LONDON – Would they show or no? The biggest suspense ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday was whether runaway royals Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, would appear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Buckingham Palace had indicated it would be only \u201csenior working royals\u201d and some of their children for the big moment on the balcony with the queen. That would exclude Harry and Meghan, who gave up their royal responsibilities in 2020 and moved to California, shaking the foundations of the family institution. But still, rumors swirled until the last moment that the queen might make an exception.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In the end, it was a no – at least for Thursday’s big event, the \u201cTrooping the Color\u201d military parade. Harry and Meghan weren’t on the balcony in the sunshine with the queen to watch the dazzling Royal Air Force flyover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Nevertheless, keen-eyed observers spotted Meghan, wearing a wide-brimmed white hat, in a window above the parade route. Royal commentator and biographer Omid Scobie tweeted that Meghan and Harry had been photographed while speaking with the queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent and playfully chatting with some of the queen’s great-grandchildren di lei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n