Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Harry and Meghan join jubilee service
THE royal family came together with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in honour of the Queen at a special Jubilee service of thanksgiving.
Harry and Meghan joined the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as nearly 40 royals gathered for the celebration in St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
The high-profile event yesterday fell on the second day of the national commemorations marking the monarch’s 70-year reign.
The 96-year-old Queen was absent, watching on television from Windsor Castle instead, after she suffered “discomfort” following a busy first day of festivities including a double balcony appearance and a beacon lighting.
It was the first time Harry and Meghan had been on full public view alongside the Windsors since they quit the monarchy for a new life in the US two years ago.
Crowds cheered the pair as they arrived, with the couple smiling and waving, but both boos and cheers could be heard as they departed.
Indicative of their new more-minor position within the royal family, they sat in the second row behind the Wessex family and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Across the aisle was the Prince of Wales, representing the Queen, and Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Royal and her husband, Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
The Sussexes attended the Trooping celebrations at Horse Guards on Thursday, but stayed out of the spotlight.
More than 2,000 people filled the historic church including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was booed by the crowd outside, Cabinet ministers, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, first ministers of the devolved governments and every living former prime minister.