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THE world saw the future of the monarchy on the Buckingham Palace balcony.
Prince Charles has always been campaigning for a slimmed down version of the family and on Thursday night he got his wish.
However, it wasn’t the way he wanted it to happen.
Tensions with Prince Harry and Meghan are still high and his brother, Prince Andrew, is in disgrace.
The Queen, 96, was stoic as her age has continued to catch up with her following the sad passing of her husband Prince Philip last year.
But, just as jam and cream go with scones, the Queen showed her joy when watching the Royal Air Force fly-past.
The roaring display of military aircraft over the skies of London is always a highlight following Trooping the Colour.
The Queen has done 70 of these, but she looked almost as enthralled as her great grandchild Prince Louis, 4.
But of course, Her Majesty had expected the thunder of the aircraft and did not need to cover her ears like Louis did.
Still waving in that distinctive style, the Queen acknowledged the tens of thousands who crammed into the Mall in London – the long road leading up to Buckingham Palace.
It was almost as if you could see the Queen soaking up the moment, as Britain and the
Commonwealth hoped she would be around for many more fly-pasts to come.
Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, looked elegant alongside Prince Charles, and Princess Anne, one of the hardest working royals, did her duty.
Prince William and Kate looked ready to rule one day, after Prince Charles of course.
The photograph highlights the reality for Prince Harry and Meghan. There was no room for them.
And there never would have been.
Even in decades to come, it was always going to be Prince William, 39, and his eldest son, Prince George, 8, who would take centre stage.
Princess Charlotte is only a year younger than her brother, but she too will one day no longer be the spare, just as Prince Harry found.
Megxit tore apart the Royal Family. Prince Harry was one of the most popular royals – the world mourned with him following the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997.
As a 12-year-old he seemed more vulnerable than Prince William walking behind his mother’s coffin, which was a cruel thing to be forced to do in front of the world.
When he met Meghan, there were always going to be headlines. She was already a TV star in her own right, and Prince Harry, 37, was one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. But it never worked.
Meghan, 40, was a square peg in a round hole in London.
The restrictions on her freedom became too much for a woman who was used to being independent.
It was often overlooked how much Prince Harry was also struggling to fit in with his royal role.
His choice of Meghan can be seen as the first step towards an exit. The couple’s self-indulgent interview with Oprah Winfrey, which included accusations that a member of the royal family asked what colour baby Archie’s skin would be, did them no favours.
And it was if they didn’t take in the torturous stories of some of the people they met on their tour of southern Africa in Nyanga, the murder capital of Cape Town. But they would be forgiven for feeling like they had a bad deal.
Prince Andrew has paid out $20m to Australian-based woman Virginia Roberts-giuffre who claimed she was forced to have sex with him when she was a minor.
And he visited paedophile Jeffrey Epstein after he had been convicted of sex crimes.
Someone in Prince Harry’s shoes would be thinking that the Royal Family has lost perspective. Either way, the slimmed down balcony picture, less than 20 people compared with 50 in 2019, tells a thousand words about Prince Harry and Meghan’s future in the royal family.