The Duchess of Cambridge will be attending the royal wedding on May 19, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
The special occasion will mark her first official appearance since giving birth to Prince Louis on April 23, around a month before the wedding.
However the duchess is not expected to take an official role when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tie the knot.Meghan has decided against have a maid of honour on her big day, Kensington Palace confirmed.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said it would not be “appropriate” for Kate to have a role in the wedding on May 19.
He said: “It is pivotal in any wedding that nothing overshadows the bride and groom.
“Kate is the future Queen Consort and it would not be appropriate for her to play a subsidiary role either.
Even at her sister Pippa’s wedding she was not Maid of Honour as Pippa so memorably was at hers. “I think she might well keep an eye on George and Charlotte as she did at her sister's nuptials.
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