--- title: Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Royal Wedding description: Kensington Palace announced that Meghan Markle won't have a maid of honor at her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19. canonical: https://time.com/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-04T15:28:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:38.710Z og:title: Why Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Her Wedding og:description: It's a very diplomatic reason og:url: https://time.com/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d23a5b9f39ea187/69892f8f86f68e243f6e9132/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-maid-of-honor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend UK Team Trials For The Invictus Games Sydney 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Her Wedding twitter:description: It's a very diplomatic reason twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d23a5b9f39ea187/69892f8f86f68e243f6e9132/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-maid-of-honor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Reason Why Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Her Royal Wedding by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman May 4, 2018 3:28 PM UTC  Meghan Markle attends the UK Team Trials for the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at University of Bath on April 6, 2018 in Bath, England. Meghan Markle attends the UK Team Trials for the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at University of Bath on April 6, 2018 in Bath, England.Mark Cuthbert—UK Press/Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman May 4, 2018 3:28 PM UTC [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding](http://time.com/5248293/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-tv-specials/) at St. George’s Chapel is only a few short weeks away at this point ([May 19](http://time.com/5261498/royal-wedding-time/)), and [Kensington Palace is keeping the public updated](https://www.royal.uk/update-press-secretary-prince-harry-wedding-prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle) on all the [latest details](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/), including her [parents’ roles in the wedding](http://time.com/5265579/meghan-markles-parents-in-royal-wedding-prince-harry/). Press Secretary Jason Knauf [announced that Markle will not have a Maid of Honor](http://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-not-having-maid-of-honor/) because she “has a very close-knit circle of friends and she didn’t want to choose one over another.” > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/992389025678929920) Many royal wedding enthusiasts had their sights set on Markle’s future sister-in-law Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as the Maid of Honor. Others speculated that if the maid of honor title didn’t fall on Kate Middleton, it would have gone to Markle’s friend Jessica Mulroney. [According to _Vanity Fair_](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/meghan-markle-jessica-mulroney-wedding-planner), Mulroney is Meghan Markle’s “secret wedding planner” and one of her best friends. > [](https://twitter.com/scobie/status/992388454582538240) Although Markle will not have a Maid of Honor, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children Prince George and [Princess Charlotte](http://time.com/5260034/princess-charlotte-third-birthday-photo/) are expected to have official roles during the ceremony. George and Charlotte were a page boy and bridesmaid at Aunt [Pippa Middleton’s wedding](http://time.com/4787168/pippa-middleton-wedding-charlotte-george/) in 2017\. Newborn royal baby [Prince Louis Arthur Charles](http://time.com/5257228/prince-louis-lord-mountbatten-meaning/) is probably too young to be a page boy. On April 26, Kensington Palace announced that Prince William will serve as [Prince Harry’s Best Man,](http://time.com/5255595/prince-william-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/) just like the Harry did for his brother’s wedding in 2011. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/989436382404849664) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"The Reason Why Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Her Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-05-04T15:28:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:38.710Z","description":"It's a very diplomatic reason","url":"https://time.com/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d23a5b9f39ea187/69892f8f86f68e243f6e9132/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-maid-of-honor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lena Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d23a5b9f39ea187/69892f8f86f68e243f6e9132/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-maid-of-honor.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 UK Team Trials For The Invictus Games Sydney 2018","caption":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend UK Team Trials For The Invictus Games Sydney 2018","creditText":"Mark Cuthbert—UK Press/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/5265722/meghan-markle-maid-of-honor-royal-wedding/","name":"The Reason Why Meghan Markle Won't Have a Maid of Honor at Her Royal Wedding"}}]}] ```