The Royal family and the world paid tributes to Queen Elizabeth II who passed away peacefully at the age of 96

Queen Elizabeth II was in Balmoral, her Scottish retreat, where she passed away peacefully. Her grandson, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle, shared a stately tribute to her on Archewell. It is the website for their foundation. They changed the front page of the website. It changed to a simple black background with white text. It read - "In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022." At the time of her death, Harry joined other members of the Royal family. She was at the time under medical supervision and ultimately passed away. Incidentally, Harry was in Europe at the time with his wife Meghan. They had come to attend to a number of events related to charity work. The couple had taken a decision to step back as working royals and shift base to the United States in 2020. However, Harry's grandparents played an important role in his life. His grandfather Prince Philip passed away in April 2021. Harry and Meghan also paid homage to his grandmother the Queen when they named their daughter Lilibet or Lili. It happened to be the nickname for the Queen within the royal family. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Paid Tribute to Queen Elizabeth.

Ever since stepping down, Harry and his wife visited the Queen on several occasions. In 2022, they had tea with Her Majesty in Windsor in April. That was when they traveled to the Hague for the Invictus Games. Subsequently, they met in June when the couple came to Britain for the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen. Official details of the funeral of Her Majesty are yet to be announced. Harry will most possibly be present for the event, as he was for the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip. At that time, Meghan was unable to attend because of her advanced pregnancy with baby Lili.

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Prince Harry joins Coldplay on the stage in Kensington Palace in aid of charity

Prince Harry, the fifth in line to the throne, joined Coldplay on stage during the band's finale at their Kensington Palace gig which was held in aid of his charity Sentebale. Accompanying him was a choir of young children from Lesotho - Harry wanted to thank them for their time.
He waved his hands in time to the tune and shouted to the audience: 'Thank you for standing out in the rain, thank you to the choir that has come all the way from Lesotho. Please drive home safely and carry the work of Sentebale. And thank you to Coldplay - thank you so much, you've rocked the palace, you've rocked the palace!'
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 28 June 2016.

Harry stood behind the choir and swayed as he sung the lyrics to the hit song Up&Up. However, he did not take the microphone himself as the band's lead singer, Chris Martin, joined him. It was the first ever pop concert to be held on the historic palace's East Lawn and the purpose was to help raise funds and awareness of the challenges faced by young people affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prince Harry had, earlier, introduced the British band for their 10-song set after a heartfelt speech to the crowd of 3,000 people. The money collected from the event will support Sentebale's work in helping vulnerable children in Lesotho. It works at the Mamohato Children's Centre which offers psychosocial support to children living with HIV. The charity is of the opinion that if children with the virus are educated, then they can in turn educate their peers and start to end the AIDS epidemic.
HIV is the number one cause of death in 10 to 19 year olds in Africa and every third child in Lesotho is an orphan - the country has the world's second highest rate of HIV.


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