ROYAL FLOOR: MEGHAN MARKLE DOES NOT ATTEND LADY DI STATUE INAUGURATION
The most critical receive the news with skepticism
As confirmed by British and American media, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will not attend the unveiling of the statue commemorating Princess Diana, her life and her legacy. Thus, Prince Harry will attend the event alone, which will be held, of course, in the United Kingdom.
As Lizzie Robinson, a royal reporter for 'ITV News', a British television news program, has confirmed on Twitter, the reasons for her absence point to the recent birth of little Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, the second daughter of the couple who was born on June 4.
According to the magazine ‘Hello! Magazine ', the statue will be located in Diana's former home in Kensington Palace. The inauguration will take place on July 1, when the princess is 60 years old.
The figure, as announced in 2017 by Princes Harry and William, is the work of sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley, an artist already known for Queen Elizabeth II's design for British coins.
The brothers explained in an interview for 'Hello!' In 2017 that they are excited by the beautiful words that many people shared and dedicated to their mother during the last months, and they are pleased that the importance of the work he did in life is still present today, even 20 years after his death.
The news has been met with skepticism. One of the most critical has been Phil Dampier, British journalist from 'the Royals', who has confessed that Markle was not expected to attend the event and that the birth of Lilibet is a "very good excuse" to justify the absence of the Duchess .
The visit on July 1 will be the first made by Prince Harry after the death of Prince Philip on April 17. Before his funeral, Harry had not seen his family since he moved with Meghan and his son Archie to California the year before.
Meghan will not fly to the UK to join Harry for the unveiling of a statue of his late mother Princess Diana on July 1st, a source confirmed after a US website claimed she would be attending
— Lizzie Robinson (@LizzieITV) June 16, 2021
There is a lot of expectation around this meeting given the tension that exists between members of the British royal family since the controversial statements that Meghan and Harry made on the Oprah Winfrey program.
