{"id":33608,"date":"2022-06-02T14:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-meghan-absent-from-balcony-at-platinum-jubilee\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:44:55","slug":"prince-harry-meghan-absent-from-balcony-at-platinum-jubilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-meghan-absent-from-balcony-at-platinum-jubilee\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan absent from balcony at Platinum Jubilee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first balcony appearance by the royal family in three years looked a little different.<\/p>\n

The last time the family gathered to wave to the crowd outside Buckingham Palace was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the group of 17 included Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince Andrew were absent from the balcony during the 2022 Trooping the Color parade.<\/figcaption>
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This time around, it’s been pared down to only working members of the family, which put the Queen, 96, front and center Thursday for her Platinum Jubilee celebration, flanked by Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles as well as Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children.<\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s youngest, 4-year-old Prince Louis, was the most expressive on the balcony, at one point opening his mouth wide and covering his ears as loud planes flew overhead.<\/p>\n

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Prince Louis covered his ears as planes flew overhead.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several less familiar faces joined the group, too, including the Queen’s cousins \u200b\u200bPrince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, and Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, and their respective wives, Birgitte and Katharine.<\/p>\n

Every June, there is a parade called Trooping the Color, which marks the Queen’s official birthday, although this year it is also part of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee marking her unprecedented 70 years on the throne.<\/p>\n

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The Queen was joined by working royals including Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year, over 1,400 soldiers and hundreds of horses and musicians came together for the traditional parade, which was followed by the royal family appearing on the palace balcony to wave to the thousands of spectators gathered below.<\/p>\n

Get the latest updates on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with The Post’s live coverage<\/p>\n

With the Queen previously announcing that only working royals would appear, that meant no Harry, 37, and Markle, 40, who opted out of royal duties in January 2020. Also missing was Andrew, 62, who was stripped of his duties<\/span><\/span> in November 2019 over his involvement with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein; Andrew more recently settled a sex abuse lawsuit with accuser Virginia Giuffre.<\/p>\n

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The Queen was all smiles during her Platinum Jubilee.<\/figcaption>
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It’s a \u201ctactful\u201d way to sidestep controversy, Pauline Maclaran of the Center for the Study of Modern Monarchy at Royal Holloway, University of London, told the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cBalcony displays are used very strategically by the royal family,\u201d Maclaran noted. \u201cThey’re very well aware this makes a statement. It’s so important. “<\/p>\n

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The last time the family gathered was in 2019.<\/figcaption>
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However, it is not the first time that the balcony has appeared sparser.<\/p>\n

The Diamond Jubilee celebration in 2012 saw the Queen accompanied by only five close family members: Charles, now 73, Parker Bowles, 74, William, 39, Middleton, 40, and Harry.<\/p>\n

This year was also the Queen’s first Trooping the Color without Prince Philip by her side following his death at age 99 in April 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first balcony appearance by the royal family in three years looked a little different. The last time the family gathered to wave to the crowd outside Buckingham Palace was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the group of 17 included Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince Andrew. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince …<\/p>\n

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