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..from attending the celebrations at her Platinum Jubilee in June..
In an unprecedented move the Queen has banned her own and some say favourite son, and her grandson, and his wife from appearing on the Palace Balcony..In effect wiping them from future history books with regard to the Queen's jubilee.
In a weird announcement just minutes after being informed they were banned from apapearing ..Harry & meghan released a statement to say they will be happy to attend the jubilee....
The 96-year-old monarch's decisive action to only include royals carrying out official public duties, such as Harry's father and brother, for the Buckingham Palace parade was taken by her 'after careful consideration' - yet there are exceptions for some of Harry's fellow grandchildren and some of the Queen's great-grandchildren including George, Charlotte and Louis.
'The Queen has decided this year's traditional Trooping the Colour balcony appearance on Thursday June 2 will be limited to Her Majesty and those members of the royal family who are currently undertaking official public duties on behalf of the Queen', a palace spokesman said.
But it is understood the Sussexes have been invited to other jubilee events - likely to include the service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Friday June 3. Andrew is also expected to be there.
The symbolic Trooping the Colour ban will be widely viewed as a rejection of Harry and Meghan, who quit the monarchy for a new life in the US two years ago, and to Andrew, who was cast out of the institution over his civil sexual assault case that saw him hand £12million to one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex slaves.
Royal biographer Tom Bower told MailOnline that the Queen had ended the 'mystery farce created by the Sussexes' about whether they would be on the balcony - but warned the couple, who have a big money deal with Netflix, may try to 'milk' the jubilee.
He said: ‘They [Harry and Meghan] have been forced to accept a downgraded role - grouped with all the other VIP’s - but are clearly desperate not to be excluded. If the Palace is not remarkably careful, the Sussexes will milk the celebrations for their own benefit. Hopefully, the Sussexes will be kept firmly in check to avoid their selfish interests dominating the celebration of the Queen’s awe-inspiring service to Britain'.
Royal author Angela Levin said the Queen had made a 'great decision' to restrict the balcony to working royals, adding: 'It will have such a different positive atmosphere if there are working royals who support Her Majesty.’ On the Sussexes' decision to attend other events she said: ‘The focus will be on them and how they behave, which the Jubilee shouldn't be about'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ckingham-Palace-balcony-Platinum-Jubilee.html
In an unprecedented move the Queen has banned her own and some say favourite son, and her grandson, and his wife from appearing on the Palace Balcony..In effect wiping them from future history books with regard to the Queen's jubilee.
In a weird announcement just minutes after being informed they were banned from apapearing ..Harry & meghan released a statement to say they will be happy to attend the jubilee....
The 96-year-old monarch's decisive action to only include royals carrying out official public duties, such as Harry's father and brother, for the Buckingham Palace parade was taken by her 'after careful consideration' - yet there are exceptions for some of Harry's fellow grandchildren and some of the Queen's great-grandchildren including George, Charlotte and Louis.
'The Queen has decided this year's traditional Trooping the Colour balcony appearance on Thursday June 2 will be limited to Her Majesty and those members of the royal family who are currently undertaking official public duties on behalf of the Queen', a palace spokesman said.
But it is understood the Sussexes have been invited to other jubilee events - likely to include the service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Friday June 3. Andrew is also expected to be there.
The symbolic Trooping the Colour ban will be widely viewed as a rejection of Harry and Meghan, who quit the monarchy for a new life in the US two years ago, and to Andrew, who was cast out of the institution over his civil sexual assault case that saw him hand £12million to one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex slaves.
Royal biographer Tom Bower told MailOnline that the Queen had ended the 'mystery farce created by the Sussexes' about whether they would be on the balcony - but warned the couple, who have a big money deal with Netflix, may try to 'milk' the jubilee.
He said: ‘They [Harry and Meghan] have been forced to accept a downgraded role - grouped with all the other VIP’s - but are clearly desperate not to be excluded. If the Palace is not remarkably careful, the Sussexes will milk the celebrations for their own benefit. Hopefully, the Sussexes will be kept firmly in check to avoid their selfish interests dominating the celebration of the Queen’s awe-inspiring service to Britain'.
Royal author Angela Levin said the Queen had made a 'great decision' to restrict the balcony to working royals, adding: 'It will have such a different positive atmosphere if there are working royals who support Her Majesty.’ On the Sussexes' decision to attend other events she said: ‘The focus will be on them and how they behave, which the Jubilee shouldn't be about'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ckingham-Palace-balcony-Platinum-Jubilee.html