-sanchez-brother-paul-wedding-big-like-princess-diana\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a> that his younger sister\u2019s wedding was \u201cgonna be like a Princess Di thing,\u201d he said of Princess Diana\u2019s 1981 wedding to the former Prince Charles. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be an amazing event. It\u2019s gonna be star-studded and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this year, Lauren S\u00e1nchez\u2019s brother said his sister\u2019s wedding to Jeff Bezos was going to be \u201clike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-232565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114784862637208852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}