--- title: Alexi Lubomirski Named Official Royal Wedding Photographer description: Alexi Lubomirski will be the official photographer of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding on May 19. canonical: https://time.com/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-13T16:08:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:09.435Z og:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have an Official Wedding Photographer og:description: You've probably seen his work before og:url: https://time.com/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ca6d00f3348ca18/6988f62bbc6cfca0a13e4791/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos.jpg?branch=production&width=446&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 446 og:image:height: 251 og:image:alt: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Engagement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have an Official Wedding Photographer twitter:description: You've probably seen his work before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ca6d00f3348ca18/6988f62bbc6cfca0a13e4791/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos.jpg?branch=production&width=446&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Just Announced Alexi Lubomirski Will Photograph Their Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Apr 13, 2018 4:08 PM UTC  Prince Harry And Meghan Markle engagement photo Prince Harry And Meghan Markle engagement photo Alexi Lubomirski via Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Apr 13, 2018 4:08 PM UTC With wedding bells nearing, [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5233117/meghan-markle-prince-harry-wedding-gifts/) just announced their official photographer for their[ May 19 nuptials](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/). The Kensington Palace Twitter account announced Friday morning that [Alexi Lubomirski](http://www.alexilubomirski.com/) will photograph Harry and Meghan at Windsor Castle after their [ceremony at St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/). > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/984748172827389952) Lubomirski’s work may already look familiar to those closely following the royal wedding plans because he also shot their [engagement photos at Frogmore House](http://time.com/5075505/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos/). Other celebrity photo subjects include [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.instagram.com/p/BgolziFFPQx/?taken-by=alexilubomirski), [Lupita Nyong’o](https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzOEhxjxvL/?taken-by=alexilubomirski) and [Ewan McGregor](https://www.instagram.com/p/BhA4bjUl3HD/?taken-by=alexilubomirski). > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/943812995746009089) [As the caption](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhgk3mWFkI1/) of an Instagram post showing Kensington Palace’s press release, Lubomirski said he “could not be more thrilled or honoured to photograph this historic occasion.” Lubomirski has more links with Harry and Meghan, however, than just being their official wedding photographer. [According to _People_](http://people.com/royals/who-is-alexi-lubomirski-all-about-the-photographer-who-took-harry-and-meghans-engagement-photos/), Lubomirski spent many years of his childhood in Botswana, which is where Harry and Meghan celebrated her birthday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/"},"headline":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Just Announced Alexi Lubomirski Will Photograph Their Royal Wedding","datePublished":"2018-04-13T16:08:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:09.435Z","description":"You've probably seen his work before","url":"https://time.com/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ca6d00f3348ca18/6988f62bbc6cfca0a13e4791/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos.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/blt5ca6d00f3348ca18/6988f62bbc6cfca0a13e4791/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Engagement","caption":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle engagement photo","creditText":"Alexi Lubomirski 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/5239276/prince-harry-meghan-markle-alexi-lubomirski-wedding-photographer/","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Just Announced Alexi Lubomirski Will Photograph Their Royal Wedding"}}]}] ```