--- title: how the 2018 Royal Wedding will honor to princess diana description: The Palace revealed on Friday morning how the family of the late Princess Diana will be participating in the Royal Wedding's festivities. canonical: https://time.com/5265721/royal-wedding-2018-diana/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-04T15:11:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:08:41.127Z og:title: How Princess Diana's Family Will Partake in the Royal Wedding og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5265721/royal-wedding-2018-diana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fed0928404c0b98/69892f8dcf40a80463c4c1fc/princess-diana-spencer-family-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Diana and Harry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Princess Diana's Family Will Partake in the Royal Wedding twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fed0928404c0b98/69892f8dcf40a80463c4c1fc/princess-diana-spencer-family-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Princess Diana's Family Will Play a Role in the Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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Royal Weddings Through the Years_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 4, 2018 3:11 PM UTC Royal Weddings Through the Years  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 4, 2018 3:11 PM UTC With mere weeks until [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/4694568/meghan-markle-period-stigma/) and [Prince Harry](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5239433/prince-harry/) exchange vows in [the Royal Wedding](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/), the Palace has revealed how the families of the couple will be participating in their big day. While the Palace had already announced that [Prince William will be Harry’s best man](http://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/), on Friday, they [announced](https://www.royal.uk/update-press-secretary-prince-harry-wedding-prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle) that Princess Diana’s family will also play an important role in the Royal Wedding, especially since Prince Harry was “keen to involve his mother’s family in his wedding”. All three siblings of the Princess of Wales —Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Lady Jane Fellowes, and Earl Charles Spencer — will attend the ceremony and Fellowes will be giving the reading at the Royal Wedding ceremony. “Prince Harry and Ms. Markle both feel honoured that Lady Jane will be representing her family and helping to celebrate the memory of the late Princess on the wedding day,” a statement from the Palace read. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:06] The [00:13] Princess Elizabeth of England had become a bride in what [00:16] was certainly the wedding Of the century. [ MUSIC ]. [00:18] Britain's Princess [00:28] Margaret shuttered tradition to marry a commoner. Antony [00:31] Armstrong Jones. 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