Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Meghan MarkleandPrince Harrywon’t attend a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace celebratingQueen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
Ahead of Saturday night’s event — featuring performances from Queen + Adam Lambert, Diana Ross and more — a list of expected attendees was released, which did not include the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who traveled to the U.K. from California for the weekend of festivities to mark the Queen’s historic 70-year reign.
Members of the royal family attending the show includePrince Charlesand Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall;Prince WilliamandKate Middleton; Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex with their children Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn; Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence;Princess Beatriceand Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi; Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank; Peter Phillips and his daughters; Zara and Mike Tindall; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; the Duke of Kent; Prince Michael and Princess Michael of Kent and Sarah Chatto and her family.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Dan Kitwood -WPA Pool/Getty Images
Meghan, 40, andPrince Harry, 37, are celebrating thefirst birthdayof their daughterLilibeton Saturday. They are spending the special day privately as a family.
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Royalsmarked the occasion on social media, withQueen Elizabeth,Prince WilliamandKate MiddletonandPrince Charlesand Camilla’s official accounts sharing birthday tributes to Lili.
The couple is also thought to be introducing Lili to her great-grandmother the Queen for the first time during their visit to the U.K.
Prince Charles at the service of thanksgiving for the Queen’s Jubilee on June 3.PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Throughout their visit the U.K., Meghan andPrince Harryhave not publicly spent timewith Harry’s immediate family members.
On Friday, the royal family continued the Platinum Jubilee celebrations with aservice of thanksgiving honoring Queen Elizabeth at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Harry and Meghan — who shared the strain they’d experienced within the family in a 2021interview with Oprah Winfrey— arrived ahead ofPrince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall,Prince WilliamandKate Middleton. It was the first time the three couples have appeared together in public in more than two years.
Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton.PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
On Thursday, Meghan and Harryjoined extended members of the royal family for Trooping the Colour. Since they are no longer senior working royals, they were not invited to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace or to take part in a carriage procession during the parade. Instead, they viewed the event alongside other extended members of the royal family from the Major General’s Office, which overlooks the Horse Guards Parade.
Meanwhile,Prince Harry’s fatherPrince Charlesand brotherPrince Williamparticipated in the parade on horseback before heading to the balcony appearance to watch a Royal Air Force flypast. Kate and Camilla, however, did spent a short time at the Major General’s Office to watch the Horse Guards Parade before making their carriage ride to Buckingham Palace to join the Queen and other senior royals on the balcony.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry speak with Harry’s cousin Zara Tindall after the service of Thanksgiving on June 3.TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
source: people.com
