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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Miranda Bryant

What reception awaits Harry and Meghan at the platinum jubilee?

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the track and field event at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands on Sunday 17 April. Photograph: Peter de Jong/AP

The final images of Meghan and Harry together on British soil before they left the UK to start new lives in Los Angeles painted two very contrasting pictures.

One, of the Sussexes standing tensely at Westminster Abbey behind Kate and William – formerly known collectively as the fab four, was a portrait of family disfunction. The other, beaming arm in arm under an umbrella through driving rain outside Mansion House, a vision of freedom. And, for their fans at least, a reminder of what the royal family was losing.

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