King Charles has stepped out for a royal engagement tonight just hours after Meghan Markle posted a bombshell video on Instagram. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted a video of her and Prince Harry “twerking” and dancing before Princess Lilibet’s birth four years ago today – a move which one royal expert has since dubbed “unroyal”.

While the monarch, 76, is likely to have heard about the video, he continued on with his royal duties on Wednesday by stepping out in London to mark the 400th anniversary of the Queen’s Chapel with a royal service. The King, who Harry claimed last month “won’t speak” to him, attended the 40-minute service inside the chapel.

While Queen Camilla, 77, did not attend the service, the King was not the only royal there, with Princess Alexandra also in attendance.

The King was all smiles throughout the event, which featured music by the Gentlemen and Children of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal Choir, accompanied by the Duchess of Edinburgh’s String Orchestra and the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry Band.

After the service, His Majesty was shown a newly commissioned piece of altar plate – the His Majesty King Charles III Ciboria – which is the first addition to the chapel’s silverware since 1688.

The ceremonial cup, made by St Ives silversmith Tim Lukes, includes the image of the Green Man, which is a symbol used during the King’s Coronation in 2023.

His Majesty seemed delighted by the cup and the service in general, which reflected on the chapel’s early role as a place of worship for European courtiers.

It is believed the chapel was built in 1625 and was originally intended for the wedding of the future Charles I to Spanish princess Maria Anna, although it is believed the wedding did not take place.

As reported by PA News Agency, it was later restored by Christopher Wren and has been part of the Chapel Royal since 1938. At the royal engagement this evening, no mention was made by the King – unsurprisingly – about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s controversial dancing video, or the fact it is his granddaughter Princess Lilibet’s birthday.

It is believed the monarch has little contact with his granddaughter as a result of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ongoing rifts with his royal relatives – a situation which has been ongoing since they stepped down from royal duty in 2020 and moved to America.

Speaking to the Mirror, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said that she believes the fact that the King will not see Lilibet for her birthday is “incredibly sad” and that he must feel “pain” at missing out on Harry and Meghan’s children’s lives.