The Platinum Jubilee, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s seventieth anniversary of her accession, will be held on Thursday, June 2 of this year.
And, we’re just hearing that Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Prince Andrew have been cut from the balcony line-up.
And the news has taken everybody by surprise.
Piers Morgan took to Twitter to share his opinions on the matter…
“BREAKING: Queen bans Harry, Meghan & Andrew from Buckingham Palace balcony for Trooping of Colour ceremony during Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Only working royals performing duties for her will attend. Massive snub to the renegade Sussexes and her shamed son. Good decision,” he wrote.
Another person backed Queen Elizabeth’s decision, as well…
“The Queen has confirmed Harry and Meghan will not stand at the balcony during Jubilee events. Quite right. It would not be fair on other members of the Royal family who carry out their duties with such unstinting devotion. Let them have their ‘privacy’,” they wrote.
Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex stepped down from their duties as senior royals in 2020.
And Prince Andrew was revoked from his working position as a royal within the family this year amid the allegations surrounding the s*xual assault of Virginia Giuffre, to who he paid a financial settlement in March 2022.
And so, the Queen made her decision to only include members of her family who are carrying out royal duties.
“After careful consideration, the Queen has decided this year’s traditional Trooping the Colour balcony appearance on Thursday 2nd June 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 spokesperson said, as per Metro.
Although three members of her family will not be joining her majesty, there will be plenty of royals still surrounding her for the Trooping…
These members include; the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Royal, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
There have been some expectations made to the Queen’s decision that only working royals will join her in celebration, however.
The list includes; Lady Louise and James, and her Cambridge great-grandchildren George, Charlotte, and Louis, as per the news outlet.
“In addition, the Cambridge and Wessex children are also expected to appear as is Sir Tim Laurence, who the Queen is happy to attend as a frequent attendee and support for Princess Royal on official engagements,” the spokesperson continued.
So, it looks like the royal celebration is going to look quite different this year.
But, it doesn’t mean that we won’t see Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, and the Duchess of Sussex at all.
And this comes as a source said that Prince Harry and Megan Markle “are much-loved members of the family and they would be invited to the family event.”
We’re super excited to celebrate seventy years with Queen Elizabeth II!
What do you think?