Following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, his grandson, Prince Harry is set to reunite with his family to pay his last respects at the funeral, but without His wife Meghan Markle.
It has been confirmed that the Duchess of Sussex who is due to give birth to the couple’s second child, a girl, in early summer will stay home in California on her doctor’s advice, Buckingham Palace announced.
A source close to the royals Disclosed that Meghan hoped to be at hEr husband’s side, but the trip, and the 12-hour flight, were deemed potentially too Rigorous.
Harry who currently resides in California with his wife, Meghan Markle and son Archie Harrison will likely be in attendance at the service, which is set to take place at his and Meghan’s wedding venue, St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

The funeral will be an intimate affair, limited to 30 participants under strict UK social-distancing rules.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not attend the mourning ceremony, so as to allow space for as many royal family members as possible.

Buckingham Palace announced on Friday that Philip, the longtime husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died “peacefully” at Windsor Castle at the age of 99, just two months short of his 100th birthday.

He was the longest-serving British consort over his 73-year marriage to the queen.

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Gun salutes were fired earlier on Saturday across the UK, in Gibraltar and at sea in memory of the duke, who was a senior figure in the navy before his marriage to Queen Elizabeth.

Queues of well-wishers were also observed outside the Buckingham Palace in London, looking to leave flowers at the palace gates.

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The Ukrainian military said that a soldier was killed and another seriously wounded in artillery fire from Russia-backed separatist rebels Sunday, as hostilities rise sharply in the country’s east.
tensions riseA service member of the Ukrainian armed forces Who waLks at fighting positions on the line of separation near the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine has been killed in The east as tensions rise In the region.

The Ukrainian military said that a soldier was killed and another seriously wounded in artillery fire from Russia-backed separatist rebels On Sunday, as hostilities rise sharply in the country’s east.

As of the reported attack, Ukraine says 27 soldiers have been killed in the east this year, more than half the number who died in all of 2020. Attacks have intensified in recent weeks and Russia has built up troops along the Ukraine border.

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Russia denies Western claims that it has sent troops into eastern Ukraine to help the rebels, but officials say the army could intervene if Ukraine tries to retake the area by force. The troops’ buildup has raised sharp concerns in the West.

Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have been fighting in eastern Ukraine since shortly after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. More than 14,000 people have died in the conflict, and efforts to negotiate a political settlement have stalled.

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken warned On Sunday that if Russia acts recklessly, or aggressively, there will be costs and consequences.

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Facebook incorporated has said that it is converting a part of its Menlo park headquarters, into a vaccination site, joining the government effort to speed up the vaccination drive in the united states.

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For this initiative, the company is teaming up with Ravenswood family health centre, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a post.

“We’re also teaming up with the state of California and local non-profits to support mobile vaccination clinics in four of the state’s hardest hit regions,” Sandberg wrote.

Earlier this year, the social media company decided to launch a tool to give people in the United States information about where to get Covid-19 vaccines and added a Covid-19 information area to its photo-sharing site, Instagram.

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