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The Queen has come up with a “tactful” way of avoiding controversy at the Platinum Jubilee, an expert has claimed.
Pauline Maclaran of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy at Royal Holloway, said: “There’s been a lot of chat about who is going to be there and who is not.”
Only “working royals” and their children will appear, which excludes the Queen’s son Prince Andrew, and her grandson Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
This is a “tactful” way of dealing with controversies surrounding the trio, says Professor Maclaran.
She continued: “Balcony displays are used very strategically by the Royal Family. They’re very well aware this makes a statement, it’s so important.
“This is one element they can control, so there are no ambiguous signals.
“If they allowed Prince Andrew, you can imagine the response.”
And for Harry and Meghan it shows there are no “half-in, half-out” royals.
