--- title: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Wedding: Prince William Best Man description: Prince William has accepted Prince Harry's request to be best man at his upcoming wedding to Meghan Markle canonical: https://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-26T11:51:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:26.906Z og:title: Prince William Will Be Best Man at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding og:description: Prince Harry was Prince William's best man during his wedding to Kate Middleton og:url: https://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c75cb84d3c10cc8/69892ebf929fad5877bf0621/prince-harry-prince-william-wedding-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2781 og:image:height: 1564 og:image:alt: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend Anzac Day Services og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince William Will Be Best Man at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding twitter:description: Prince Harry was Prince William's best man during his wedding to Kate Middleton twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c75cb84d3c10cc8/69892ebf929fad5877bf0621/prince-harry-prince-william-wedding-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince William Will Be Best Man at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding > Sponsored content. 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Apr 26, 2018 11:51 AM UTC  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attend an Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on April 25, 2018 in London, England. Anzac Day commemorates members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who died during the Gallipoli landings of 1915. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attend an Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on April 25, 2018 in London, England. Anzac Day commemorates members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who died during the Gallipoli landings of 1915. Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 26, 2018 11:51 AM UTC Prince William has accepted Prince Harry’s request to be best man at his upcoming [wedding to Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5252314/royal-wedding-music-2018/). According to the Kensington Palace’s official Twitter account, the Duke of Cambridge was happy to take on the role ahead of [the royal wedding](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) on May 19 at St. George’s Chapel. Prince Harry served as Prince William’s best man during his wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011. “The Duke of Cambridge is honoured to have been asked, and is very much looking forward to supporting his brother,” a tweet from Kensington Palace said. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/989436382404849664) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/989436678543691777) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/989436685489500164) The announcement comes just days after Prince William and Middleton [welcomed their third child](http://time.com/5178353/royal-baby-born-kate-middleton/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/"},"headline":"Prince William Will Be Best Man at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding","datePublished":"2018-04-26T11:51:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:26.906Z","description":"Prince Harry was Prince William's best man during his wedding to Kate Middleton","url":"https://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c75cb84d3c10cc8/69892ebf929fad5877bf0621/prince-harry-prince-william-wedding-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c75cb84d3c10cc8/69892ebf929fad5877bf0621/prince-harry-prince-william-wedding-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend Anzac Day Services","caption":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend Anzac Day Services","creditText":"Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images","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/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/","name":"Prince William Will Be Best Man at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding"}}]}] ```