Weddings are supposed to be joyful occasions not only for the two people getting married but for all those gathered who are just as happy for them. However, there may be a few people at the ceremony who aren’t as elated for the couple saying “I do.” You can file Prince Harry under the latter.
While the duke said he was “happy” for Prince William when he married the Princess of Wales ( formerly known as Kate Middleton ), he also admitted that he felt a sense of loss that day. Here’s more on that in Harry’s heartbreaking words. Prince Harry revealed what was going through his mind when William and Kate tied the knot William and Kate’s nuptials took place on April 29, 2011, in front of 2,000 guests at Westminster Abbey.
In his explosive memoir Spare Harry, who stood by his brother’s side that day, did not mince words when revealing why he had a problem with that particular venue. During the drive from Clarence House that day as the Abbey came into view, Harry wrote, “I peered out of the window: Westminster Abbey. As always, my stomach lurched.
I thought: Nothing like getting married in the same place where you did your mum’s funeral. I shot a glance at Willy. Was he thinking the same thing?” Harry went on to describe William’s royal wedding as “yet another farewell under this horrid roof” and “another sundering.
” He wrote: “The brother I’d escorted into Westminster Abbey that morning was gone — forever. Who could deny it? He’d never agai.