Platinum Jubilee Pageant: Meghan, Harry and kids a no show - but rest of royal children out in force

A new beginning? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal family relationship may either be renewed or strained after their visit for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Royal biographer Duncan Larcombe reveals that if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex say anything about their visit behind closed doors, they might be dropped from the family entirely.

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Queen Elizabeth II was notably absent from multiple Platinum Jubilee events due to her "episodic mobility issues." Royal historian Robert Lacey explained the decision had to do with minimizing the distress the citizens of the British monarch might feel if she stumbled. "She would not want to stumble – not for her own sake but for the distress it would cause other people," Lacey told People magazine. However, her absence was even felt at events she did attend.

Duchess of Cambridge, moved around a little, cosying up to both his parents and his grandfather the Prince of Wales. At one point, Charles rocked his four-year-old grandson from side to side on his lap.

Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell were among the famous faces who celebrated the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Hundreds of “national treasures” joined the Time of Our Lives section of the spectacle in central London, which paid homage to the last seven decades of the monarch’s historic reign. The celebrities, who have been pivotal to British culture over the last 70 years, travelled through the street parade in decorated open-top double-decker buses each themed to a decade.

Princess Eugenie‘s son August is making his public debut!

The Queen's Jubilee Pageant as kicked off this afternoon, Sunday 5 June, as part of the 96 year old monarch's final Platinum Jubilee celebrations.The Pageant route starts from Whitehall, goes through Admiralty Arch, up The Mall to Buckingham Palace, around Queen Victoria Memorial and down Birdcage Walk, and will see a 6,000 strong performing cast from across the UK and Commonwealth, celebrating the Jubilee split into three acts. For the first act, the bells of Westminster Abbey peeled as they did on Coronation Day.The Gold State Coach, a poignant symbol of Coronation Day 70 years ago, was seen travelling through the streets of London for the first time in twenty years.

The climactic day of the Platinum Jubilee will be marked by a pageant celebrating some key aspects of British life.

The Queen may have decided to skip the music concert held as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but that didn’t stop her stealing the show with a surprise cameo role in a sketch to kick off the event. 

Cheeky comedian Lee Mack wasted no time in using the Queen's Platinum Jubilee as an opportunity to stick the knife in Boris Johnson – metaphorically of course.The northern comic, 53, opened the concert, which is being held outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, by making light of the so-called 'partygate' affair in Downing Street. Speaking with the Prime Minister in attendance, who was in the royal box, Mack said: "Finally we can say the words ‘party’ and ‘gate’ and it’s a positive." The joke drew cheers and laughs from the crowd.The embarrassing quip comes just a day after the PM was booed outside St Paul's Cathedral as he attended the Thanksgiving service with members of the Royal Family.

Lizzie Cundy has confessed she thinks the Duke and Duchess of Sussex "pulled on the Queen's heartstrings" with their daughter Lilibet over the Platinum Jubilee weekend. Meghan Markle, 40, and her husband Prince Harry, 37, are currently in the UK with their two children Archie, three, and Lilibet, who turned one today over the Queen's Jubilee weekend.

Members of the Royal Family are out in full force on Saturday as they continue to attend Platinum Jubilee events across the country ahead of tonight's Party at the Palace. From appearing together on Buckingham Palace' balcony for Trooping the Colour, to heading to St Paul's Cathedral for a Service of Thanksgiving, the family have now spread their wings to widen the Queen's celebrations across the UK. Anne, the Princess Royal, has arrived in Epsom for the Derby Day with her family after a quick trip to Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are in the UK for the Jubilee celebrations and “could christen their daughter Lilibet at Windsor with the Queen today”. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took part in the Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen's 70 years on the throne, in their first appearance with the Royal Family after stepping down as working members of the family back in 2020. During their visit, the Queen has reportedly finally met her great granddaughter Lilibet in “private” and reports now suggest the tot may be christened today on her first birthday.

Members of the Royal Family have shared sweet messages of well wishes to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's daughter Lilibet on her first birthday on Saturday 4 June.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter Lilibet, who was recently introduced to her namesake the Queen, are celebrating their daughter's milestone birthday in the UK, after jetting from the US for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations. And as Meghan, 40, Harry, 37, celebrate Lilibet's big day, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family have shared sweet messages to the tot on social media.The Queen tweeted on her The Royal Family account: "Wishing Lilibet a very Happy 1st Birthday!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Her Majesty approves! Queen Elizabeth II kicked off the start of her Platinum Jubilee celebration with the annual Trooping the Colour Parade ceremony — and it was only the beginning.

Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee, which begins on June 2 and runs through the weekend, concluding on June 5.There will be days full of celebration and one man is helping to kick off the festivities. Bruno Peek is the Queen’s beacon pageant master who participated in the monarch’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees.