{"id":7835,"date":"2026-07-04T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-middleton-prince-william-secretly-met-with-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-before-wedding\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:35:38","slug":"kate-middleton-prince-william-secretly-met-with-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-before-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-middleton-prince-william-secretly-met-with-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-before-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton, Prince William secretly met with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce before wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2Fkate-taylor.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/03\/entertainment\/all-the-celebrities-at-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-wedding\/#1\">were a no-show<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/03\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-wedding-live-updates-from-msg\/\">Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding<\/a> \u2014 but met up with the bride and groom ahead of the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The royals secretly linked up with the couple, likely when the Grammy winner and NFL player, both 36, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/09\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-enjoy-another-date-night-in-london\/\">were in London<\/a> in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-secretly-met-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-ahead-of-their-wedding-12011997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People reported<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce hinted at the meetup in Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/03\/royal-family\/travis-kelce-prince-william-detail-meeting-at-taylor-swifts-concert-on-new-heights-podcast\/\">surprise \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast episode<\/a> with the Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kate Middleton and Prince William (pictured above in April 2011) reportedly secretly met up with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ahead of the couple\u2019s New York City wedding. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The royals were not present when Kelce and Swift (pictured above in August 2025) wed at Madison Square Garden. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI got the chance to see you not too long ago,\u201d he said. \u201c[I] invited you on the show because we were talking a little Aston Villa soccer, some excitement about the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce did not provide further details on the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>The foursome\u2019s May get together, notably, is believed to have been Middleton\u2019s first time meeting Kelce and Swift.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>According to People, the foursome got together in May, which marked Middleton\u2019s first time meeting the bride and groom. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>William met Swift in 2013 (pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William, for his part, met the Grammy winner at a 2013 charity gala where they made headlines for taking the stage with Jon Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a decade later, the pop star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/06\/22\/royal-family\/prince-william-dances-to-shake-it-off-at-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-in-london-with-prince-george-princess-charlotte\/\">posed for backstage Eras Tour photos<\/a> with William, as well as his son Prince George, 12, and daughter, Princess Charlotte, 11.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/06\/26\/royal-family\/travis-kelce-details-meeting-prince-william-at-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-show\/\">met the Prince of Wales<\/a> at the June 2024 show in London, describing <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/prince-william-kate-middleton-kids\/\">the children<\/a> as a \u201cdelight\u201d on a subsequent \u201cNew Heights\u201d episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure if I was supposed to bow to them, curtsy, just be an American idiot and shake their hands, like, \u2018Sup, dude,&#8217;\u201d he recalled. \u201cI wanted to be polite.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Prince of Wales met Kelce at a June 2024 concert. <span class=\"credit\">@taylorswift\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He brought Princess Charlotte and Prince George to the London show. <span class=\"credit\">Prince and Princess of Wales\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThat was honestly one of the coolest moments ever, was meeting you and the little ones that day,\u201d the tight end recalled. \u201cMe and Jason [Kelce] joke about it all the time. We were so nervous to meet you guys and the royal family. And Jason has this running joke where he didn\u2019t know what to do with his beer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He and William discussed the throwback moment during the latest installment of the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce and William, 44, reportedly discussed the latter being on the athlete and brother Jason Kelce\u2019s show during their get together in May.<\/p>\n<p>The interview dropped hours ahead of Travis and Swift\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/02\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-already-married-sources\/\">star-studded wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>William and the NFL player (pictured above with Jason Kelce) discussed the moment on Friday\u2019s \u201cNew Heights\u201d episode. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@newheightshow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>William previously teased that he might get an invite from the couple (pictured above on May 23) for the high-profile nuptials. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William and Middleton, 44, did not attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-to-marry-at-msg-in-manhattan\/\">Madison Square Garden nuptials<\/a> \u2014 but the future king had <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/22\/royal-family\/prince-william-teases-invite-to-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-wedding\/\">hinted they might make an appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a May \u201cHeart Breakfast\u201d radio interview, William teased that he had \u201cno comment\u201d when asked about the event.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added, \u201cI\u2019m hoping, and I\u2019m sure there might be an invitation around, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/04\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-prince-william-secretly-met-with-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-before-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton were a no-show at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kate-taylor.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}