The Sussexes are again on the town.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made their first official public look at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on Friday.
The couple joined different members of the royal household, together with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William and Kate Middleton; Prince Edward; and Princess Anne, at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral for a Service of Thanksgiving in honor of the queen’s 70 years on the throne.
Harry and Meghan attended Thursday’s Trooping the Colour, the official celebration of the British monarch’s birthday, although they didn’t seem with different members of the royal household on the Buckingham Palace balcony, as they’re not working royals.
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The service marked the Sussexes’ first public look alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge since March 2020, when each {couples} attended a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey. Meghan and Harry formally stepped again as working royals that month and moved to California, the place they now reside.
On Friday, the royal {couples} didn’t sit on the identical aspect of the church, and weren’t seen collectively earlier than or after the service.
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Buckingham Palace introduced on Thursday night time that Queen Elizabeth herself wouldn’t attend Friday’s service due to well being considerations.
“Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate … Her Majesty with great reluctance has concluded that she will not attend,” the palace stated in an announcement.
The 96-year-old monarch skilled “some discomfort” throughout Thursday’s occasions, the palace added. The queen’s disgraced son, Prince Andrew, additionally bowed out of the service after he examined constructive for COVID-19.
A supply near the duke advised HuffPost on Thursday that Andrew was “naturally disappointed and saddened that he will not be able to join other royal family members” on the service.
Check out extra footage of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations under:
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Prince Louis lets out a yell as members of the Royal Air Force fly previous Buckingham Palace in London.
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The royal household on the balcony of Buckingham Palace throughout Trooping the Colour on June 2.
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Prince Charles and Prince William at Trooping the Colour, also called the Queen’s Birthday Parade. It is a navy ceremony carried out by regiments of the British Army that has taken place for the reason that mid-Seventeenth century and marks the official birthday of the British sovereign.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duchess of Cambridge journey by carriage at Trooping the Colour.
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis of Cambridge throughout Trooping the Colour.
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The Household Cavalry rides down The Mall throughout the Trooping the Colour parade.
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The queen’s daughter Princess Anne throughout the Trooping the Colour parade.
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Animal insurrection activists are arrested throughout Trooping the Colour.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s kids on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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A re-enactor checks his cellphone forward of a ceremony for the beacon lighting at a piece of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England on June 2, part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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Queen Elizabeth II touches the Commonwealth Nations Globe to begin the lighting of the Principal Beacon at Windsor Castle on June 2.
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Projections displayed on the entrance of Buckingham Palace depict Queen Elizabeth II throughout the lighting of the beacon on June 2.
