A defiant Prince William and Kate Middleton placed on a united entrance with their kids in the present day simply hours after Harry and Meghan dropped the ultimate three episodes of their tell-all Netflix sequence.
Wearing matching burgundy outfits, the Prince and Princess of Wales had been all smiles alongside Charlotte and George and the King and Queen Consort Camilla – regardless of the Sussexes making a number of fiery accusations towards them.
In episodes 4, 5 and 6 of documentary Harry & Meghan, the couple accused Charles of mendacity throughout disaster Megxit talks.
Harry, 38, additionally alleged his brother “screamed and shouted” at him on the Sandringham Summit after he revealed they needed to give up the Firm.
He even mentioned a joint assertion was put out with out his permission in his and his brother’s identify on the identical day denying a narrative that William had bullied him out of the royal household.
Harry branded the transfer a “lie to protect my brother” and added: “There was no other option at this point. I said ‘We need to get out of here’.”
But Princess Kate appeared to push apart the household drama for a “business as usual” royal engagement in a single day.
She attended the “Together at Christmas” carol service at Westminster Abbey alongside Will, Charles and Camilla.
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, with husbands Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank, had been additionally in attendance, in addition to Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Mike and Zara Tindall, and singer Craig David.
Spearheaded by Kate and supported by The Royal Foundation, this 12 months’s occasion was devoted to the late Queen and the values she demonstrated all through her life, together with obligation and empathy.
During the festive live performance, William learn out the Queen’s speech from Christmas 2012 about unity and “togetherness”.
“At Christmas I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story,” he learn.
“A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar.
“They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child. From that day on he has inspired people to commit themselves to the best interests of others.
“This is the time of year when we remember that God sent his only son ‘to serve, not to be served’. He restored love and service to the centre of our lives in the person of Jesus Christ.
“It is my prayer this Christmas Day that his example and teaching will continue to bring people together to give the best of themselves in the service of others.
“The carol, ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’, ends by asking a question of all of us who know the Christmas story, of how God gave himself to us in humble service: ‘What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I would do my part’.
“The carol gives the answer, ‘Yet what I can I give him – give my heart’.”
King Charles was earlier pictured grinning ear-to-ear at Buckingham Palace as he offered letters, shook fingers and chatted with guests.
The 74-year-old monarch, dressed for the chilly climate in a navy pin-stripped swimsuit and black coat, was then captured laughing with a cup of tea in hand as he met volunteers at London’s Community Kitchen.
The second half of Harry and Meghan’s doco was launched at 7pm on Thursday, and made plenty of large claims – together with {that a} Palace aide known as Meghan a “foreign organism”.
Then, in episode 5, because the prince mentioned how their future within the Firm was determined as soon as they introduced they needed to step again, Harry mentioned: “It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and have my father say things that simply weren’t true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and sort of take it all in.”
Meghan, 41, claims she wasn’t invited to the Sandringham summit in January 2020, regardless of the end result straight impacting her.
The former actress mentioned: “Imagine a conversation, a roundtable discussion about the future of your life when the stakes were this high and you as the mum and the wife and the target in many regards aren’t invited to have a seat.”
Other revelations included Harry saying he instructed his father that he and Meghan had been keen to relinquish their Sussex titles if a transfer to Canada didn’t work out.
And he described how “people” had been upset that Meghan was “stealing the limelight” or doing the job higher than the one that is born to do that”.
But, such claims appeared to don’t have any affect on senior royals and the King – who has now been head of state for 100 days.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams just lately predicted this could be how they might react – with a “business as usual” strategy regardless of “dynamite” being thrown at them.
Harry and Meghan additionally claimed of their bombshell sequence that they virtually left the household twice earlier than Megxit – however leaked data stopped them.
The couple mentioned their plans to skip the nation had been twice foiled after somebody inside the household fed their plans to the press.
The Duchess even instructed it was her father-in-law – the now King.
She mentioned: “His dad said ‘just put it in writing’ and just five days later it’s there in the newspaper.”
Harry added: “It became clear that the institution had leaked the fact that we were going to Canada.
“The key piece of that story that told me the letter I had written to my father had been leaked was that we were willing to relinquish our Sussex titles I was like wow – our story, our life, you’ve taken it from underneath us.”
Despite the bombshell claims, Harry indicated he did miss some elements of royal life.
In the final 5 minutes of the ultimate episode whereas discussing why he moved to California he admitted he “misses the UK and weird family gatherings”.
This story initially appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
