Meghan Markle will not attend funeral of Prince Philip

By Carly Ortiz-Lytle

Published April 10, 2021 9:19pm ET

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Meghan Markle will not attend funeral of Prince Philip — Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after visiting Canada House in London, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, after their recent stay in Canada. | (Frank Augstein/AP)

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, will attend the funeral of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, without his wife, Meghan Markle.

A spokesperson for the British Royal Family said that Markle, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, was not given permission from her physician to travel from the couple’s home in California to the United Kingdom for the funeral, which will be held on April 17.

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