It shouldn’t come as an excessive amount of of a shock to listen to that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Easter won’t be spent within the U.Ok. this 12 months, particularly contemplating they now stay throughout the pond. However it could be considerably stunning to be taught that the couple has truly by no means celebrated the vacation with the remainder of the royal household.

Because it seems, Meghan has by no means discovered herself among the many remainder of the royals on the Easter Sunday service held every year at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor. Whereas her husband made it to a number of the providers throughout their relationship, the Duchess of Sussex usually needed to skip out on the day’s celebrations—however her causes for lacking Easter made quite a lot of sense. 

The Sussexes’ first time lacking the vacation was again in 2018 as an engaged couple. Easter occurred to fall just some weeks earlier than their wedding ceremony, which happened on Could 19, and it seems that each Harry and Meghan opted to skip the general public occasion as they ready for the large day.

The next 12 months, Meghan was closely pregnant along with her and Harry’s first baby when Easter got here round. She ended up giving start to their son, Archie, on Could 6, 2019, just some weeks after the vacation. Understandably, Meghan skipped the service main as much as Archie’s start, however Harry did take a second to attend along with his brother Prince William and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton alongside Queen Elizabeth II. On the time, Meghan and Harry lived at Frogmore Cottage, which was not too removed from St. George’s Chapel.

As for 2020 onward, Meghan and Harry now not attended Easter following their resolution to step again from their roles as senior working members of the royal household. The couple introduced their resolution in early 2020. By March of that 12 months, the pair had formally made the transfer to California from England. Technically, nevertheless, the pair didn’t miss out on any deliberate festivities on the time—as everyone knows, the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm in 2020, and the annual public service at St. George’s was canceled. 

“This 12 months, Easter might be completely different for many people however by setting apart, we maintain others protected,” Queen Elizabeth II stated in an announcement on the time. “However Easter isn’t canceled, certainly, we’d like Easter as a lot as ever. The invention of the risen Christ on the primary Easter day gave his followers new hope and contemporary function and we are able to all take coronary heart from this. We all know that coronavirus won’t overcome us. As darkish as demise may be—significantly for these struggling with grief—gentle and life are higher.”

Apparently, Meghan and Harry did journey away from dwelling throughout the spring of 2022—however the annual service at St. George’s wasn’t on their itinerary. As a substitute, the Sussexes attended the Invictus Video games at The Hague within the Netherlands. The video games occurred to happen similtaneously Easter, that means the couple couldn’t be a part of the remainder of the household for his or her first in-person Easter in years because the pandemic started. 

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