The royal family put on a exhibit of harmony at the first Commonwealth Day provider led by King Charles.
Under the theme of 'Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future', it might also have struck some as ironic that the King's relationship with his youthful brother Prince Andrew, and youngest son Prince Harry, are a ways from peaceful.
Both had been absent from the tournament on Monday, instead His Majesty attended alongside the Queen Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence.
It used to be Charles III's slimmed down monarchy on show and it looks there is no location for Prince Andrew in that.
The Duke of York was closing at a Commonwealth Day provider in March, 2019, just eight months earlier than he stepped lower back from public existence over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
He was once absent from the 2020 carrier – made well-known for being Prince Harry and Meghan's remaining tournament as working royals – and has no longer been at one since.



So too, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, after they walked away from their roles to pursue a existence of monetary independence in the United States.
The King's relationship with Prince Andrew, 63, has reportedly deteriorated further due to the fact that the demise of Queen Elizabeth II in September.
Days ago, it was pronounced the duke had been approached by using least two fundamental US broadcasters with affords of doing a tell-all interview.
Friends of Andrew say he sees the interview as a way of giving his model of events, hoping for a risk of redemption after being embroiled in a intercourse abuse scandal, which he vehemently denies.
The King has also reportedly denied Andrew's declare to have his $60,000 a yr invoice for a yoga trainer covered via the Privy Purse as a royal expense.
The duke is additionally believed to be moving out of the Royal Lodge, on the King's orders, and having to downsize – probably to Prince Harry and Meghan's former UK base, Frogmore Cottage.



Kate's protocol breach?
Another second of this year's Commonwealth Day that has humans speaking was an obvious deviation from royal protocol via the Princess of Wales.
Catherine used to be viewed warmly chatting with her spouse's father quickly after the arrivals however she did no longer curtsey to the King.
Those who sit down under the King and Queen Consort in the royal hierarchy must exhibit their respects with the aid of curtseying (for women) or bowing (for men) to Charles and Camilla.
In November, Catherine was seen curtseying to Camilla for the first time seeing that she grew to become Queen Consort, in the course of a nation go to through South Africa's president to the UK.
If a curtsey is no longer viewed in public, it's in all likelihood the royals would have finished it in the course of their first assembly beforehand in the day in private.

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That's the probable motive why Kate did no longer curtsey to King Charles at Westminster Abbey on Monday – she had likely greeted His Majesty before in the day, in private.
Nor did Sophie, who solely days in the past was given the new title Duchess of Edinburgh with the aid of the King.



The Commonwealth Day provider did now not commence until after 2.30pm, making it possibly the royals had spent time with every other before travelling to the Abbey.
The subsequent time the King and his household will be at Westminster Abbey, together, will be for the coronation on May 6.
So far, Prince Andrew's involvement stays up in the air whilst Prince Harry and Meghan are yet to verify their attendance.

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