- Members of the royal household attended a brief service honoring Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday.
- Some observers criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for holding palms whereas leaving the service.
- Others identified that Zara Tindall and different kinfolk have held palms at comparable ceremonies.
Royal followers criticized the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for holding palms whereas leaving a service honoring Queen Elizabeth II.
Less than per week after Queen Elizabeth II handed away, members of the royal household walked behind the Queen’s coffin on Wednesday throughout a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, the place the coffin will lie in state till the funeral on September 19.
The royal household remained at Westminster Hall for a 20-minute service earlier than exiting the constructing and being escorted off the premises. Footage of the service was shared on the official Royal Family YouTube account.
However, following the service, some critics started calling out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for holding palms whereas leaving the service.
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“The Royal Family leave our beloved Queen in Westminster Hall with grace and dignity except for Harry and Meghan who just have to hold hands like two lovesick teenagers. They really get on my nerves,” one social media person wrote.
Another added: “They can’t keep their hands to their sides for two seconds to mourn the Queen (as if Meghan would care to anyway)??? Though unsurprising as they never fail to disrespect the protocol and the Queen.”
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Soon after, different social media customers got here to the couple’s protection by mentioning that different members of the royal household had partaken in comparable shows of affection. Photos confirmed Zara Tindall, Princess Anne’s daughter, holding palms along with her husband, Mike Tindall, through the service.
People additionally recalled Prince Philip’s funeral in April 2021, when Princess Beatrice was photographed holding palms along with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, whereas leaving the funeral.
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Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.
The couple confronted media backlash throughout their journey to New York City in September 2021, regardless of doing among the identical issues as Prince William and Kate Middleton throughout their 2014 journey, according to Insider’s Samantha Grindell.
Prince Harry and Markle have been criticized for sporting black to go to the 9/11 museum in New York City – regardless of that being a standard apply – whereas observers praised Middleton for sporting a vibrant pink coat throughout her earlier journey. The Daily Mail wrote that Middleton was “fighting off the gloomy weather” in her apparel.
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The Daily Mail additionally applauded Prince William and Middleton for staying on the Carlyle Hotel throughout their journey, writing within the headline, “Kate lands with a bump: Pregnant Duchess arrives at New York hotel favored by Diana as royal couple touch down in the Big Apple.”
When Prince Harry and Markle stayed on the identical lodge throughout their go to, the publication wrote: “Royal couple leave the kids in LA to enjoy drinks at swanky bar inside their $1,300-a-night Carlyle Hotel to kick-start three-day visit to NYC.”
Insider’s Mikhaila Friel previously reported that Prince Harry and Markle are sometimes scrutinized for doing the identical issues as their royal counterparts, largely because of Markle’s race. According to royal knowledgeable Kristen Meinzer, the press could also be targeted on Markle as a result of she does not resemble the remainder of the aristocracy.
“Unlike them, she’s an American, a self-made woman, and black,” she advised Friel. “Unlike most of them, she has a history of working hard and being outspoken about the kinds of human rights that they’re afraid to touch for fear of sounding ‘controversial.'”
