Queen Elizabeth II instituted a ban after what happened at the 2008 royal wedding of her oldest grandchild, Peter Phillips . The now-46-year-old son of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips gave a tabloid access to the nuptials, and photos from the event later filled dozens of magazine pages. Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips sold the photographic rights to his 2008 royal wedding Royal weddings are major media events covered around the world.
However, when it came to the marriage of now-divorced Peter and Autumn Phillips (the two officially split in 2021 after a 2020 announcement ), only one insider had insider access. That’s because the groom, per Express , sold the photographic rights to his royal wedding to Hello! Magazine for nearly $700,000. The publication had access to St.
George’s Chapel, which is located on the grounds of Windsor Castle and has been the site of many royal weddings and events leading up to the ceremony. They later featured the royal wedding in a 100-page special. It included 59 pages of photos from the couple’s wedding day.
This, as royal expert Simon Vigar explained in the documentary, Meghan: Where Did It All Go Wrong? , proved highly unusual. “Generally what happens in the private do’s, there are no cameras there, or none of our cameras there. So what happened at Peter and Autumn’s wedding is controversial and unusual.
” “Unaware of the presence of four credited photographers and a reporter, friends and family happily posed for .