(see service at 5.45 pm) (ANSA) - LONDON, MAY 06 - The Dukes of Sussex will be present at the beginning of June in London at the key celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee of the 70th anniversary of the reign of the 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth, even if they will not look out from the balcony Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the 'trooping the color' special parade on day 2.
Harry and Meghan themselves made it known through a spokesperson, dismissing any public controversy with respect to the decision attributed today by the court to the sovereign to admit on the balcony only the members of the dynasty in active service of representation of the crown.
A decision officially motivated with protocol reasons, which excluded from this rite both the third son of the queen, Andrea, cut off from any public role by the Royal Family after the involvement in the Epstein case, both Harry and Meghan, spontaneously removed from the status of senior members of the family after the choice to move to the USA at the beginning of 2020 to become autonomous.
"Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex - reads the spokesman's note - will be thrilled and honored to participate in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations".
The source then specifies that the Sussexes will bring their two children with them: Archie, 3, who has been missing in the United Kingdom since moving to America almost two and a half years ago, and Lilibet Diana (known as Lili in the family), just 11 months old, that she was born in California and that great-grandmother Elizabeth, grandfather Carlo and the rest of the royal family have never met before.
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