--- title: Notable People Who Didn't Make the Royal Wedding Invite List description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's invite list for their May royal wedding does not include Donald Trump or the Obamas. canonical: https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-10T14:59:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:59.135Z og:title: Here's Who's Not Getting a Royal Wedding Invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle og:description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding guest list eschews political invites og:url: https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c8d104e5097005/69892d3ebc6cfcfd5e3e59cf/prince-harry-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: Invictus Games Toronto 2017 - Prince Harry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Who's Not Getting a Royal Wedding Invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle twitter:description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding guest list eschews political invites twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c8d104e5097005/69892d3ebc6cfcfd5e3e59cf/prince-harry-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Who's Not Getting a Royal Wedding Invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle > Sponsored content. 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Chris Jackson—Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 10, 2018 2:59 PM UTC Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have kept their official royal wedding invite list for [their May 19 nuptials](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) top secret. But now we know who’s _not_ invited: “official guests” and heads of state, including former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump are also not getting the honor of an invite to the royal wedding. New information shared by Kensington Palace reporters notes that the wedding will exclude an “official list of political leaders” since Prince Harry, who will be sixth in line to the throne following [the impending birth](http://time.com/5156818/kate-middleton-royal-baby-due-date/) of his new niece or nephew, is far enough from the crown not to need to bother with some of the stricter protocols that have previously applied. His brother Prince William, for instance, _did_ invite all the foreign officials — including royals of a number of European countries — as a matter of state for his 2011 nuptials to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. This may come as a surprise to some, since Prince Harry and Obama [worked together](http://time.com/4964047/prince-harry-brought-barack-obama-and-joe-biden-to-the-invictus-games/) on the Invictus Games and are known to be friendly. But it looks like the Prince and Markle are keeping it casual for their big day and switching things up, whether by their [unorthodox choice](http://time.com/5206888/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-cake/) of wedding cake (no fruitcake!) or by asking for [charitable donations](http://time.com/money/5233010/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-charities/) in lieu of normal gifts. There’s still no final word on if the [Spice Girls](http://time.com/5179077/spice-girls-royal-family/) [will be in attendance](http://time.com/5178256/spice-girls-royal-wedding/), so perhaps we can keep hope alive [for that reunion](http://time.com/5195020/spice-girls-reunion/). Kensington Palace also shared some of the stories of the 1,200 members of the public who have been selected to come to the Windsor Castle grounds to watch the proceedings, including military veterans, mental health workers and special needs educators. > [](https://twitter.com/QueenVicMirror/status/983693472904433664) > [](https://twitter.com/RE%5FDailyMail/status/983691839063711744) > [](https://twitter.com/RE%5FDailyMail/status/983691660528963584) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/983698701934825472) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/983698708134027265) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/"},"headline":"Here's Who's Not Getting a Royal Wedding Invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle","datePublished":"2018-04-10T14:59:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:59.135Z","description":"Neither will the Trumps","url":"https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c8d104e5097005/69892d3ebc6cfcfd5e3e59cf/prince-harry-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c8d104e5097005/69892d3ebc6cfcfd5e3e59cf/prince-harry-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Invictus Games Toronto 2017 - Prince Harry","caption":"Invictus Games Toronto 2017 - Prince Harry","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5234639/royal-wedding-invite-list/","name":"Here's Who's Not Getting a Royal Wedding Invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle"}}]}] ```