Meghan Markle.Photo: Mark Large - Pool/Getty
Meghan Markleis honoring her grandfather-in-law,Prince Philip, as she watches his funeral service from her andPrince Harry’s home in Montecito, PEOPLE confirms.
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Prince Philip, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.ADRIAN DENNIS/Getty Images
Last Sunday, Harry returned to the U.K. from California for the first time in over a year to attend his grandfather’s funeral following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death at the age of 99 on April 9. Harry has been quarantining at his Frogmore Cottage home in the U.K.
While it is custom for those who hold military rank to wear their uniforms at state occasions, attendees are attending the funeral in mourning dress instead.
Harry is also wearing his KCVO Neck Order and Star, Afghanistan Campaign medal, Gold Jubilee medal and Diamond Jubilee medal.
Harry and his grandfather hold a unique connection in their shared active service—including in combat—as part of the British Armed Forces. The Duke of Edinburgh was a decorated Naval officer whose military career spanned World War II, and the Duke of Sussex’s 10 years of active-duty service included two tours of duty on the frontlines in Afghanistan.
Prince Harry and Prince Philip.Phil Walter/Getty
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“Ironically, it is probably how he would have liked,” former palace spokeswoman Ailsa Anderson tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “No fuss, no bother. Right through his life, he never knew what all the fuss was about.”
source: people.com
