EntertainmentWhy Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle didn't attend the royal wedding

© Getty The Queen and Prince Harry at the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston. Almost one year on from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding - 364 days to be precise - members of the royal family once again gathered in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle to celebrate the nuptials of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston.

Lady Gabriella is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. The Prince is first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice, the Middleton family and more were all in attendance at the wedding.

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However, some notable faces were missing including Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.

© Getty Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle did not attend. While Harry and wife Meghan live in the local area, just up the road at Frogmore Cottage, given that they only just welcomed their first child, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, its understandable the new mum would have wanted to stay home with her newborn son.

Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were also not in attendance.

It was announced last week Prince William, who is the President of the FA, would attend the 2019 FA Cup Final in London which coincided with the wedding.

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Lady Gabriella, the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, will marry Thomas Kingston at St George's Chapel in Windsor - the third royal wedding at the venue in less than a year.

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As for Kate, 37, it's very like the mum would have decided to stay home with her three children, Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, four, and one-year-old Prince Louis, while her husband was attending the soccer game.

© Getty However, Kate's entire family attended the wedding including her parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, Pippa Middleton and her husband James Matthews, as well as James Middleton and his new girlfriend, Alizee Thevenet.

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall were also not at the wedding.

Following the ceremony at St. George's Chapel, guests attended an afternoon reception at Frogmore House.

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