Prince William and Kate Middleton had been joined by Prince George and Princess Charlotte for Easter Sunday service at this time.
Members of the royal household attended church with out the Queen at St George's Chapel, Windsor Fortress.
The household of 4 - with out the virtually four-year-old Prince Louis - had been snapped within the spring sunshine as Her Majesty, who has been coping with mobility points, missed the service.
Easter service is a staple on the royal calendar and it's the first time she has not made it to the occasion in additional than 50 years, the Mirror reported.
It's believed Prince William handed on a reunion together with his brother Harry who paid a secret go to to the Queen and Prince Charles with Meghan on Thursday.
The Queen revealed final week that Covid left her "very drained and exhausted".
Buckingham Palace introduced that the 95-year-old monarch had examined optimistic for the virus earlier this yr.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, who represented the Queen at Thursday's Royal Maundy service on the similar chapel, are additionally not attending the Easter Sunday service.
Kate wore mild blue, as did her daughter, who held William's hand as she walked to the chapel within the grounds of the citadel.
Prince George, like his father, wore a swimsuit and tie.
The Cambridge youngsters's Easter Sunday outing follows one other uncommon public look final month in honour of their great-grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh.
The eight-year-old future king and his six-year-old sister joined their dad and mom on the memorial service for Philip at Westminster Abbey.
The Queen, who was additionally current on the memorial service, has been finishing up digital occasions and different duties as head of state.
The 95-year-old, who turns 96 on Thursday, reached her Platinum Jubilee in February and overcame a bout of Covid after testing optimistic that month.
After spending an evening in hospital final October, she spent the next three months underneath medical doctors' orders to solely conduct mild duties and missed numerous distinguished occasions.
The Queen had a go to from her grandson the Duke of Sussex and his spouse the Duchess of Sussex in Windsor on Thursday.
Harry and Meghan had flown from their residence within the US and stopped off in England earlier than heading to The Hague within the Netherlands for the Invictus Video games.
Whereas in Windsor, the couple additionally met with Charles however not William, amid lengthy standing rumours of a rift between the brothers.
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The couple, who snubbed the possibility to attend the late Prince Philip's memorial service final month, smiled and waved on the shocked onlookers in Windsor.
Harry and Meghan’s attendance at a reception on the video games on Friday marked their first public look collectively in Europe since quitting as senior working royals greater than two years in the past.
The Sussexes stop as working members of the Agency in March 2020 and have since settled in California with their two youngsters.
There have been mounting tensions between the pair and the remainder of the royals because of a collection of scandalous claims comprised of throughout the pond.
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