British Queen Elizabeth II gave Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle only 15 minutes of her time during her platinum jubilee celebration (the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne), a royal source confirmed to the British newspaper, The Sun.
According to the source, the meeting that brought the Queen together with her grandson, the Duke of Sussex, his wife and their two children Archie and Lilibet was very “official and fast”, and did not exceed 15 minutes.
The source confirmed that Harry and his wife were prevented from bringing a photographer to Windsor Castle to capture the moment the Queen saw Lillibit for the first time since her birth, “to preserve the privacy of the family.” Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the source’s statement.
Harry and his wife appeared for the first time following leaving the royal family during the thanksgiving service that was held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Friday 3 June.
Informed sources said: The royal family was happy that he brought Archie and Lillibit to meet the Queen and the rest of the family. Nevertheless, the Sussexes refused the opportunity to have snacks and drinks with the family at the Guildhall Building in Windsor, preferring to remain alone at Frogmore Palace. Harry and his wife returned to the United States an hour before the British royal family appeared for the last time on the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.
A royal source said Harry and Meghan chose to leave in silence and without making a fuss. The cost of a round trip trip for the couple and their two children is estimated at 160,000 pounds. It is not known who paid for this trip. Harry and Meghan gave up their royal duties in March 2020.
Since that time, Harry and his wife have attacked the royal family on more than one occasion, the most famous of which is the controversial interview they gave to the American media, Oprah Winfrey, which was broadcast in March 2021. In which Harry said that his father and brother are “prisoners” of the regime, as members of the royal family, He also stated that he “felt let down by his father”, who stopped answering his calls and stopped financial support for him when he and his wife traveled to the United States of America.
Megan also said during the interview that the royal family refused to provide psychological help to her, following she had the idea of suicide, and she and Harry revealed a conversation in which an unnamed person in the royal family expressed “concern” regarding the color of their son Archie’s skin during Megan’s pregnancy with him.
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Love extinguishes between Shakira and Pique and Johnny Depp wins.. Here are the highlights of the past week
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Johnny Depp wins, Heard is shocked, the love fades between Shakira and Pique, and Queen Elizabeth celebrates her platinum jubilee and I don’t care… Here are the highlights of the past week.
Last week was the week of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard par excellence, as a state of anticipation prevailed around the world, awaiting the final verdict in their mutual defamation case.
Over the past weeks, the trial enjoyed a wide interaction on the communication sites, and it topped the headlines of international news, and as soon as the verdict was pronounced, the interaction came in favor of Deeb, who had clear sympathy from the beginning compared to his rival Heard.
The interaction with Heard and Deeb’s trial did not subside, until another couple topped the scene, where the Colombian-Lebanese singer Shakira and her partner, Spanish football star Gerard Pique, announced their separation.
Last week, the pioneers of networking sites around the world were busy with Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations, and photos of her appearance with the royal family, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of her accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, were topped by international media.
And the last station of the most prominent for this week, from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, where the Egyptian singer Angham performed a concert, in the Jeddah season, for the first time following she underwent a precise shoulder surgery recently, while the Egyptian star Yasmine Abdel Aziz worried her fans regarding her health once more with a picture she published through the story feature in her Instagram account.
Harry and Meghan Markle appear for the first time in two years at a royal ceremony
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
London – AFP
Prince Harry and his wife Megan Merkel joined the royal family on Friday in their first public appearance in Britain in two years, to participate in a prayer of thanksgiving held at a cathedral in London, for the intention of Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrates her platinum jubilee.
However, the chances of all family members meeting on Friday faded following his grandmother was forced to be absent due to “some distress” Thursday during the launch of four-day celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
The 96-year-old will follow the ceremonies on the small screen because of her difficulty walking and standing, forcing her to cancel her participation in a number of events since last year.
On Thursday, she appeared twice from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in central London, following the Trooping the Color military parade.
Evening was at Windsor Castle for lamp-lighting ceremonies across the country and in the 54 Commonwealth nations of which she also presides.
Her absence, which the palace said she received “with great hesitation”, casts doubt on her attendance at Saturday’s horse derby.
The Queen has only missed the iconic race three times since her coronation, most recently in 2020 when attendance was banned due to Covid.
In front of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Stephanie Stitt, 35, a fan of the royal family, said she was “a little disappointed” by the Queen’s absence.
However, the event manager, who joined tens of thousands of revelers Thursday on Mall Avenue, said the decision not to attend was “understandable because she is 96 years old.”
The Queen’s second son, Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his official duties due to his relations with two people convicted of sexual abuse, and was absent from Thursday’s events, will also miss Friday’s prayer ceremonies following contracting Covid.
