--- 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: 2026-10-12T09:07:39.362Z 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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But one thing no one knows for certain is what the royal couple's combined net worth will be once th_ 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 Harry and Meghan Markle make international headlines every week as details emerge about their fairytale engagement and upcoming royal wedding. But one thing no one knows for certain is what the royal couple's combined net worth will be once th 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/). ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```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":"2026-10-12T09:07:39.362Z","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"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Royally Rich. 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