touching state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II was missing two important guests. Though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were both in attendance, with the Duke of Sussex participating in several processionals surrounding the historic day, neither their 3-year-old son, Archie, nor their 1-year-old daughter, Lilibet, joined their parents for any of the events surrounding the death of their great-grandmother.The two youngsters, who are sixth and seventh in line to the British royal throne behind their father, were home in Montecito, California, while their parents were in the United Kingdom. ET has learned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to return to California imminently to be reunited with their children. On Monday, royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET's Kevin Frazier in London, «I think we'll probably see the Sussexes on their way back to America very soon.
Dame Kelly Holmes met a fellow veteran in the queue to visit Queen Elizabeth lying-in-state.
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Dame Kelly Holmes met a fellow veteran in the queue to visit Queen Elizabeth lying-in-state. The 52-year-old athlete served in the Army before winning gold medals at the 2004 Olympics for sprinting and felt "compelled" to visit Her Late Majesty - who died on September 8 at the age of 96 following a 70-year reign - as she was lying in state at Westminster Hall and changed her plans last minute but ended up meeting a veteran named John who had served during the time of the Queen's father King George VI. She said: "I was in Liverpool at the National Diversity Awards and I won, I'm very pleased to say and I got back after the after-party.
It felt weird celebrating at the time but I did. At 2:30 in the morning, I felt so compelled to have to join that queue. I've talked very openly about my military service and given that kind of Oath of Allegiance but I felt so compelled.
"I changed my arrangements, got on the train at 7am, made some arrangements to get some warm clothes, got changed in the toilets at Charing Cross, and ended up joining the queue. It was the most moving but joyous moment of togetherness. I met this wonderful man called John who was 90 years old.
He stayed with us for seven and a half hours and I was getting him involved along the way by getting the police do press ups and I kept everyone entertained. "Finally, opposite the Houses of Parliaments, the first aiders said he could fast track and he looked at me because I'd taken him under my wing at this point. I said 'You can go, you've done your service.
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