--- title: Prince William and Prince Harry Get Sweet at Royal Wedding description: Prince William is his younger brother Prince Harry's best man at the May 19 royal wedding to Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. canonical: https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T15:09:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:40.238Z og:title: Prince William and Prince Harry Share Sweet Bro Moments og:description: Prince William is Prince Harry's best man at the royal wedding og:url: https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4facbaddd2770e75/698930e7096a94f09d6a2757/gettyimages-960061478.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING-CEREMONY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince William and Prince Harry Share Sweet Bro Moments twitter:description: Prince William is Prince Harry's best man at the royal wedding twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4facbaddd2770e75/698930e7096a94f09d6a2757/gettyimages-960061478.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince William and Prince Harry Share the Sweetest Brotherly Moments at the Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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Brotherly love_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 19, 2018 3:09 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 19, 2018 3:09 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217561/meghan-markle) and [Prince Harry](http://time.com/collection-post/5239433/prince-harry/) might have been the ones exchanging vows may on May 19, but another lifetime bond was acknowledged at Harry’s royal wedding — and it’s between the [groom and his older brother](http://time.com/5255840/prince-william-prince-harry-moments/), Prince William, serving as his best man [at Harry’s request](http://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/). (Harry did the same for William back in 2011 during his wedding to [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/5178537/kate-middleton-leaves-hospital-royal-baby-3/).) At the extensive [Windsor Castle](http://time.com/5259776/royal-wedding-tv-license/) celebration on Saturday, joined by thousands of pre-selected onlookers and honored guests for their ceremony and reception, the brothers shared several sweet moments throughout the ceremony. The brothers, who are just two years apart in age, have always been close — being in the global spotlight since birth will do that to you. In recent years, as both have ramped up their activities with their [charities](http://time.com/4322853/prince-harry-princess-diana-invictus/) of choice and made more royal appearances, that bond has only seemed to deepen. > [](https://twitter.com/sparkles%5Fchalk/status/997791754022682624) > [](https://twitter.com/RansomsLettings/status/997793724066353152) > [](https://twitter.com/blueexorcist212/status/997803481649074177) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Prince William and Prince Harry Share the Sweetest Brotherly Moments at the Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-05-19T15:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:40.238Z","description":"Brotherly love","url":"https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4facbaddd2770e75/698930e7096a94f09d6a2757/gettyimages-960061478.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/blt4facbaddd2770e75/698930e7096a94f09d6a2757/gettyimages-960061478.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING-CEREMONY","caption":"BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING-CEREMONY","creditText":"JONATHAN BRADY—AFP/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/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/","name":"Prince William and Prince Harry Share the Sweetest Brotherly Moments at the Royal Wedding"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Brotherly love","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```