{"id":257665,"date":"2026-06-06T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257665\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:01:15","slug":"royal-wedding-today-queens-favourite-grandson-marries-nhs-nurse-harriet-sperling-in-front-of-royal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257665\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal wedding today: Queen\u2019s \u2018favourite grandson\u2019 marries NHS nurse Harriet Sperling in front of royal family"},"content":{"rendered":"

The royal family<\/a> have gathered to celebrate the wedding of the Princess Royal<\/a>‘s son Peter Phillips<\/a> as he tied the knot with NHS nurse Harret Sperling.<\/p>\n

The King and Queen, the Princess of Wales<\/a>, Zara<\/a> and Mike Tindall<\/a> and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were all in attendance in the small village of Kemble<\/a>, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, for the private nuptials on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The happy couple were pictured beaming as they sped away to Gatcombe Park for the reception following the stylish ceremony at All Saints’ Church.<\/p>\n

Mr Phillips is the late Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest (and, according to some, favourite) grandson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Harriet<\/p>\n

Harriet Sperling waves from a vehicle as she sits with Peter Phillips (Reuters)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The happy couple, accompanied by bridesmaids (left to right) Isla Phillips, Savannah Phillips, and Georgina Sperling (PA)<\/p>\n

He is the King’s nephew, William and Harry’s first cousin, the brother of Zara, and the son of Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips.<\/p>\n

His engagement to NHS nurse Harriet Sperling, who he began dating in 2024, was announced in August last year.<\/p>\n

The bride’s white lace wedding gown was designed by Emilia Wickstead, a favourite of the Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n

It is not known whether an invitation was extended to Mr Phillips’s cousin Harry, Meghan and their children, amid reports the Sussexes were left off the guest list.<\/p>\n

\"Kate,<\/p>\n

Kate, Princess of Wales arrives to attend the wedding of Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling (Reuters)<\/p>\n

\"King<\/p>\n

King Charles waves as he arrives to attend the wedding of Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling at All Saints’ Church (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Harry and Mr Phillips were close when younger but it is reported they have lost touch, with the duke, who has a longstanding rift with his brother William, moving to the US, from where he has criticised members of his family and the royal institution.<\/p>\n

Mr Phillips split from his first wife Autumn in 2020 after 12 years of marriage and shares custody of their two children.<\/p>\n

The pair married in a grand royal wedding in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 2008.<\/p>\n

\"Sophie,<\/p>\n

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh arrives (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Members of the public and media gathered on Saturday morning in the Gloucestershire village.<\/p>\n

Metal barriers have been erected and roads closed around All Saints Church, which sits in the heart of the village, about four miles south of Cirencester.<\/p>\n

\"Zara<\/p>\n

Zara Tindall arrives to attend the wedding of Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Guests were forced to shelter under umbrellas after rain swept across the area on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Local residents gathered at the cordon, with many describing their hopes of seeing senior members of the royal family<\/a> arriving.<\/p>\n

Sarah and Jez Smith came from their home in nearby Poole Keynes to watch the royal wedding with their dog Ziggy.<\/p>\n

\"Britain's<\/p>\n

Britain’s Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie arrive to attend the wedding of Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips (Reuters)<\/p>\n

They joined dozens of other wellwishers at the cordon in Kemble.<\/p>\n

Mrs Smith said: “It is something that doesn’t happen normally on your doorstep.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great thing to come and watch.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People use umbrellas to shield from the rain as they gather outside All Saints’ Church (Reuters)<\/p>\n

“It’s really important that it is a local church for Harriet.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s great that they’ve chosen to come locally.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The royal family have gathered to celebrate the wedding of the Princess Royal‘s son Peter Phillips as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[100492,100493,99827,75965,100491,9,24,63,33670,9380,34642,81568,122,124,123,486,17576],"class_list":["post-257665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-all-saints","tag-harret-sperling","tag-harriet-sperling","tag-mark-phillips","tag-mr-phillips","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-peter-phillips","tag-princess-anne","tag-princess-of-wales","tag-princess-royal","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal-family","tag-royal-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}