Prince Harry and Meghan Markle excluded from Jubliee balcony appearance
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Prince Andrew has also been left of the list of royal family members invited to stand alongside the monarch at next month's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not be among the royal family members invited to stand on the balcony at Buckingham Palace during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee next month.
Plans for the celebration were announced Friday, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been asked to stand alongside the monarch for the traditional flypast at the conclusion the June 2 trooping of the colour ceremony.
The Queen’s embattled son, Prince Andrew, has also been left off the invite list, reports the BBC.
The three have not made the cut because only working royals carrying out the family’s official duties will be included, a royal spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
Harry and Meghan ceased to be working members of the family in 2020 when they announced they would no longer take part in royal duties and moved their family to the United States.
Prince Andrew was stripped of his ‘His Royal Highness’ title and royal duties and patronages in January in the wake of a civil lawsuit connected to his relationship with disgraced late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein
However, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan confirmed to the BBC that Harry and Meghan will make the trip to the U.K. to join in the festivities, bringing their two children, Archie and Lilibet, with them.