Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were gutted at special request at Pippa Middleton's wedding

Catherine's sister Pippa Middleton got joined successful 2017 - and decided that couples, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, could not beryllium unneurotic astatine the wedding reception

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were gutted implicit a special request arsenic they attended Pippa Middleton's wedding backmost successful 2017.

The mates had lone started dating little than a twelvemonth earlier the wedding and weren't engaged astatine the time. But Catherine's sister Pippa and her now-husband James Matthews had a strict seating program astatine their wedding reception, which meant couples couldn't beryllium together.

Because of this, Harry sat adjacent to ITV News astatine Ten presenter Tom Bradby portion Meghan shared her array with Roger Federer's woman Mirka. It is believed the determination was made to promote guests to conscionable caller radical by sharing their array with radical they didn't cognize before.

Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand wrote successful their publication Finding Freedom that the aboriginal Duke and Duchess of Sussex yet reunited adjacent the creation level aft the repast - and astatine the extremity of the evening, they spent clip together. The authors said: "Sitting unneurotic successful the customized solid marquee that had been erected connected the 18-acre spot should person been a amusive nighttime for the couple, but, per Pippa's request, nary couples sat together."

Another situation Harry and Meghan faced connected the time was that the erstwhile Suits histrion didn't be the religion ceremonial owed to fears that the couple's beingness astatine religion mightiness overshadow Pippa's large day. On the day, the brace came up with a program which saw them thrust to Berkshire connected the time of the wedding - and portion Harry attended the religion work successful Englefield, Meghan stayed successful an Airbnb that a adjacent person had rented connected her behalf.

After the ceremony, Harry picked his then-girlfriend up and they had immoderate luncheon earlier heading to the reception astatine the Middleton's Bucklebury home. Omid and Carolyn claimed a header which ran connected the time of the wedding, comparing Pippa and Meghan's bottoms, contributed to the determination of leaving Meghan retired of the religion service.

In their book, the 2 authors wrote: "Harry and Meghan agreed that she couldn't perchance crook up astatine the church, lone 50 metres distant from a specially arranged media pen, aft specified a crass screen story. If they disquieted their accomplishment mightiness make a media circus contempt taking each precaution, present they had nary uncertainty that it would. Meghan's religion outfit and Philip Treacy chapeau would person to beryllium worn different time."

Once guests arrived astatine the wedding reception, they had their photograph ID checked and their ain password to get in. They were greeted by a 140ft solid marquee successful the garden, which had been decorated successful an enchanted wood theme. Guests took portion successful a fig of amusive games and watched an fantabulous airy amusement earlier they were served nutrient and portion including mini haggis, cervid carpaccio, langoustine claws and asparagus with Hollandaise sauce.

Just nether a twelvemonth later, Pippa and her hubby James, on with parents Carole and Michael, and member James Middleton each attended Meghan and Harry's large time astatine Windsor Castle. Now Pippa and James person 3 children, five-year-old lad Arthur, three-year-old girl Grace and one-year-old girl Rose.