Queen Elizabeth‘s Platinum Jubilee celebrations kick off with the “guests of honor” being Harry and Megan, who are expected to arrive in the UK in the coming days and it has even been made clear to them that they must “keep a low profile and avoid dramas”. Will the Dukes of Sussex meet the requirements? Doubt.

This weekend will mark the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s reign – and Britain is preparing accordingly, albeit less for the Queen’s celebrations but more for the arrival of Prince Harry and Megan Merkel, who are expected to take an active part in the carnival with their two children Archie and Lilith.

In anticipation of their arrival in Britain, an aide told Prince Charles that the regent was concerned that the presence of the Dukes of Sussex at the festivities would divert attention from his Queen Mother, and that his fears seemed to be coming true and large. The Daily Mail website reported last night (Sunday) that Queen Elizabeth is expected to miss her favorite annual horse race this coming Saturday as it “falls” on Lilivat’s first birthday celebrations.

According to sources who know nothing, earlier this week Harry and Megan spoke with the Queen and promised that they would keep a low profile during the Jubilee celebrations and take part in the official events without dramas in order not to overshadow the Queen. Apparently the Dukes of Sussex and their children will take part in a ceremony to be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral but will not appear on the royal terrace with the rest of the family during the Trooping the Color events.

This will be the third time the Queen will miss the famous race, with the first two times, how to put it mildly, being for more justifiable reasons. The first time was in 1956 when Elizabeth went on a royal visit to Sweden and the second time was in 1984, when she was in France for the 40th anniversary of the D-Day. The one who will fill her place in the race will be Princess Anne. Of course the palace is careful to present this as an attempt to “keep the queen” and make sure she “does not get tired” during the jubilee celebrations.

“Queen Elizabeth is determined to take an active part in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations,” a source familiar with “Mirror” clarified, adding that Elizabeth very much wants to be in the Trooping the Color celebrations, mainly because in the last two years they have been canceled due to the Corona plague. Intends to miss the festivities to be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral.Also what will make it easier for Queen Elizabeth to take part in the selected events is the electric golf cart (worth £ 62,000) she received last March and includes a fridge and tablet screen.

On Saturday night, the younger royals are expected to take part in the Platinum party to be held at Buckingham Palace, during which famous artists such as Quinn and Adam Lambert, Duran Duran, Alicia Keys, Diana Ross and more will perform.

By the way, it should be noted that Queen Elizabeth is not the only one who will have to make concessions following the arrival of Harry and Megan: In November 2020, almost a year after The Magazine, it was announced that Princess Eugene and her husband Jack Brooksbank had moved to Progorm Cottage, which had been their home until then. The magnificent and renovated of the Dukes of Sussex. It is now reported that the two, who designed the estate according to their personal taste, were forced to vacate the estate prior to the arrival of Harry and Megan and moved in with their family.

Whoever will still be forced to miss Elizabeth’s 70th birthday celebrations, despite declaring his intention to attend, will be Thomas Merkel, Megan’s father, who suffered a stroke last weekend and his speaking ability was impaired. Earlier this week, Merkel Sr. was released from a California hospital, sending his congratulations to Queen Elizabeth and delivering an official statement to The Sun: “I am grateful and know how lucky I am to be alive. I want to thank everyone, especially the doctors and nurses who saved my life.” Merkel added: “I was deeply moved by the loving messages I received from around the world. People are so kind to me. I can not speak at the moment but I am working hard on it and I will thank people properly as soon as I can get back to talking.”

And if already Merkel the Elder, we will be updated that an associate of the Duchess has made it clear that she is worried about her father’s well-being and even worried about the involvement of her half-brother – Thomas Jr. and Samantha Grant. “Megan believes they have their own agendas. Despite the alienation between them Megan is worried about her father’s health and she’s looking for ways to contact him privately – without the rest of the family knowing about it. She does not want or can contact her half brother, she wants it to be Completely private. ”

In conclusion we should mention that since the Duke’s Magazine in early 2020, the two have returned together to the UK only twice, when the first time was in March of that year. Prince Harry then came alone twice more – at the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip and then to unveil the statue in memory of his mother Princess Diana, then “forced” to spend time with his older brother Prince William, whose relationship between the two has run aground in recent years – since Megan’s arrival in the family .

Last April, the Dukes of Sussex flew to the Netherlands to open the Invictus Games, stopping on a hurried visit to the UK to visit the Queen accompanied by Netflix’s camera crews – presumably for their new docu-reality series to air on Netflix. The answer to the obvious question of whether Harry and Megan are “doing above and beyond” to celebrate with Queen Elizabeth or to gather new material for their new reality show we will probably never know. Either way – we are looking forward to the Jubilee weekend!