Meghan Markle and Prince Harry given prime seats to watch Trooping the Colour as they return to UK for Queen’s Jubilee
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set to be given prime seats to watch the Trooping the Colour upon their return to the UK.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set to be given prime seats to watch the Trooping the Colour today.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex touched down in the UK yesterday, secretly arriving by private jet, The Sun reported.
They were picked up by Her Majesty‘s Range Rover and greeted by three of the Queen’s protection officers.
Bullet-proof cars then took them — plus children Archie, three, and Lilibet, one on Saturday — from Farnborough Airport, Hants, to Frogmore Cottage, Windsor.
And today, they will join senior royals together for the first time in more than two years at the Trooping the Colour.
Harry and Meg have been given prime seats to watch the landmark event – with palace officials confirming they will line up with the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Cornwall.
They will, however, be watching from a window.
Police would not confirm whether Archie and Lilibet – who until now the Queen has not met – will join them.
The party will be joined by Beatrice and Eugenie and Zara Tindall at the Major General’s Office overlooking Horseguards Parade.
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The Queen, 96, will later appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the RAF fly-past.
But she will not be at the earlier Trooping the Colour with Meghan and Harry, where Prince Charles will take the salute on the monarch‘s behalf.
Her Majesty will remain at Buckingham Palace where she will take the returning cavalry’s salute from the balcony there.
The Colour of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards will be trooped while Charles inspects the Troops of the Household Division on the monarch’s behalf.
He will be joined by Prince William, 39, and his sister the Princess Royal, with all three on horseback.
Following her appearance on the Palace balcony with working royals such as William, Kate and Camilla, the Queen is expected to have a private lunch at Buckingham Palace with her family.
Later Prince William will join his grandmother in a dual lighting of the Jubilee beacons — separated by 25 miles.
The Queen will symbolically touch on the globe, triggering lights chasing along the Quadrangle towards Windsor Castle’s Round Tower.
It will lead to lighting of a beacon by William at the Queen’s Green Canopy Tree of Trees sculpture outside Buckingham Palace.
After a good rest, it is expected the Queen will join her family including Andrew, Harry and Meghan, at St Paul’s Cathedral for a thanksgiving service in her honour tomorrow.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception at the Guildhall.
This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission
Originally published as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry given prime seats to watch Trooping the Colour as they return to UK for Queen’s Jubilee
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