“The Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are delighted and honored to participate in the celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen together with their children ». So now it’s official: the Sussex spokesperson, quoted by CNN, confirmed that Harry and Meghan Marklewith children Archie And Lilibet Dianawill not miss the most important appointment of the British royal family and in June they will be in London for the Jubilee.
Neither them nor the Prince Andrew however they will be next to the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony: the day of Trooping the Color, which will open the celebrations, the sovereign “will be accompanied only by members of the Royal Family who at the moment fulfill public commitments on behalf of the QueenA Palazzo source told the BBC.
On the famous balcony, therefore, only the working members of the family and their children e it seems that Elizabeth herself decided itdespite the invitation she was said to have made to Harry and Meghan during theirs visit to Windsor before Easterand despite the Andrea’s public “pardon” that the Sovereign had wanted on his arm on the day of commemoration of Prince Philip. A decision, comments the BBC, that reflects the principle that half measures are not allowed: either you are in or you are out.
Not for this, however, Andrea and Harry will be banned from the celebrationsindeed: to some appointments, such as the Thanksgiving feature which will be celebrated in St Paul’s Cathedral on June 3, their presence is hoped for. Also because this function is one of the very few events to which – barring last-minute impediments – the Queen should also participate with certaintywhile for all the others the official confirmation will be given only on the same day.
The confirmation of Harry and Meghan’s trip to London with the children, for the Jubilee, has displaced the real observers: few believed that behind the April visit to Windsor there was really the desire to mend relations. Also because immediately after Harry had given an interview to an American TV in which he reiterated that he would hardly return to London for the Jubilee, still due to the same unspecified ones. “security issues“which they had prevented – according to him – to participate at the function for grandfather Filippo.
“Harry and Meghan challenge the Queen,” headlines the Daily Mail, summing up the opinion of many experts. “Harry and Meghan will want “milk” here too », he declares Tom Bowerroyal biographer: «I can hardly believe that they will benefit in cash from these celebrations, let’s not forget who I am in business with Netflix. Hope the Sussexes are kept tightly under control so that their selfishness does not overshadow the celebration of extraordinary service that His Majesty has rendered to the Nation“.
No less tender it is Angela Levinwho is delighted only by the fact that Elizabeth II will be accompanied by her own more trusted family members: «Admit on the balcony only i working members it was a great decision on the part of the Queen: they will be there to support her. The Sussexes would draw attention to them. And already so it will be: everyone will look at them and their behavior, but this shouldn’t be the Jubilee “
The real commentator’s more neutral Sky News Alastair Bruce: “In those days the 70 years of Elizabeth’s reign will be celebrated and the Palace has rightly ensured that everyone’s attention is not diverted from din done in recent years by some family members, but be it focused on what the Royal Family is today. Whoever is not on the balcony will participate in the other events anyway ».
Against the reasons of the heart, Buckingham Palace has always won the Reason of State and, for many this is precisely what made Elizabeth II such a beloved and esteemed sovereign. But once the balcony doors have closed behind her, the Queen will return (at least for a few hours) only one grandmother and finally will know the granddaughter that bears her name and celebrating the first birthday just in those days. And it is presumable that of all the appointments scheduled for those days, this is the one that Elizabeth would not miss for anything in the world.
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