Meghan Markle cancels US events coinciding with queen's funeral amid speculation over her attendance: report

A body language expert has pointed out Kate Middleton’s “icy” stare straight through Meghan Markle during their reunion on Sunday. The new Princess of Wales and Meghan, both 41, were brought together as brothers Prince William and Prince Harry reunited at Windsor Castle.The foursome greeted royal fans gathered outside who offered their condolences following the Queen’s death.

The royal family gathered to show their respect for the late Queen Elizabeth II at a service at Westminster Hall to commence the lying in state, which precedes the Queen's state funeral on 19 September. Before departing from the service, the Duchess of Sussex was seen taking a deep curtsy before her grandmother-in-law’s coffin. Traditionally, women in the royal family curtsy if they're seeing the monarch for the first time that day, while men usually greet the monarch with a head bow.

Meghan Markle has cancelled an appearance at a lavish LA awards event to support her grieving husband. The 41-year-old reportedly declined the offer to attend the glitzy ceremony at Variety following the death of the Queen.

The Sussexes and Waleses walked and stood side-by-side in more shows of solidarity at Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state ceremonies. Princes Harry and William marched together behind their father King Charles on Wednesday afternoon (14. 09.

K.J. Yossman The BBC has reportedly received only 670 complaints regarding “excessive” coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s death compared to over 100,000 it received following the death of her husband, Prince Philip. The BBC’s schedules were thrown into chaos last Thursday (Sept. 8) after Buckingham Palace made a rare public statement regarding “concerns” for the Queen’s health. Within half an hour of the statement being release the BBC had diverted its flagship network, BBC One, to a rolling news feed. When the Queen’s death was announced later that evening, the corporation interrupted all programming across television and radio to bring audiences the news. Subsidiary networks BBC Three and Four were paused entirely, with an ident directing viewers to BBC One, while BBC Two was a simulcast of BBC One.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle "broke rank" with an emotional gesture during royal proceedings yesterday, a body language expert has claimed.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took part in the ceremony as they followed the Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall separately on Wednesday afternoon and later held hands in the hall. Harry walked alongside his brother, the new Prince of Wales, and other senior royals as they paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

Meghan Markle and Sophie Wessex looked united in grief yesterday as they made their way to Westminster Hall together as part of the procession of the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace. As Camilla, Queen Consort, and Kate Middleton made their way to the ceremony, 41 year old Meghan and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 57, could be seen following the duo in a separate car. And while Meghan and Sophie are rarely seen alone together, the pair share many similarities, including the fact that they both married into the royal family.

A Royal guard caused a small commotion in the early hours of Thursday morning as he fainted while guarding The Queen’s coffin and toppled face first from the podium. The unfortunate event happened at around 1am, just as the guard was about to change over, with one soldier dressed in black appearing to be a little unsteady on his feet ahead of the incident.

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle after the pair were reunited on Sunday (Sept 11).The pair, along with their husbands, appeared together for a walkabout at Windsor as crowds gathered to lay tributes following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week. The frosty moment saw the newly dubbed Princess of Wales giving a very intense glare towards the Duchess of Sussex as she initially refused to stand near her before Prince William brought her forward to smile and wave at the crowd.READ MORE: Meghan was so ‘awkwardly nervous’ during walkabout she didn't know whether to waveKate had seemed to notice that the public had cameras on her she switched to a grin - but eagle-eyed royal fans still noticed, sending clips of it viral on social media.One user tweeted: "One day satan going to deal with Kate Middleton.

Meghan Markle has turned down an invitation to attend a swanky awards ceremony in the US following the death of The Queen. Meghan, 41, was due to be honoured at an event hosted by Variety, to celebrate the publication of its ‘Power of Women’ issue on September 28. The Duchess of Sussex had been approached by the magazine to appear alongside other famous women including Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, as they discussed the "tropes holding women back”.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were given the royal titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex by Queen Elizabeth II following their wedding in May 2018. Since then, Harry and Markle have faced heavy scrutiny and gave up their senior royal roles in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California.There have been several petitions made online requesting that the Duke and Duchess be stripped of their royal titles. Royal expert Hilary Fordwich shared with Fox News Digital Meghan and Harry were "welcomed with open arms at the time" after their title appointing.  Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex face pressure after petition forms to have their royal titles removed.

Prince Harry is set to spend his birthday undergoing preparations for the Queen's funeral, following her death last week.It will be a bittersweet day for the Duke of Sussex, who turns 38 today (September 15), with his grandmother passing away just one week ago (September 8).Her final birthday message to her grandson was for his 37th birthday last year, with Elizabeth II writing a heartfelt message, despite Harry previously making the difficult decision to leave the Royal Family and build a new life for himself and wife Meghan Markle in the US.READ MORE: Prince Harry fans rage at 'inappropriate' outfit decision during Queen's coffin processionThe family's social media accounts uploaded four pictures of Harry on his birthday, including one with Meghan in Australia in 2018 and another of the Duke with schoolchildren in Botswana.The Queen's final birthday message to Prince Harry read: "Wishing The Duke of Sussex a happy birthday today!"Given the reportedly fractious relations between Harry and the rest of the Royal Family, no doubt the proceedings will be having an effect on his wellbeing.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.A body language expert claimed that his face looked to "etched in sadness" while marching behind the Queen's coffin.While the pair were said to have a strong bond, with Harry even going as far to name his daughter Lilibet, which was the Queen's nickname, it will likely bring back memories of his own mother's funeral, which he attended at age 12.Onlookers noted that Prince Harry was dressed in a black suit rather than wearing uniform like other members of the family.Despite serving in the Army for 10 years, rising

Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been thrown back into Royal life in London.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have remained in the UK after the Queen, Harry's grandmother, died on Thursday 8 September at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Meghan, 41, and Harry, 37, were already in the UK when Her Majesty was placed under medical supervision, as they'd flown over from the US to attend charity events in Manchester and London a few days prior.

supports HTML5 videoSharon Osbourne was among the first groups of people to view the Queen lying in state in London today. The former X Factor judge made the trip down to Westminster Hall on Wednesday afternoon where she joined the lengthy queue of people to see the late monarch’s coffin. Queen Elizabeth II died at her Balmoral home on September 8 at the age of 96, and her coffin was flown back to London last night arriving at Buckingham Palace where she was received by King Charles III and his other siblings including the Princess Royal. At 2:22pm, a procession began as Her Majesty’s coffin was transported to Westminster Hall where it will remain until her funeral on Monday so members of the public can pay their respects. Osbourne, 69, was spotted among the thick crowds and one mourner even managed to grab a selfie with the TV personality. It appears the presenter, who is married to rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, was accompanied by a crew filming for her TalkTV series The Talk, as her co-host JJ Anisiobi was also seen with her. Sharon Osbourne posing for pics along the line to see #QueenElizabethII lying-in-state. @MrsSOsbourne pic.twitter.com/h6iIfDf6x4After joining the queue, which is currently stretching to over two miles long, Osbourne caught up with ITV News and explained why she decided to make the historic trip down. ‘I love the Queen and I came over for this because I’m a royalist and I love the royal family,’ she said. ‘No matter what would change in this country and, you know, everything changes in life but she never did.

Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96, and the royal family has now announced that the funeral service will be held Monday, Sept. 19 at 6 a.m.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have kept their three children out of the spotlight and focused on their education as they are "prioritizing stability" amid mourning Queen Elizabeth II who died nearly one week ago at the age of 96. The newly-appointed Prince and Princess of Wales only recently brought Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to their new school on Tuesday, Sept. 7, just two days before Her Majesty passed away.  William walked alongside Prince Harry and behind their father, King Charles III, as the Queen's coffin was transported from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.

Dan Walker, 45, has been jumping to the royal family's defence after the family, especially Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have come under heavy scrutiny since the Queen died.The former BBC Breakfast presenter hit out at one social media user, as well as telling his Twitter followers that the family "deserve to be cut a little slack".Dan took to Twitter to point out that Harry was grieving in view of his 774,000 followers.Controversially Addict Scrabble wrote: "Why the **** do #HarryandMegan have to hold hands when leaving Westminster Hall? #RIPQueenElizabeth."The tweet sparked a lot of attention, receiving over 600 retweets and 4,000 comments.Dan chimed back at the social media user: "I think his grandmother may have just died Sandy. He's probably not having the best week."MikeBowden replied: "Kate and Wills didn't!, nor did anyone.

Twitter ealreir today to voice his opinion on the upcoming funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.The former soldier claimed "every Brit should be obligated to watch the Queen's funeral" on Monday, including children.In view of his 326,100 followers, Ant shared a video uploaded by Nigel Farage of the Queen's coffin being taken to Westminster Hall in a procession from Buckingham Palace this afternoon.Nigel captioned the clip: "Today is as solemn as anything you could ever see."Ant added in his repost: "Every Brit in the UK (children included) should be obligated to watch the Queens funeral as it will forever be a huge part of British history and further education!"As sad as Queen Elizabeth II passing is, it has really united the people which I thought was an impossible task."However, not everyone seemed to agree, with some online users replying to Ant in disagreement.Markbrown1986 said: "Obligated? Why? Think you’ll have a hard job forcing the working class and proper people to agree to that."Ant responded: "We’ve been forced to do worst & it worked with ease!"They would have absolutely no trouble in doing it again!"He continued: "I think it would be a marvellous act of respect, isn’t that what we now pride ourselves on?"Doing things we don’t agree with out of respect & thinking of others?"93rdmin typed: "This is why Channel 4 got rid of you. You were a liability.Triggered by everything."Some people will watch it and some won't."Stop being a snowflake and get the support you need."But some other Twitter users were quick to side with Ant, supporting his views on the late Monarch.DavidJIPrice stated: "Agreed, it has cemented the nation in a way I didn’t think possible."No country can compete with our ceremony and pageantry.

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew were excluded from an important moment. Amid the mourning period following Queen Elizabeth II‘s death, the two men were not permitted to salute the late monarch’s coffin.