Travis Kelce announces Prince William as shock wedding day podcast guest… hours before tying the knot with Taylor Swift

By OLIVER TODD, DIGITAL HEAD OF SPORT and BEN NAGLE, US SPORTS EDITOR Published: 11:13, 3 July 2026 | Updated: 11:34, 3 July 2026 Prince William is the special guest on Travis Kelce's podcast to be released today - hours before the NFL star is due to marry Taylor Swift. In an opening to a teaser for the latest New Heights episode that the Prince called 'quite an intro', brother Jason Kelce read out: 'Our guest today is the six-foot-three Prince from London, England. 'That's right, the President of the English Football Association, the Vice-Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cornwall, the Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Earl of Chester and the Prince of Wales, please welcome his Royal Highness, Prince William!' After William's grateful response, he added: 'We had to do it big for you, had to do it big.' The full episode is released at noon, Eastern Time (5pm UK), on Friday. It is a major podcast appearance for William, who had joked he was 'hoping' to get an invite to Taylor and Travis's New York wedding after striking up a friendship with the couple at Wembley Stadium in 2024. Prince William is appearing as a guest on Travis and Jason Kelce's podcast New Heights Travis looked stunned during an incredible intro for the Prince provided by brother Jason The pop singer and NFL star posed for a selfie with the Prince of Wales as well as two of his children Princess George and Princess Charlotte at the show. But a report in People this week suggested William and Kate will not be attending. The wedding was raised as a topic in an interview on Heart in May, when co-host Amanda Holden asked whether he had received an invite - and William cheekily responded: 'No comment.'  He added: 'I'm hoping, and I'm sure there might be an invitation around, but we'll see.' Taylor and Travis hosted an intimate rehearsal dinner for their closest family and friends at Madison Square Garden's Infosys Theater on Thursday. They were joined by around 100 guests ahead of their wedding today, where 1,000 people are expected to attend. Taylor turned the iconic venue pink for her wedding rehearsal dinner with the New York venue being lit up with lights and adorned with dusty pink curtains, while the interior was decked out with peach-coloured flowers. It's been said that Taylor built a custom princess 'castle' inside MSG and has supposedly bought out every available calla lily flower in the city. Famous guests including Selena Gomez, Jack Antonoff, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper, as well as the singer's childhood friend Abigail Anderson, were seen heading inside, while Taylor was spotted being swept into the back.  The Prince of Wales and children Princess George and Princess Charlotte posed for a photo with Taylor and Travis at Wembley in 2024 One pal who has not made the guest list is Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, who were seen a hundred miles away after being iced out from the festivities following a falling out over Blake's legal battle with Justin Baldoni. The bride arrived at her rehearsal dinner two hours ahead of its start time in a blacked-out silver Suburban with an extended roof and communications antennas. She was later seen returning home well after midnight, spending more than eight hours partying in what was said to be her first-night bash. There are unconfirmed reports that Taylor and Travis are already legally married, but will have a second celebration with all of their guests today.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. Your browser does not support iframes.