Ellie Goulding is set to tie the knot with art dealer fiancé Caspar Jopling next month – and by the sounds of it, she’s going to have a seriously A-list guestlist for the big day.
The Burn singer will walk down the aisle in Yorkshire in August, and will hold a VIP reception for 300 guests at Castle Howard stately home.
According to The Sun, Ellie has invited Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie as well as their mum Sarah Ferguson, who Ellie is close friends with.
Given that Ellie is rumoured to have dated Prince Harry in the past, he’d probably going to have an invite drop on his doorstep, but it’s unlikely he and Meghan Markle will attend.
The couple gave birth to their first child, Archie Harrison, earlier this year so are likely to give the event a miss.
Prince William and Kate Middleton are expected to attend after Ellie sang at their 2011 wedding, leaving their children at home for the evening.
Other famous faces that have bagged an invite include Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran who are friends of the singer.
The wedding is set to be festival-themed, with VIP pods for guests to stay in, golf buggies to ferry people around the site and a vegan menu with Bollinger champagne to wash it all down.
Ellie and Caspar have been dating since 2017, and announced their engagement in August 2018 with a notice in The Times newspaper.
It read: ‘The engagement is announced between Caspar, son of The Hon Nicholas Jopling of Yorkshire and Mrs Jayne Warde-Aldam of Yorkshire, and Elena, daughter of Mr Arthur Goulding of Hertfordshire and Mrs Tracey Sumner of West Midlands.’
Ellie previously told Jonathan Ross about the engagement: ‘I think he proposed a bit sooner than he thought he was going to.
‘I think he got a bit over excited and proposed the week before he was planning.
‘We were having maybe a couple of drinks and we were doing a Jigsaw puzzle. He likes them. I think it was quite an easy one. Probably 400 [pieces].
‘Anyway I think he was getting bored of it and then he proposed. It was quite romantic for some reason.’
Got a showbiz story?
If you’ve got a story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk Entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
MORE: Ellie Goulding reveals she almost quit music: ‘It just took its toll on me’
MORE: Ellie Goulding urges fans to talk about their mental health as she opens up on anxiety
