Newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended their first engagement as a couple on Tuesday after their spectacular, tradition-defying wedding at Windsor Castle on Saturday.
The two, now officially the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after receiving the title from Queen Elizabeth II, attended a party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 70th birthday of Harry’s father, Prince Charles.
Tuesday’s event is intended as a celebration of Prince Charles’s charity work and also includes emergency services personnel who were first responders after the attack in Manchester last year.
At the event, Harry gave a short speech about his father in which he said that the prince’s “enthusiasm and energy are truly infectious.”
Kensington Palace has said the couple are not intending to go on honeymoon straight away and will instead press ahead with their royal engagements.
Meghan has hinted that she may now champion feminist causes, stating in her official royal family website biography: “I am proud to be a woman and a feminist.”
The garden party will see more than 6,000 people, all from the charities and military associations most closely linked with the Prince, descend on the grounds of Buckingham Palace for music, speeches, and, a customary cup of tea and cucumber sandwich.
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(AFP)
