Meghan Markle will not be attending Prince Philip’s funeral with her husband, Prince Harry, who plans to attend.
On Saturday, one day after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace officials announced that a private funeral would be held on April 17 in Windsor Castle.
According to the palace, Philip participated in the planning of his funeral and the focus on family was in line with his wishes. The 99-year-old Duke died at the age of 99.
Prince Harry, who resigned from royal duties last year and now lives in California, will attend the service with other members of the royal family. His wife, Meghan Markle, who is pregnant, was advised by her doctor not to attend.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their decision to retire as senior members of the British royal family last year and have since moved to California, where they live with their son, Archie.
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Harry’s attendance will be the first time he has reunited with his British royal family, as he and his wife conducted a viral interview with Oprah Winfrey.
During the two-hour CBS presentation, Harry reveals that his relationship with his father, Prince Charles (72), and his older brother, Prince William, has broken down.
Markle describes her as so isolated and miserable within the royal family that she had suicidal thoughts. The Duchess of Sussex also claims that a member of the royal family has ‘concerns’ about the color of the skin of her unborn child. The family member was not Queen Elizabeth II or her husband Prince Philip, according to Harry, who sparked a spate of speculations about who it could be.
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Harry told Winfrey the royal family cut him off financially in early 2020 after he planned to retire from his roles. But he was able to afford security for his family because of the money left behind by his late mother, Princess Diana.
Prince Philip’s funeral will be the first time Harry will reunite with his family in the UK after the broadcast of his and Meghan Markle’s two-hour sit-down with Oprah Winfrey.
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Sources told Us Weekly that after the interview, William ‘struggles’ to hold back and that he wants to share his side of the story in public.
William said the royals ‘very much are not a racist family’ when confronted by reporters. He added that he had not yet spoken to Harry about the content of the interview at the time. Gayle King then reported that the brothers had been talking ever since, but conversations were ‘not productive’.
As for the funeral service, palace officials said the ceremony will be held strictly in accordance with the government’s COVID-19 guidelines, which limit the number of people attending funerals. They did not want to say whether the royal family was expected to wear masks.
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Prince Harry revealed in an interview in February that he kept in touch with his grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II, about Zoom. The Duke of Edinburgh died on Friday at the age of 99.
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Funeral details were announced on Saturday after military teams across the UK and on ships fired 41 salute salutes to mark the duke’s death, honoring the former naval officer, whom they consider one of their own.
Batteries in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast – the capitals of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom – as well as other cities in the United Kingdom and the Mediterranean outpost of Gibraltar, fired the bursts at one-minute intervals. , which began the afternoon. Ships, including the HMS Montrose, a frigate patrolling the Persian Gulf, offered their own salutes.
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“It is with sadness that Her Majesty the Queen announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully at Windsor Castle this morning,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. .
This August 1951 file shows the British Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, with her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne in Clarence House, the royal couple’s residence in London . Philip’s funeral will be held on April 17 in Windsor Castle in a family service that will be closed to the public.
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On February 16, Philip was admitted to a London hospital after feeling ill. On March 3, he had a procedure for an existing heart condition in the St. Underwent Bartholomew’s Hospital before being transferred to King Edward VII Hospital on 5 March and finally released on 16 March.
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He is the longest reigning king in British history. He and the queen have four children, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Fox News’ Stephanie Nolasco and The Associated Press contributed to this report.