{"id":284520,"date":"2025-07-23T06:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284520\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:34:13","slug":"why-the-queen-was-wrong-about-meghans-wedding-choice-revealed-by-prince-williams-cousin-to-richard-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284520\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Queen was WRONG about Meghan’s wedding choice, revealed by Prince William’s cousin to RICHARD EDEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle<\/a>\u2019s choice of dress for her second wedding, to Prince Harry<\/a>, is said to have caused Queen Elizabeth to raise an eyebrow.<\/p>\n

The late Queen is reported to have thought her gown was \u2018too white\u2019 for a divorcee.<\/p>\n

Prince William<\/a>\u2019s cousin has, however, defended Meghan\u2019s choice and explained why she, too, wore an ivory gown for her own second wedding.<\/p>\n

Maddison May Brudenell \u2013 whose great-grandfather was King Charles<\/a>\u2019s beloved great-uncle, Earl Mountbatten of Burma \u2013 exchanged vows with Canadian welder Bret Kapetanov last November.<\/p>\n

And Maddison reveals that she had to overcome the opposition of her mother, Edwina Hicks.<\/p>\n

The model, 31, says: \u2018In the monarch\u2019s view, it was not appropriate for a divorcee getting remarried in church to look quite so flamboyantly virginal. My mother, our late Queen\u2019s goddaughter, had said exactly the same to me, and that other family members would agree.\u2019<\/p>\n

Maddison, who previously ran off to be secretly married to a DJ, Olaoluwa Modupe-Ojo, wore a bespoke white dress by Laura Green, of Modern Bride, for her wedding to Kapetanov.<\/p>\n

Of her frank conversation with her mother, she says: \u2018I was sad to think about the painful past during what I wanted to be a joyful, future-focused time of my life. But I understood the notion. My mum was speaking out of love. I didn\u2019t let my feelings overcome me \u2013 we talked about it.<\/p>\n

\"Meghan <\/p>\n

Meghan and Harry pictured outside St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on their wedding day in 2018\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Maddison <\/p>\n

Maddison reveals that she had to overcome the opposition of her mother, Edwina Hicks, when exchanging vows with\u00a0Canadian welder Bret Kapetanov last November<\/p>\n

\u2018However, as I told my mother, we may as well splash muddy water, drip some blood, sweat and tears on it for good measure.<\/p>\n

\u2018As it happens, my dress did have a lot of unique components, but these were because of what I chose and not in any way what I felt I must choose. My mother listened to my wisdom and respected my style.\u2019<\/p>\n

Gallagher boy’s barking mad about new love\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some might say things are hotting up between Oasis star Liam Gallagher\u2019s son Gene and Neve Maya.<\/p>\n

The pair, whose rom-ance I disclosed in March, have gone to Ibiza, where Neve has shared steamy photos of them kissing at a beach party.<\/p>\n

When Neve, 20, who is thought to be a student, posted this photograph, aspiring musician Gene, whose mother is former All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, commented: \u2018I\u2019ve got the zoomies.\u2019<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, the slang term refers to \u2018an outburst of frenzied activity in which an animal, typically a pet dog, runs around\u2019. Woof woof!<\/p>\n

\"Gene <\/p>\n

Gene Gallagher and Neve Maya pictured kissing while on holiday in Ibiza<\/p>\n

Hungry for a scrap, Nigel?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Screen smoothie Nigel Havers has shamed British Airways after it failed to provide him with an in-flight meal when he flew business class. \u2018Travelling on British Airways to Nice recently, I thought, f*** it, we\u2019ll go club class because people don\u2019t say, \u201cCan I have a photo?\u201d At Gatwick, the steward says, \u201cI\u2019m really embarrassed, but we have got absolutely no catering\u201d. A week later, on the way back, they had no catering again.<\/p>\n

\u2018So I emailed BA and got an automated reply saying that it will take 28 days to reply, and they have never responded.\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite his ordeal, the actor, 73, adds: \u2018The stewards are really nice, though.\u2019<\/p>\n

Emilia longs to swap bodies for ballroom\u00a0<\/p>\n

More used to examining corpses on Silent Witness, Emilia Fox now wants to show off her footwork.<\/p>\n

\u2018I really love watching reality TV,\u2019 says the actress, who turns 51 next week.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d love to do Strictly. I\u2019d love the rehearsal process, but the thought of live shows is nerve-racking.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d be very good at that, but I\u2019d definitely consider it.\u2019 Are you listening, BBC?<\/p>\n

\"Silent <\/p>\n

Silent Witness star Emilia Fox has revealed a secret desire to take part in Strictly<\/p>\n

Royal Ballet star Lauren Cuthbertson revealed earlier this month that she was left in \u2018horrendous pain\u2019 after becoming ill with meningitis. Now, she\u2019s been re-admitted to hospital. \u2018I couldn\u2019t sit up or stand without nausea and dizziness,\u2019 Lauren, 41, says online. \u2018Turns out I\u2019d had a leak from the lumber puncture. I had a procedure that will hopefully fix that.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Petula’s pop tales\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 60 years after her pop classic Downtown became a hit, Petula Clark is to publish her \u2018first and only\u2019 autobiography.<\/p>\n

Due out in October, Is That You, Petula? will frankly address the star\u2019s unconventional marriage to her late<\/p>\n

husband of 63 years Claude Wolff.<\/p>\n

Prior to his death in 2024, mother-of-three Petula had acknowledged they\u2019d long been living separate lives and that she had a mystery \u2018younger man\u2019.<\/p>\n

The singer, now 92, will also recount how she once \u2018rebuffed Elvis Presley\u2019s advances in Vegas\u2019, turning down the offer of a \u2018threesome\u2019 after the King of<\/p>\n

Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll took a shine to her and the late singer Karen Carpenter.<\/p>\n

He brought Back To The Future: The Musical to London\u2019s West End, but director John Rando is worried about theatre back in his native New York. \u2018Shows became fan obsessed \u2013 the cost is so high \u2013 the only way to succeed was to hire someone like George Clooney,\u2019 the Tony Award-winner tells me at an event given by publicist Moira Niu. \u2018Broadway changed post-Covid \u2013 it\u2019s survival of the fittest. London\u2019s an easier place to create things financially.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s choice of dress for her second wedding, to Prince Harry, is said to have caused Queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[3087,7709,92,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,7710,519,448,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-284520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-airways","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","12":"tag-duke-of-sussex","13":"tag-harry","14":"tag-meghan","15":"tag-meghan-markle","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-royals","20":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114901160064680171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284520","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=284520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}