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Princess Eugenie, 28, and her fiancé Jack Brooksbank, 32, announced their plans to tie the knot in January.
Pat from Yorkshire called Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show outraged at the BBC’s refusal to broadcast the wedding live due to claims not enough people would watch the event.
Pat said: “Do you know? I am so disgusted to think that they are having a vote on this. She is a Princess.
“She is the granddaughter of the Queen. What on earth is going on with this country?”
In response, the TV host said: “I don’t know what it is. She is ninth in line so I don’t know if you have a minor princess if there is such a thing.
“So she is a bit below Meghan.”
The furious Briton blasted: “She is a princess.
“What on earth is going on? The royalty, I’ll have you reminded of, brings a lot of money to this country.
“They do. The visitors come from everywhere to see the Royal Family.”
The Mail on Sunday revealed Eugenie’s father, Prince Andrew, was trying to strike a deal with the national television network.
But after the secret meetings with BBC, he was told it was not going to happen.
A source told the Mail on Sunday: “From the outset, the instruction from the very top was that Eugenie’s wedding must be televised.
“The BBC was approached because they have a special relationship with Buckingham Palace and a formula that works.
“But they turned it down because they don’t think enough people will tune in and that there isn’t enough support for the Yorks.
“The feeling at the Palace is that the BBC has dropped the ball.
“At the end of the day, this is going to be a huge Royal Wedding, with all the senior members of the Royal Family in attendance.
“But nobody wants to take the risk and spend the money it would cost to put it on air.”
The BBC has since said they will provide clips of the big day on their news channels.
A BBC spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “There will be news coverage of the wedding across our services.”
Sky is also planning to show nothing more than short clips from the marriage.
But ITV may come to the rescue by pledging a full programme of coverage.
The lavish wedding is set to cost the British taxpayer an eye-watering £2.7million, according to Royal expert Hamish Shephard.
He said security will cost £2million, floristry £100,000, music £25,000 and the dress £200,000.
The couple, who started dating in 2010, will be wed at St George’s chapel – the same venue as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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