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A few months after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex tied the knot in 2018 at St. George’s Chapel, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank were married at the same venue. Just before Prince Andrew‘s daughter said “I do,” the Duke of York spoke about her wedding and appeared to take a dig at his nephew and Meghan.

Here’s what Andrew said about the Sussexes’ wedding ahead of Eugenie’s.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Prince Andrew, sitting together during the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in 2019
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Prince Andrew sitting together during the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in 2019 | Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images

Andrew said the queen decided where Princess Eugenie’s wedding would be

Just before Eugenie’s big day, Prince Andrew shared that the reason the princess and Brooksbank were having their wedding at the same chapel as Harry and Meghan is because Queen Elizabeth II chose that location.

“It doesn’t make any difference who you are, all the approvals go through the queen anyway,” Andrew explained (per the Express). “The queen very firmly said St. George’s is where you’re having the wedding so I said, ‘Aye aye mam, turn to the right, salute and carry on.’”

Prince Andrew’s comment about Eugenie’s wedding compared to the Sussexes’

Princess Eugenie and her father Prince Andrew waving from steps of St. George's Chapel on princess's wedding day
Princess Eugenie and her father Prince Andrew waving from steps of St. George’s Chapel on princess’s wedding day | Pool/Max Mumby/Getty Images

Andrew also compared his daughter’s wedding to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s saying: “It will not be the same as the previous one [Harry and Meghan’s]… It’s not a public wedding, this is meant to be a family wedding. There will be a few more people than most people have. There are a few more than Harry had — but that is the nature of Eugenie and Jack. They have got so many friends that they need a church of that size to fit them all in.”

Royal commentator Emily Andrews pointed out in the documentary Beatrice and Eugenie: Pampered Princesses? that the duke’s comment was interpreted as a dig at the Sussexes to mean “our wedding is bigger than your wedding.” She added that Andrew tried to get the princess’s wedding televised like Meghan and Harry’s, however, the BBC did not broadcast it.

Some of the guests at Eugenie’s wedding included Cara Delevingne, Naomi Campbell, James Blunt, Demi Moore, and Liv Tyler. Meghan and Harry had the likes of George and Amal Clooney, Serena Williams, Idris Elba, and Oprah Winfrey on their guestlist.

Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter was married after his Epstein interview

Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice arrive together at church to attend a service
Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice arrive together at church to attend a service | Ben Stansall – WPA Pool/Getty Images
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