Staying out of the spotlight. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles weren’t in attendance at the Princess Diana statue unveiling on Thursday, July 1, but they had a solid reason for keeping away.“The royals wanted to keep it very personal and not have many family members in attendance since that would be a takeaway from the special moment,” a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. “This wasn’t a last-minute decision; it was decided on a few weeks ago that the other royals wouldn’t be attending. Meghan [Markle] just had her baby, [Duchess] Kate watched from afar with the kids, and same with the Queen.
Charles had said he didn’t want to be a distraction.”Prince William and Prince Harry, who commissioned the statue in 2017, reunited at the event
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