Prince Williamand his eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, are getting ready for another wedding.
On Sunday it was announced that Thomas van Straubenzee, the Duke of Cambridge’s lifelong friend, is tying the knot.
According totheSunday Times, the godfather to 4-year-old Charlotte proposed to Lucy Lanigan-O’Keeffe, an assistant head teacher at Thomas’ Battersea School in London, where George, who turns 6 on July 22, is currently enrolled. Charlotte will start at the prestigious school in September.
William will take part in van Straubenzee’s wedding festivities and serve as usher for the ceremony, while George and Charlotte are expected to join the wedding party as pageboy and bridesmaid, the outlet reports.
Van Straubenzee and his younger brother, Charlie, 31, are extremely close to the royal family. The brothers attended Berkshire’s Ludgrove School with William and Harry, along with their late brother, Henry, who died in a car crash at the age of 18.
Both van Straubenzee brothers served as ushers inPrince HarryandMeghan Markle’s royal wedding at Windsor Castle last May. It was reported that Charlie even gave a speech at the reception, while Thomas also spoke at William and Kate’s royal Westminster Abbey wedding in 2011.
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And similar to Meghan, who was married once before prior to her relationship with Harry, van Straubenzee’s upcoming nuptials will not be his first. The 36-year-old was previously married toLady Melissa Percy,a daughter of the Duke of Northumberland, in 2013. They couple were married for 3 years before divorcing in 2016.
According to theTimes, Lanigan-O’Keeffe is the daughter of Carolyn and Stephen Lanigan-O’Keeffe. Her father is a lawyer and her brother, Arthur, is an Olympic pentathlete.
source: people.com
