George and Amal Clooney surprise no-shows at royal wedding

US actress Demi Moore (R) arrives to attend the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Matt Crossick / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MATT CROSSICK/AFP/Getty Images)
US actress Demi Moore (R) arrives to attend the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read GARETH FULLER/AFP/Getty Images)
Model Naomi Campbell leaves after attending the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / various sources / AFP) (Photo credit should read GARETH FULLER/AFP/Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) James Cook, Cara Delevingne and Derek Blasberg arrive ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Gareth Fuller - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Britain's Sarah, Duchess of York (L) and her daughter Britain's Princess Beatrice of York wave off Britain's Princess Eugenie of York and her husband Jack Brooksbank from the West Steps of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read VICTORIA JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
Cressida Bonas (L) leaves after attending the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Matt Crossick / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MATT CROSSICK/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pippa Matthews (Middleton), sister of Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (C) leaves after attending the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / various sources / AFP) (Photo credit should read GARETH FULLER/AFP/Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Pippa Middleton after the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Matthew Crossick - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Liv Tyler arrives ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Matt Crossick - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Model Kate Moss and Lila Grace Moss Hack arrive to attend the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Matt Crossick / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MATT CROSSICK/AFP/Getty Images)
Britain's Princess Eugenie of York (R) and her husband Jack Brooksbank wave as they emerge from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. (Photo by Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read STEVE PARSONS/AFP/Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Sarah, Duchess of York arrives at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Castle on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (L) and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (R) leave after attending the wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie of York to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALASTAIR GRANT/AFP/Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Princess Charlotte waves on the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Castle on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

By Martha Ross | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: October 12, 2018 at 7:01 a.m. | UPDATED: October 12, 2018 at 3:38 p.m.

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George and Amal Clooney were supposed to be guests at their second royal wedding of 2018, having famously appeared at Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in May 2018.

But keen observers of all the celebrity guests filing in to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle for Princess Eugenie’s wedding Friday noticed that the power couple were conspicuously absent. It was widely expected that George and Amal Clooney would attend the wedding, given that the movie actor knows groom Jack Brooksbank well.

Brooksbank is the UK brand ambassador for Casamigos in 2016, the upscale tequila company Clooney co-founded with Cindy Crawford’s husband, Rande Gerber. While Gerber and Clooney sold their tequila company for $1 billion in 2017, according to People, it’s believed that Clooney and Brooksbank have remained friends.

There’s no word on why Clooney and his wife, international human-rights attorney Amal Clooney, were absent from Friday’s lavish royal event, where Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, tied the knot with Brooksbank. She wore a dress designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, and the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, lent to her by the Queen.

But if the glamorous Clooneys didn’t make it, there was plenty of other celebrity glamour served up by the likes of Liv Tyler, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, a very pregnant Pippa Middleton and Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriends Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas.

Model and actress Cara Delevinge probably made the biggest splash, fashion-wise, by eschewing a dress and instead donning a women’s tuxedo and top hat.

The biggest surprise guest was Demi Moore. The 55-year-old actress joined the other guests in battling strong winds as she headed into St. George’s Chapel. She was dressed for the autumn weather in a maroon midi dress and matching fascinator.

People reports that Moore is a longtime friend of Eugenie’s parents, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and Prince Andrew. She has attended a birthday celebration for Princess Beatrice in the past.