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03.06.2022 - 14:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A huge cheer went up as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral for this morning’s thanksgiving service for the Platinum Jubilee.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex held hands and were smiling broadly as they walked up the steps of the cathedral, while cheers could be heard from the crowd.
Kate Middleton and Prince William and other senior royals are at the service with Meghan and Prince Harry - in a first joint event since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from royal duties two years ago.
However, the Queen will not be in attendance after pulling out having experienced "some discomfort" during Thursday's celebrations.
Prince Andrew will also be absent after palace officials said he tested positive for Covid-19.
While Harry and Meghan were welcomed with a loud reception, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was booed as he arrived at the service.
Meghan and Harry arrived hand in hand to the service, stopping to chat to the senior cleric before taking their seats among other royals including Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
It comes as the Queen had the chance to meet her great-grandaughter Lilibet for the first time following yesterday's Trooping the Colour.
Her Majesty, 96, is said to have had a private lunch with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Windsor yesterday.
Royal commentator Omid Scobie, one of the authors of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's biography Finding Freedom, said that yesterday evening would have been the first time the monarch could have met her namesake, who turns one on June 4, in person.
The Dean of St Paul’s has said today’s thanksgiving service represents the nation “picking up the baton” from The Queen as a thank you for her years of service.
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Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie were greeted with boos from the crowd outside St Paul’s Cathedral as they arrived for the National Thanksgiving Service this morning (June 3). As they walked up the steps some onlookers could be heard booing, although there were also cheers from some members of the crowd.
Day two of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations have kicked off as Royals have started arriving for the Service of Thanksgiving. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 70-year reign with the four-day weekend. And while she was in attendance for the Trooping of the Colour, she will be watching the televised Service of Thanksgiving from the comfort of her Windsor Castle home due to some "discomfort" from the day before.
Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie were booed by fans as they walked into St Paul's Cathedral for the start of the Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving service on Friday 3 June. As the Prime Minister, 57, and his other half, 34, got out of their car and walked up the steps, onlookers shared their distaste. Boris had a worried look on his face as he ascended the steps with his wife, who he shares son Wilfred, two, and daughter Romy, five months, with.