{"id":81903,"date":"2026-07-01T09:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81903"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:57:27","slug":"no-royal-surprise-at-taylor-swifts-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/no-royal-surprise-at-taylor-swifts-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"No royal surprise at Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding: William and Kate will not attend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The royal attendance rumors surrounding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding have come to an end. Prince and Princess of Wales will not be among the guests at the highly anticipated ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William had fueled speculation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speculation grew after Prince William was asked in May on Heart Breakfast whether he had received an invitation to the wedding.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>William smiled and replied, \u201cNo comment.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>He then added, \u201cI\u2019m hoping, and I\u2019m sure there might be an invitation around, but we\u2019ll see,\u201d prompting rumors that he and <a title=\"Kate Middleton dazzles in Buckingham thanks to the most mysterious dress in her closet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/kate-middleton-dazzles-in-buckingham-thanks-to-the-most-mysterious-dress-in-her-closet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate<\/a> could make a surprise appearance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Swift and William\u2019s friendship goes back years<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Prince William and Taylor Swift first met in 2013 at the Centrepoint Winter Whites Gala at Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The two later joined Jon Bon Jovi onstage for an impromptu performance of \u201cLivin\u2019 on a Prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, William also attended Swift\u2019s Eras Tour concert at Wembley Stadium with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.<\/p>\n<p>After the show, Swift shared a backstage photo with William, George and Charlotte, while Travis Kelce also posed with the royal family.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wedding compared to a royal celebration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement in August 2025 after two years of dating.<\/p>\n<p>Their wedding has been described in the U.S. media as America\u2019s version of a royal wedding, but William and Kate will not be making the trip for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rumored wedding security measures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zM_eaGADopg\" width=\"951\" height=\"535\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The royal attendance rumors surrounding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding have come to an end. Prince and Princess of Wales will not be among the guests at the highly anticipated ceremony. William had fueled speculation Speculation grew after Prince William was asked in May on Heart Breakfast whether he had received an invitation to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":81904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[80709,15251,3667,23821,746,80707,80708,77150],"class_list":["post-81903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","tag-entertainment","tag-kate-middleton","tag-prince-william","tag-royal-family","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce","tag-wedding","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81905,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81903\/revisions\/81905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}