Meghan Markle, Prince Harry not invited to King Charles Trooping the Colour for 3rd year in row
Another royal snub.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are not invited to King Charles’ annual Trooping the Colour being held on Saturday, June 14, according to People.This marks the third year in a row that the couple has been left out of the ceremonial event amid their ongoing feud with the royal family.The last time Markle, 43, and Harry, 40, attended the military parade was when they celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.But even then, they were forced to watch from a separate balcony alongside other non-working royals.Following Queen Elizabeth’s death in September 2022 and Charles’ ascension to the throne, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped being invited to Trooping the Colour altogether.“This is the first year of his life that Harry hasn’t been invited at all,” palace insider Richard Eden noted in 2023.
“With Harry and Meghan, we’ve always had a sort of ‘will they, won’t they’ before every big royal occasion.”“Well, it seems like the palace has tackled this this time by just not inviting them at all,” he added.“So, you know, it’s significant.”Although Harry and his wife quit their royal duties and left Buckingham Palace for California in 2020, some officials thought the pair would still be invited to events like Trooping the Colour.“When Harry and Meghan quit royal duties, I think officials were very keen to stress that they would still be invited to occasions such as Trooping the Colour,” Eden said three years ago.
“So the fact they haven’t been invited is very significant.”Held every June to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign, Trooping the Colour is considered one of the royal family’s most high-profile annual events.It sees more than 1,400 soldiers, horses, and musicians gather on Horse Guards Parade in London to celebrate the monarch.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who married in May 2018, participated in the celebrations together one month after their wedding and agai...