2023-05-08 16:00:31
The million dollar question, until the last moment, was who would be accompanying Charles III and Camilla during his first salute like kings on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. In the midst of different speculations and even bets -something that fascinates the English- the answer regarding the “chosen ones” was only revealed at 2:26 p.m., London time, on the historic May 6, 2023.
The princes of Wales were there with their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis; also the Dukes of Edinburgh with their children, lady Louise y James, Earl of Wessex; Princess Royal Anne with her husband, Sir Timothy Lawrence, the Dukes of Gloucester, the Dukes of Kent and Lord Oliver Cholmondley, Nicholas Barclay and Ralph Tollemache, who, like Prince George, were pages to the King.
On the Queen’s side were her sister, Annabel Elliot and Lady Lansdowne (they were her “ladies in attendance”); and her four pages: her grandsons Gus and Louis Lopes -sons of her daughter Laura-, and Freddy Parker Bowels -born of his son Tom’s marriage to Sara Buys- and his great-nephew, Arthur Elliot.
The great absences were marked by Prince Harry and Prince Andrew, who were in Westminster. In the case of the youngest son of Carlos III, it is believed that as soon as he finished the ceremony he took a flight to return to his home in California. On the other side of the ocean, his wife, Meghan Markle, and his children Archie and Lilibet, are waiting for him, ready to celebrate the 4th birthday of the couple’s firstborn as a family. In the case of the King’s brother, although they integrate him into family events, the Epstein case left him out of official obligations.
The rain, getting stronger, showed some logical discomfort in children and adults and sealed the fate of the expected moment: the initially planned air parade with more than 60 planes; it was whittled down to several Red Arrows helicopters and pilots. Later, yes, the pages collected the capes of Their Majesties and the balcony was left empty.
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