Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall all broke an "unwritten precedent" set by the Queen at yesterday's (Wednesday, September 14) service in Westminster Hall.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex provoked the ire of several people on Twitter after they were spotted holding hands when leaving the ceremony, with some claiming it went against "royal protocol".
However, there is no exact protocol prohibiting them from doing so, as royal etiquette expert Myka Meier previously told PEOPLE. READ MORE: Tattooed woman in the queue shows off sleeve of Queen she says acted as her 'gran'Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were spotted holding hands ahead of Prince Philip's funeral last year.
The reason we don't often see other senior royals such as Prince William and Kate Middleton holding hands is actually because of the Queen herself, according to body language expert Robin Kermode.
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