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Brave Kate shows us what service really looks like – ‘quitter’ Meghan Markle doesn’t have a clue, royal expert says
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BRAVE Kate Middleton has shown Meghan Markle what service really looks like with her latest appearance, a royal expert has said.
The Princess of Wales, 42, looked in good health as she made a comeback last night, ahead of her Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday appearance this morning.
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The Princess' radiant return at the Royal Albert Hall comes as she continues to recover following her treatment for cancer.
Today she will attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall where Wills and His Majesty will lay wreaths.
It marks the next significant step in her gradual return to public royal duties as this will be the first time Kate has carried out official Royal engagements on consecutive days since last December.
The Princess of Wales has been praised for her steadfast demeanour as she continues to serve the crown not long after bravely battling cancer.
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Now, broadcaster and royal biographer Hugo Vickers, 72, has claimed that Kate's dedication to her royal duties despite serious health issues is in stark contrast to how Meghan Markle treated hers.
He took a swipe at the Duchess of Sussex, 43, after she and Harry stepped down as senior working royals in 2020.
Hugo exclusively told The Sun: "Harry and Meghan are now not doing anything for royal service at all.
"I mean, it was made clear to them you're either in or you're out and they decided to go out.
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"The difference, of course, between what the Princess of Wales does is that she does her duties very faithfully.
"Harry and Meghan are doing it for themselves.
"I mean, they have to make money, but its not being done for Britain and the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in the same way."
Hugo said that it was a shame that Harry and Meghan had decided to step back from royal duties because they were "both interested in it".
He continued: "It's a great shame because the late Queen gave the Commonwealth to Harry and Meghan for them to promote, and they were both so interested in it.
"Harry was very good at it and Meghan even before she married had been very interested, like a lot of sort of actresses, had been doing humanitarian work - it seemed a perfect fit.
"It's very sad that that didn't work, and that is the crucial difference. You're either putting things into the world and doing your duty or you're doing it for yourselves. And that's the problem."
Hugo believes that it can be a "common fault" that people joining the royal family don't realise exactly what it involves.
The broadcaster said there was an incredible amount of goodwill when Harry and Meghan got married and it is sad it has now turned out like this..
Hugo added: "Somehow that incredible day all got eaten away rather quickly.
"Royal life is a life of service, and and the most successful members of the royal family are the ones who support the monarch.
"King Charles can't do everything, so he has to ask his family to help him."
The royal expert said it was a shame that Harry in particular had decided to quit royal duties because he was "very much loved".
Hugo continued: "I remember seeing him. you know, playing cricket with kids out in Barbados, and you know they loved him, they really did.
"He had a very good to rapport with them, and that's his skill, and that's what's such a pity that it isn't being harnessed."
Princess Kate announced she had finished her chemotherapy course in a heartfelt video on September 9.
Kate, 42, said she was entering "this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life".
The Princess said she was "looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months" but added her focus was "doing what I can to stay cancer free".
And, last night William revealed Kate aims to step up her royal engagements in 2025.
He said: “I think hopefully Catherine will be doing a bit more next year, so, we’ll have some more trips maybe lined up.”
The couple smiled and chatted warmly while taking their seats for the concert.
Royal fan Pauline Marshall, 81, of Kent, said: “Kate looks beautiful. It’s wonderful to see her looking so well and happy.”
Kate, in a black dress and coat, wore Princess Diana’s pearl drop earrings with diamond carrier, plus a matching necklace.
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She was seen in the earrings at the Cenotaph ceremony in 2022.
Diana had been gifted them by jewellers Collingwood for her 1981 wedding to Charles.
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Megxit timeline
- November 2016 - Harry formally reveals he is in a relationship with Suits actress Meghan Markle.
- September 2017 - Meghan tells Vanity Fair the couple are in love and happy together.
- September 2017 - The couple make their first public appearance together holding hands at the Invictus Games in Toronto.
- November 2017 - Prince Charles issues a statement revealing Harry and Meghan are engaged.
- May 2018 - Harry and Meghan tie the knot, becoming Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
- October 2018 - The couple announce they are expecting their first child while on their first overseas tour in Australia.
- March 2019 - Harry and Meghan set up their own household, splitting their joint operation with Prince William and Kate.
- May 2019 - Meghan gives birth to a baby boy named Archie.
- October 2019 - Harry reveals his rift with his brother William in a bombshell documentary.
- January 2020 - The couple stun the Queen by announcing plans to quit senior roles and settle in North America. After ten days of talks at Sandringham, it's agreed the couple will no longer be working royals and will give up their "Royal Highness" titles.
- March 2020 - Harry and Meghan carry out their last official engagement and move to California.
- September 2020 - Netflix announces a huge deal with the couple.
- February 2021 - Buckingham Palace announces the couple's split as working members of the monarchy is permanent and they will lose their royal patronages.
- March 2021 - The palace says it is "very concerned" about allegations of bullying made by former staff of Harry and Meghan, launching a probe.
- March 2021 - Meghan tells Oprah Winfrey Archie wasn’t made a prince after “concerns and conversations” about “how dark” his skin would be when he was born. She claims Kate "hurt her feelings" and made her cry before her wedding. Harry says Charles has stopped taking his calls and he has been "cut off" financially.
- January 2023 - Harry publishes his tell-all memoir Spare, launching scathing attacks on William, Kate and Camilla. He says he and William once got into a physical fight over Meghan.
- April 2023 - Harry has a "heart-to-heart" talk with his dad before agreeing to come to the Coronation in London.
- September 2023 - Harry rejects an offer to spend the anniversary of the Queen’s death at Balmoral with his father.
- February 2024 - Prince Harry flies to the UK to be with his father as royal experts claim their four-year rift could be put aside. They meet for half an hour before Harry flies home. He does not meet William.
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