--- description: Oprah Winfrey attended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding at Windsor Castle. title: Oprah Winfrey Is a Surprise Guest at the Royal Wedding image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aec8cbe39795238/698930cefb4eacdfc2896a52/gettyimages-960023448.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oprah Winfrey Delightfully Surprised Everyone By Rolling Up to the Royal Wedding ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. The mogul had a last-minute dress emergency_  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2018 9:01 AM CUT  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2018 9:01 AM CUT [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217575/oprah-winfrey/ "undefined") just arrived at the [royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5261498/royal-wedding-time/ "undefined"). The media mogul made her way to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in a lavender dress and hat. Other [celebrity at the royal wedding ](http://time.com/5228207/meghan-markle-title-royal-wedding/ "undefined") include Priyanka Chopra, James Blunt and Idris Elba. Gayle King, _CBS This Morning_ co-host and Winfrey’s best friend, said that the media icon discovered her dress was too white on Friday, so Stella McCartney got her a new dress at the last minute. > [](https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/997760320750972929) > [](https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/997761766275928065) Royal watchers expressed their surprise at Winfrey’s attendance. > [](https://twitter.com/scobie/status/997759649788186624) > [](https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/997759681136242688) > [](https://twitter.com/BizPears/status/997758553116069888) > [](https://twitter.com/salcedo%5Farturo/status/997759671749361664) > [](https://twitter.com/abbey%5F%5Fpatrick/status/997759727730905088) > [](https://twitter.com/JoshuaBurnham/status/997759751684575232) > [](https://twitter.com/LaurenKitsonx/status/997759775629873152) Other royal wedding guests include George and Amal Clooney. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Oprah Winfrey Delightfully Surprised Everyone By Rolling Up to the Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-05-19T09:01:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:40.727Z","description":"The mogul had a last-minute dress emergency","url":"https://time.com/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aec8cbe39795238/698930cefb4eacdfc2896a52/gettyimages-960023448.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aec8cbe39795238/698930cefb4eacdfc2896a52/gettyimages-960023448.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Royal wedding","caption":"Royal wedding","creditText":"Andrew Milligan - PA Images—PA Images via 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/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/","name":"Oprah Winfrey Delightfully Surprised Everyone By Rolling Up to the Royal Wedding"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The mogul had a last-minute dress emergency","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/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5283423/oprah-royal-wedding/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```