Sunday Times

The Royal Treatment

- Matthew Vice

Prince Harry’s best man will be his brother, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who will have to forgo appearing at the 2018 FA Cup final, which takes place on the same day. Apparently there was a bit of a wait for this announceme­nt, possibly hinting at some deliberati­on. Understand­ably so. This is England we’re talking about, so royal wedding or football final? This is not a matter to be decided lightly.

Instead of wedding gifts, the couple asked that people instead send donations to a list of several charitable organisati­ons.

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 ??  ?? I’m no expert on royal weddings but in my decidedly unlearned opinion, the whole deal of deciding which titles each spouse will get and where they'll get to live and so on seems a bit arbitrary rather than according to any clear laws. Still, here are...
I’m no expert on royal weddings but in my decidedly unlearned opinion, the whole deal of deciding which titles each spouse will get and where they'll get to live and so on seems a bit arbitrary rather than according to any clear laws. Still, here are...

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