Meghan Markle and Prince Harry honored Britain’s war heroes at Westminster Abbey’s Field of Remembrance.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were surrounded by elderly soldiers, recent veterans and others associated with the armed forces during the ceremony.
Meghan, 38, donned a blue wrap coat from Sentaler’s Fall/Winter 2015 collection which she paired with a matching fascinator from her go-to milliner, Philip Treacy. The Remembrance Poppy — an artificial flower was tucked to her coat.
The Duchess of Cornwall had been expected to join Meghan and Prince Harry at Westminster Abbey but cancelled because of a chest infection.
A Clarence House spokesman said: ”The Duchess of Cornwall has been told by her doctor to cancel her engagements owing to a chest infection which has got progressively worse over the last few days.”
”She will therefore not be at today’s event with Harry and Meghan.”
Meghan and Harry talked to everyone from D-Day veterans to those who served in more recent conflicts.
Andrea McMahon, the military unit’s assistant regimental secretary, said: ”We asked Meghan about motherhood and she said her son Archie was six months old and said the experience was wonderful and she was really enjoying it, and having a great time.”
”Poppie was hoping to get cuddles from them and we knew how much Harry loves children and when we explained that she wanted a hug they both came over and did it.”
Harry also had a conversation with his great-grandmother’s former driver Arthur Barty, who was representing a plot for his former unit The Black Watch.
Mr. Barty had driven Queen’s mother for 27 years and he said: ”I covered almost 100,000 miles with the Queen Mother.”
”I never thought for a minute I would meet His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness but it was an absolute pleasure to chat to them.”
Harry attended the ceremony seven years ago with his grandfather Prince Philip. When Philip resigned from his public duties in summer 2017, Harry started attending solo and now this was the first when Meghan joined him in the ceremony.
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