From a window overlooking Horse Guards Parade in central London, an energetic Meghan Markle appeared to playfully’shush’ a group of young royals as she made her first appearance at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The Duchess of Sussex, 40, spoke with Savannah Philips, 11, and her sister Isla, 10, as well as Lena Tindall, three, and her older sister Mia, eight, as she joked that the girls should be quiet during the Trooping of the Colour, which was taking place in the parade square below them.
In a different photo, her husband Prince Harry, 37, appeared to’shush’ the youngsters before speaking with the Duke of Kent, who was clad in a scarlet military tunic studded with medals.
After being deprived of his honorary titles as part of his Megxit arrangement with the Queen to step away from royal duties, Harry appeared to be dressed in a morning suit rather than the military uniforms his father Prince Charles and brother Prince William wore to the march.
Meghan watched the impressive military spectacle from the Major General’s Office, which overlooks the Whitehall parade ground, with her husband and other royals including the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Months of uncertainty about whether the Sussexes would attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations came to an end with their arrival.
While they were present with several royals at Horse Guards Parade, they were not present when the Queen, Prince Charles, the Cambridges, and their children watched the flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony. Working royals and their families were given priority on the balcony.
The couple’s participation at the Jubilee marks their first official royal engagement in over two years. They were supposed to bring their three-year-old Archie and Lilibet, who is almost one, to the public family reunion, but their kids have yet to be seen.
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