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Russell Myers & Jennifer Newton

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will NOT attend star-studded Jubilee concert tonight

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be attending tonight's Platinum Party at the Palace concert as they are spending the day privately.

More than 30 members of the Royal Family are set to gather later for the event, which is on the third day of celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Among the royal attendees at tonight’s star-studded live Jubilee concert, staged in front of Buckingham Palace, will be Prince Charles and Camilla as well as Prince William and wife Kate - although not the Queen.

But Harry and Meghan, whose daughter Lilibet is celebrating her first birthday today, will not be among those in the royal box.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not attend tonight's Platinum Party at the Palace concert (WireImage,)

A spokesperson for the couple, who stepped down as senior royals in 2020, said they were spending the day privately.

Yesterday, Harry and Meghan made their first public appearance alongside the Firm since they stepped down as senior royals two years ago.

They joined scores of family members at the special Jubilee service of thanksgiving in St Paul’s Cathedral, but sat far across the aisle from Charles, William and Kate.

Harry and Meghan have been spending today privately (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The couple leaving St Paul's Cathedral yesterday (Humphrey Nemar)

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They also missed a Guildhall reception for the royals afterwards and were were last seen holding hands, chatting to Zara Tindall and her husband Mike before getting into a car.

Meanwhile on Thursday, t he pair were reunited with some of the royals at Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour.

They were seen chatting and joking with some of the younger royals - although were not pictured with Kate or the other Cambridges and did not appear on the balcony for the RAF flypast.

William and Kate at Cardiff Castle today with Prince George and Princess Charlotte (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Others expected to be out in force to watch acts tonight including Diana Ross and Alicia Keys are Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex and their children Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.

Princess Anne, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank will also be there.

Princess Anne at the Derby today, where she stepped in for the Queen (PA)

Anne’s son Peter Phillips is expected to be joined by his children Savannah and Isla, while Zara and Mike Tindall, who spent the day at the Epsom Derby with Anne and Sir Tim, will also be there.

The Queen’s cousins – the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent – with the Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Michael of Kent – will attend the star-studded event.

In addition, Princess Margaret’s daughter Lady Sarah Chatto and her family are due to attend, along with a number of other extended family members.

Harry and Meghan missing out on the concert comes after sources close to the couple revealed they were “perhaps understandably nervous” ahead of their trip to the UK but would keep a low profile.

A royal source said: “It’s fair to say that things between the Duke and Duchess and the rest of the family have been strained to say the least in recent times.

“But so far they have kept to themselves and their promise that they wouldn’t overshadow the celebrations.”

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