Banned the uniform
The four, who were seen as the future of the monarchy until they parted ways, didn’t make eye contact as they walked down the aisle behind the coffin and sat down separately.
William and his family sat on a front bench with his father and his brothers Ana, Andrés and Eduardo.
Harry and Meghan, officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sat in a second row directly behind the King and Queen consort with their cousin Princess Beatrice.
There had been speculation that Harry might wear his uniform at the funeral after he appeared dressed in the uniform of the Blues and Royals cavalry regiment in which he served, at a vigil by the queen’s coffin on Saturday night. , but it seems that this was a last gesture of the king towards his son.
Harry served twice with the British Army in Afghanistan, but strict protocols reserve military dress for active, full members of the royal family for occasions such as funerals.
This left Henry in a difficult position since he abandoned his royal duties to move to North America in 2020.
In an interview with the American presenter Oprah Winfrey, Meghan said an unnamed member of the royal household had expressed concern to her about what her son’s skin color would be.
She also accused Kate of making her cry, and the palace aides of not wanting to help her when she felt suicidal.
The icy relations between the two couples are a far cry from the days when they were hailed by the media as the “fab four.” -the fabulous four, as the Beatles were nicknamed.
Two days after the queen’s death, public hopes for an end to the damaging breakup were also raised when the two couples appeared on an impromptu walk outside Windsor Castle.
However, sources have told the Daily Mail that so far “no significant rapprochement” had taken place.