LONDON — A leading British newspaper reported Sunday that Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen fashion house, is to design Kate Middleton’s wedding gown.
But both Burton and the company’s chief executive deny the claim.
The Sunday Times story said Burton has received the plum assignment, then quotes her and McQueen CEO Jonathan Akeroyd saying this is not the case. Both flatly denied the McQueen house is involved.
Palace officials Sunday refused to comment on the report.
The paper did not name any sources, suggesting the information had reached the newspaper after Akeroyd told a colleague about receiving the royal gig.
The contradictory story, which buzzed throughout Facebook and Twitter, did not clarify one of the central mysteries surrounding the April 29 wedding of Middleton and Prince William: Who will actually design the gown she wears for her transformation from commoner to princess?
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