Pushed down. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were demoted on the royal website.
09.09.2022 - 12:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The death of Britain's longest-serving monarch has instantly triggered changes that are likely to take getting used to as the Queen has been a permanent and unfaltering figure in the lives of generations. Queen Elizabeth II died, aged 96, on Thursday afternoon (September 8).
Her death was announced at around 6.30pm following the release of a brief statement by Buckingham Palace. The Palace said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
All of the Queen's children, King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, rushed to be by her side. Prince William and Prince Harry, made the journey to Scotland while Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, remained with her and William's children. Meghan is thought to have remained in London.
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Following the death of the Queen, Charles III automatically succeeded the throne, but the 73-year-old will not be formally proclaimed King until an Accession Council is held at St James’s Palace in London on Saturday (September 10). Less than an hour after his mother's death was announced, the King released his first statement since becoming the new monarch.
He said: "The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.
"During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and
Pushed down. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were demoted on the royal website.
During his first address to the United Kingdom as monarch on Friday 9 September, King Charles reflected on how the death of Queen Elizabeth II would change the royal family. After becoming King immediately upon the death of his beloved mother, 73 year old Charles had to give up a number of his titles including that of the Prince of Wales, which he was given when he was just nine years old.
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales (aka Kate Middleton) visit the Windsor Guildhall to thank volunteers and operational staff involved in her Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral on Thursday (September 22) in Windsor, UK.
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.
Prince George appeared to visibly show the emotion of the occasion as he sat in Westminster Abbey at the funeral service of his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The nine-year-old heir to the throne joined his younger sister Princess Charlotte as they paid their respects and said a final goodbye to the Queen.
Honoring her grandmother-in-law. Meghan Markle got emotional as she attended Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey.
Prince George, 9, and Princess Charlotte, 7, join their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) for a procession of the Queen inside Westminster Abbey on Monday (September 19) in London, England.
Catherine, Princess of Wales (aka Kate Middleton) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (aka Meghan Markle) arrive at Westminster Abbey for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (September 19) in London, England.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday, Prince Harry arrived wearing his morning suit and military medals. He then processed behind his grandmother's coffin as it moved from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey for her State Funeral service. As has been an ongoing conversation throughout the official events surrounding the queen's funeral, the Duke of Sussex was not permitted to wear his military uniform to the State Funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey.His father, King Charles III, and older brother, Prince William, were both seen in their uniforms.
King Charles III is ready to do a major shakeup within the royal family!
, it was widely reported that as grandchildren of the new monarch, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's two children, . This is something King Charles surely knows, as it was his own grandfather King George who made the rule in 1917 that all children and grandchildren of the current monarch would automatically be granted titles of prince and princess and use the HRH (his or her royal highness), if they wanted it. Except now there's word going around that even if the Sussex children become Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, they still might not get the HRH—because they are not technically “working royals.” A source told the “That is the agreement—they can be prince and princess but not HRH because they are not working royals,” which reportedly left Harry and Meghan “furious.” Toddlers probably shouldn't be “working” anything, to be honest, but even abiding by confusing royals rules, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie aren't “working royals” either and they still get the HRH title. Harry and Meghan have long maintained that it's not the title itself that's important, it's the fact that having royal titles entitles them to certain increased security measures.
As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a new school year continues for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
The Queen’s coffin will continue lying in state in Edinburgh until 5pm today, Tuesday 13 September, when it will be flown to London ahead of her funeral next week. Her Majesty's coffin will remain at the St Giles' cathedral until early evening following an emotional vigil involving her four children last night.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex have two children, Archie Harrison and Lilibet "Lili" Diana. Prince Harry is the son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana.
on Thursday, September 8, a number of changes big and small have taken effect within the British monarchy. Among those changes, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, received new titles, becoming the in addition to the .
The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to move into the late Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home. But they are said to be postponing the move for the sake of the children as they have just relocated to Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor estate.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could fly their children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, to the UK ahead of the late Queen's funeral, an expert has said.The Sussexes were on an unofficial European tour when the sad news of Elizabeth II's poor health broke on Thursday afternoon.They immediately cancelled the rest of their plans the Duke raced to Balmoral, where other family members were also gathering at Elizabeth II's side. Following the monarch's sad death, a spokesperson for the couple has since confirmed they will stay in the UK for the period of royal mourning, which finishes seven days after the funeral on September 19.
After King Charles III became the sovereign of the United Kingdom, Prince William and Princess Kate were given a set of new titles.
King Charles III addressed the nation for the first time as the Monarch and announced William and Kate as the Prince and Princess of Wales. In his address, the King said: "Queen Elizabeth's was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today."
A new direction. Prince William and Duchess Kate have officially stepped into new roles within the British royal family after Queen Elizabeth II‘s death.