The only exceptions to the rule? Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who joined Princess Beatrice in 2019, months before their lockdown wedding the following year. And, more memorably, Meghan Markle, who accompanied Prince Harry in 2017, a month after they announced their engagement and five months before their Windsor Castle wedding.
Still, both Edo and Meghan were engaged to their royal plus-ones. When Eleanor Ekserdjian strolled up the path to St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, there was no ring…

