Hopping into the holidays! Members of the royal family gathered for their annual Easter service without their matriarch, Queen Elizabeth ll, on Sunday, April 17.Prince William and Duchess Kate celebrated with their eldest children: Prince George, 8, and Princess Charlotte, 6. (The couple also share Prince Louis, 3.) During Sunday’s service, George and Charlotte donned coordinating blue looks — which matched their parents — as they were spotted entering mass at St.
George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. During the elementary schoolers’ first official Easter appearance, they also had the chance to meet one of the chapel’s clergymen.The Duke of Cambridge, 39, and the Duchess of Cambridge, 40, wished their Instagram followers a joyful celebration, as well.
The twosome — who married in April 2011 — shared a “Happy Easter” card on their Story.Last year, unable to participate in their customary Easter practice with the queen amid the coronavirus pandemic, William and Kate, opted to spend the 2021 holiday conducting an Easter egg hunt for their little ones at their country home in Norfolk, England.According to Buckingham Palace, the 95-year-old queen’s Easter weekend is typically “privately spent with family.” However, the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the royals from fully gathering since 2019.Days before the family’s Easter gathering — sans the queen — Elizabeth spent time with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who paid a visit to her Windsor Castle residence on their way to the Invictus Games in The Netherlands.
The reunion marked the first time Harry, 37, and the Suits alum, 40, returned to the U.K. as a couple since their 2020 step back from their royal duties.While her majesty spent time with Harry and Meghan in the days leading up
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