Meghan Marklestood apart from some of her royal family members at a Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, but it wasn’t a slight against her.
During the solemn ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in World War I,Queen Elizabeth,Kate MiddletonandCamilla, Duchess of Cornwallstood together at one balcony, while Meghan watched from the balcony of another window outside the Cenotaph war memorial in London.
As the balconies of each window are small, it’s nearly impossible to fit more than three or four women on each.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Meghan Markle and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.Kirsty O’Connor/PA Images via Getty Images
During official events, the royal family also arranges themselves according to aroyal “pecking order.”
For instance, when Meghan and Harry made theirfirst joint appearancesinceintroducing son Archieto the world at Trooping the Colour in June, they weren’t front and center on the palace balcony — just as it was the previous year, when Meghan made her debut appearance.
“She was not as prominent perhaps as some people might have expected, but there’s a pecking order,” Joe Little, managing editor ofMajestymagazine, previously told PEOPLE. “There was no slight intended, but William being the older, more senior brother would go out [first] with his wife.”
Last year, a palace source told PEOPLE: “There’s no one laying this out, telling her where to stand. And there were a lot of kids who everyone would want at the front.”
During Sunday’s event, Meghan wore a belted black coat with a wide-brimmed hat while Kate sported a sleek black coat with military-style embellishments and a veiled hat. Both women worered poppies, the symbol of remembrance for World War I and veterans.
Meanwhile,Prince Williamand Prince Harry joinedPrince Andrewin laying wreaths of poppies.
The previous day, the royal couples attended the Festival of Remembrance Service at Royal Albert Hall together, marking theirfirst public appearance as a foursomesince theirfamily playdateat a polo match in July.
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Speaking about the pressures of their jobs in the royal family, Harry said, “Inevitably stuff happens. But we’re brothers, we’ll always be brothers. We’re certainly on different paths at the moment. I’ll always be there for him and as I know, he’ll always be there for me. We don’t see each other as much as we used to because we’re so busy but I love him dearly.”
The royal dad of one added, “The majority of stuff is created out of nothing. As brothers, we have good days and we have bad days.”
“It was only going to work until they married — and it went on a while longer than perhaps was originally thought,” one palace courtier previously told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