However, Crown Prince Charles, 73, will represent her once more as the oldest member of the royal family, following participating on her behalf in the traditional “Tropping the Color” parade when he saluted the soldiers on horseback.
More than 400 people were invited to Friday’s prayer service, including health and social workers, to thank them for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bible readings, prayers and hymns were chosen to reflect what the palace said was the queen’s “dedicated life of service”.
After the ceremony, the largest church bell in the country, which weighs 16.5 tons, will ring.
The Queen received congratulations on her record-breaking accession to the throne from world leaders, including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The British government confirmed plans for a post-Brexit phase of returning to the symbol of the crown on the pint cups, in a move it said was a “decent tribute” to the Queen.
It also launched a survey on allowing goods to be sold in imperial units (the British imperial system) following the European Union had prioritized metric.
Harry, a former British army captain, and his biracial American television actress wife Meghan were once seen as the modern face of the monarchy following their marriage in 2018.
But less than two years later, they gave up their royal titles and moved to the United States, drawing a number of offensive criticisms.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, set up a charitable association in California but angered palace fans following they pulled out and later revealed details regarding royal life in a resounding television interview.
And a recent YouGov poll showed that their popularity with the British had fallen to an all-time low. Nearly two thirds of the respondents (63 percent) had a negative opinion of them.
Upon the arrival of Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they are officially called, cheers erupted from the crowds gathered in front of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Harry, 37, a former British army captain, wore a jacket with military medals, while Meghan, 40, wore a white dress and matching hat.
At the sound of the bells, they entered the cathedral and sat among the audience, including the last five British prime ministers.
On Thursday, they attended the show, out of sight from another building, following being excluded from the palace balcony because they no longer held any official duties in the royal family.
Harry, Meghan and Andrew outside the Buckingham Palace balcony
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Eyes turn to the balcony of Buckingham Palace, which has been a key element for more than a century in the image of the British royal family, whose members appear assembled during coronations, weddings and major events, and are expected to appear during the celebrations of the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne.
The 96-year-old decided to limit the attendance on the balcony during the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the British throne to members of the royal family who take on official duties, and they will greet the crowds from the balcony during the military parade “Tropping the Color”. It is expected that 18 members of the family will appear on the balcony, which is much less than what was previously recorded.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, who withdrew from royal life and moved to California in 2020, were excluded from attending the balcony, but they will come to the United Kingdom with their two children.
Also excluded from the balcony was Prince Andrew, the Queen’s youngest son, who was stripped of his military titles following an assault suit brought by a woman in New York that dropped a financial settlement the prince reached with the plaintiff last March, in which he paid millions of dollars.
After two difficult years for the royal family, the balcony, which is decorated with a red and gold cap during major occasions, is not supposed to see any tensions.
Over the years, the balcony became a facade for the British royal family, and following it was an element of its members interacting with the crowds gathered behind the fence of Buckingham Palace, the image of the British monarch saluting the crowds spread all over the world.
This method of greeting the crowd goes back to Queen Victoria, who introduced this custom into royal life in 1851 at the opening of the Great Exhibition.
Seven years later, the family appeared on the balcony during the wedding of the eldest daughter, Princess Victoria. Since that occasion, the balcony has witnessed the most remarkable moments in the life of the royal family and the history of Britain.
On August 4, 1914, crowds demanded that King George V appear following the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. In November 1918, thousands of Britons welcomed the King and Queen following the signing of the First Armistice of Compiegne.
The balcony then witnessed the presence of members of the royal family during wedding ceremonies, jubilees, coronations and other major official occasions. In 1935, Princess Elizabeth, then 9, greeted the crowds from the balcony to mark the 25th anniversary of her grandfather George V’s accession to the British throne. Two years later, she greeted fans from the balcony at the coronation of her father, George VI.
On May 8, 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill joined the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in celebration of the Allied victory over Germany.
Princess Elizabeth appeared on the balcony in 1947 on the occasion of her wedding to Prince Philip, and then once more in 1953, when she became queen, on the occasion of her coronation.
Nor is the appearance of the royal family on the balcony spontaneously; The queen is in the center dressed in bright colors, while the high-ranking men appear in full traditional military uniform and the women wear distinctive hats.
Historic moments are sometimes recorded, some of them unusually daring, such as Prince Charles and Princess Diana who exchanged a kiss on the balcony following their marriage in 1981, following in the footsteps of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and then Prince William and Kate Middleton.
However, the importance of the balcony lies not so much in highlighting the image of the family as in expressing the image of the monarchy itself.