Prince Harry and his American
fiancée Meghan Markle reportedly want to invite former President Barack
Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama to their wedding in May, but
government officials in the United Kingdom are worried such a move could
anger the current U.S. president.
A report released on Christmas Day by The Sun claims that the 33-year-old royal and his wife-to-be hope to invite the Obamas, but not the current White House inhabitants.
"Harry has made
it clear he wants the Obamas at the wedding, so it’s causing a lot of
nervousness," a senior government official told The Sun, according to
the report. "Trump could react very badly if the Obamas get to a Royal
wedding before he has had a chance to meet the Queen."
The wedding will not be subject
to the full regulations of a state wedding, but the government will play
a "consultative role" and could put significant pressure on Buckingham
Palace -- which is controlling the guest list -- to keep the Obamas off
the guest list if they fear it could have damaging impacts to
international relations between the two countries.
The relationship between Britain and the U.S. has
been icy in recent months, with British lawmakers repeatedly criticizing
the president over his various comments and actions. British Prime
Minister Theresa May went as far as to say the president was "wrong"
after he retweeted anti-Islam videos originally posted by a leader of a
far-right British fringe party. The London mayor has said the president
shouldn't be invited for an official state visit, and parliament debated banning him from the country before he took office.
Meghan Markle has also made disparaging comments
about President Donald Trump in the past, calling him misogynistic in a
2016 interview. She has, however, praised his daughter Ivanka Trump on a
handful of occasions. The first daughter and presidential advisor
tweeted her congrats to the engaged couple shortly after their
engagement was announced.
Prince
Harry and Obama have met on numerous occasions and have a relationship
that's extended beyond the president's time in the White House. They
were last seen together joking on the sidelines of events during the
Invictus Games in Toronto.
Source: Yahoo Mail
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