Meghan Markle had attended plenty of royal events but never the Easter
service
Before she stepped down as a senior royal with her
husband Prince Harry, Meghan Markle had attended plenty of royal events.
However, the Duchess of Sussex never ended up joining the royal family for
their Easter church outing, via People Magazine.
Weeks before her wedding, the royals gathered at St. George's Chapel
in Windsor Castle — the couple’s wedding venue — for Easter in 2018.
The
engaged couple opted to skip the gathering, but Queen Elizabeth was joined
for the service by other royals including Prince William, Kate Middleton
(who was pregnant with Prince Louis, who they would welcome later that
month).
In 2019, Easter fell on April 21st, and Meghan missed the
church outing as she was pregnant with her first child, Prince Archie, would
arrive just weeks later on May 6. Although, Prince Harry stepped out solo
for the event.
In 2020, the couple announced that they were
stepping back as senior members of the royal family and relocated to
California in March of that year. Easter celebrations that year were not the
same as the Covid-19 pandemic engulfed the world.
In 2021, the
royal family cancelled their usual Easter outing again due to COVID-19
pandemic precautions.
The royal family returned to their Easter church outing in
2022, with Prince George and Princess Charlotte making their debut at the
event alongside their parents. Queen Elizabeth missed the service, but a
source told People Magazine that she often worshipped online if she couldn’t
go in person in the last years of her life.
Meanwhile, Prince
Harry and Meghan cheered for athletes at the Invictus Games in The Hague.
At
the end of 2022, the couple released their Netflix docuseries Harry &
Meghan, that seem to unveil the extent of their troubled relations with the
royal family. Moreover, Prince Harry’s explosive memoir seem to have
exacerbated the tensions.
Now, given the strained relations amongst the royals, it yet to
be seen if the couple will be attending the Coronation of King Charles after
having received the invitation last month.
