Wedding snub for Queen’s composer

MEGHAN MArklE has chosen a gospel group and a teenage cellist to perform at the royal Wedding, but appears to have overlooked the Queen’s official composer.

Judith Weir, right, who is the first woman to be Master of the Queen’s Music, tells me she has not been invited to contribute to the big day.

Choosing her words carefully, she says: ‘I haven’t been asked to compose a piece, but I would have done.’

Two works by her predecessor, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, were performed at Prince William and kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011.

The Queen’s wedding in 1947 started with a specially composed fanfare by Sir Arnold Bax, who was then Master of the king’s Music. Weir’s role is meant to involve composing music for such celebrations.

Speaking at the royal Philharmonic Society awards, she adds, diplomatically: ‘It isn’t technically a State occasion. It’s going to be a very big event, and I’m sure the couple have put a lot of thought into their musical choices.’