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Tony Jones

Meghan Markle makes first public appearance since giving birth to Archie at Trooping the Colour

Meghan Markle has made her first appearance since the birth of baby Archie as she attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony.

She arrived with husband Prince Harry to the event, which is held every year to celebrate the Queen's official birthday.

Meghan has been on maternity leave caring for her baby who was born at a private London hospital on May 6.

They were joined in a carriage with the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge en route to Horse Guards Parade, where the Trooping the Colour ceremony was being held.

The Duchess of Sussex was wearing a dress by Clare Waight Keller and hat by Noel Stewart, reports Wales Online.

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

The Queen arrived in a procession full of pomp and pageantry featuring a Sovereign's Escort from the Household Cavalry, made up of Life Guards and Blues and Royals, in their silver and gold breastplates and plumed helmets.

Trooping the Colour featured around 1,400 servicemen in total and hundreds of Guardsmen were lined up on the parade ground waiting to be inspected by the Queen.

The colour, or ceremonial regimental flag, being paraded this year was from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, a frontline infantry regiment of the British Army when not performing ceremonial duties.

Their lineage can be traced back to 1656 when the military unit was raised as the sovereign's bodyguards by King Charles II while in exile in Bruges.

Harry, Meghan, Kate and the other royals - including the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children the Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor - watched events from Wellington's office overlooking Horse Guards.

First look at Royal Baby with doting parents Harry and Meghan

Among the guests was Theresa May who formally stepped down as Prime Minister on Friday (June 7), but will remain in office until an successor has been appointed.

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