Zara's wedding plans full steam ahead as mother Princess Anne visits the church

Princess Anne has secretly visited the Scottish church where her daughter Zara
will marry Mike Tindall, 32, on July 30.

Anne made the trip last weekend to Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh as Zara, 29, hired party planner Peregrine Armstrong-Jones to help organise the event.

‘Anne arranged to be in Scotland as the plans get under way,’ a source said.

But I’m told there is discord over Zara’s invitation to her godfather Andrew Parker Bowles. 

The ex-husband of Prince Charles’s wife Camilla dated Anne in 1974 and last summer reports suggested the romance had reignited. 

‘It makes it awkward for Zara’s father Mark Phillips and Anne’s husband Tim Laurence,’ says a source.

Prince Harry's African charity is putting its party plans on ice because they clash with his brother’s wedding.

Sentebale, which supports orphans in Lesotho, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year.

Harry, who is travelling to Dubai next month for his Sentebale Polo Challenge, had planned to host a star-studded gala for the charity’s birthday on April 28.

But with the responsibilities of being best man he is having to postpone the event.

‘There are talks about toasting the success of Sentebale a little later on in the summer,’ I’m told.

‘Harry is determined to have a huge party to celebrate but it’s bad timing with the wedding.

'Right now the only party he’s planning is William’s stag, which will be a weekend away in the country.