Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince Andrew Won’t Appear on Famous Buckingham Palace Balcony for Queen’s Jubilee

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K.J. Yossman UPDATE: CNN’s royal correspondent Max Foster has said that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex – and their children Lilibet and Archie – will attend the Queen’s jubilee. “Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are excited and honoured to attend The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this June with their children,” he quoted their spokesperson.

It is unclear what occasion the quartet plan to attend although a number of celebratory events are taking place throughout June to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.Prince Harry, his wife Meghan Markle and his disgraced uncle Prince Andrew will be absent from the famous Buckingham Palace balcony for the Queen’s jubilee.

After months of speculation as to whether the trio would be present to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years on the throne, a Buckingham Palace source told the BBC that only “working royals” and their children would be invited to appear on the balcony.

A working royal is one who carries out royal duties on behalf of the Queen and currently includes her son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, her grandson Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, her daughter Princess Anne and her youngest son Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.They are all expected to make an appearance on the famous balcony overlooking The Mall (which is the road leading up to Buckingham Palace) in June as part of the Trooping the Colour military parade to celebrate both the Queen’s birthday and, this year, her platinum jubilee.Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, took a “step back” from royal duties in 2020 when they relocated first to Canada and then to California,.