The late Queen's reaction to Harry and Meghan stepping down as senior royals has been revealed in a brand new book. The Sussexes announced they would be leaving their roles as working royals in early 2020 and later moved to the US.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly turned down offers from both the Queen and Prince Charles to visit them during their time in the UK this week. The revelations were revealed on Tuesday morning, when royal expert Katie Nicholl claimed that the pair had rejected two invitations so far during their brief trip to the UK.
According to Katie, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex turned down invitations to meet with the Queen and Prince Charles, much to the heartbreak of both, as they had been looking forward to reconnecting with their grandchildren. Speaking on GB News Breakfast with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster, Katie said: “I can tell you exclusively that they were invited at the end of August.
“The Queen always has this wonderful, extended stay for her grandchildren and her great grandchildren.There's a big sleepover at Balmoral, they were invited to go to that. “They were also invited to go to Birkhall with the Prince of Wales and thus far they haven't done it.” In recent weeks, rumours have been circulating of a growing feud between Harry and his father, as tensions in the family remain strained since Harry and Meghan’s decision to emigrate to the US, but this is something that Prince Charles is keen to remedy.
Katie continued: “I know from sources very close to the Prince of Wales that he is prepared to do anything it will take to get this relationship back on track, I think not least because he wants to as a father. “He wants to see his children as a grandfather, but I think he's acutely aware that if there is this rift that threatens to overshadow his future reign as well.There are other issues at play here.” She also went on to explain that we were unlikely to see any comment from the palace on the claims
.The late Queen's reaction to Harry and Meghan stepping down as senior royals has been revealed in a brand new book. The Sussexes announced they would be leaving their roles as working royals in early 2020 and later moved to the US.
The Queen's tragic reaction to the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leaving the Royal Family has been revealed, according to a new book.
Following protocol? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s children are now eligible to receive royal titles — but no official decisions have been made about the potential new prince and princess.
touching state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II was missing two important guests. Though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were both in attendance, with the Duke of Sussex participating in several processionals surrounding the historic day, neither their 3-year-old son, Archie, nor their 1-year-old daughter, Lilibet, joined their parents for any of the events surrounding the death of their great-grandmother.The two youngsters, who are sixth and seventh in line to the British royal throne behind their father, were home in Montecito, California, while their parents were in the United Kingdom. ET has learned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to return to California imminently to be reunited with their children. On Monday, royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET's Kevin Frazier in London, «I think we'll probably see the Sussexes on their way back to America very soon.
are ready to get back home as soon as possible, apparently. Queen Elizabeth has been laid to rest at last, which means the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are officially free to leave the UK and return to California, which they plan to do “almost immediately,” according to unnamed source.“Meghan and Harry are preparing to return to Montecito almost immediately after the funeral, where they’ll be reunited with Archie and Lilibet after being separated for over two weeks,” the source said, which is “the longest amount of time they’ve been apart from their children.”I don't doubt that the Sussexes really are eager to get back home because they , who are still just toddlers after all.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sat behind the King and Queen Consort during the funeral service of the late Queen Elizabeth II, putting them front and centre for the Royal event. This seating arrangement is being said to reflect that the couple may be back in the heart of the Royal family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been instructed to mend their rift with the Prince and Princess of Wales and apologise for comments made in their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, according to royal insiders. The interview is said to have “crossed the line” with Prince William and Kate Middleton feeling unable to move on until they receive an apology from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle . Royal insiders say that the pair have been told to say sorry for the interview and "acknowledge the motives behind it" ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II today.
A not-so-united front. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not join the royal family to meet with world leaders ahead of Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral on Sunday, September 18, after seemingly being uninvited.
The Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drama continued into the weekend as it wasn’t clear if the Sussexes would be attending a pre-funeral reception at Buckingham Palace on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex – who settled in California after stepping down as senior royals in 2020 – reportedly initially received an invitation to the Sunday evening reception, but conflicting reports said they were and weren’t expected to attend. According to the Telegraph, they have now been uninvited because palace officials insisted that the reception hosted by King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, is only for working royals, which Harry and Meghan are not. Yahoo New UK reported, however, that despite the reception originally only being for working members of the royal family, an exception was made and the Sussexes are expected to attend. Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Westminster Hall, London after the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was brought to the hall to lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday on September 14, 2022 in London, England. (Photo Danny Lawson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)) The "King and Queen Consort, accompanied by members of the royal family" plan to welcome hundreds of world leaders and royals from other countries, the palace said on Friday.
, it was widely reported that as grandchildren of the new monarch, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's two children, . This is something King Charles surely knows, as it was his own grandfather King George who made the rule in 1917 that all children and grandchildren of the current monarch would automatically be granted titles of prince and princess and use the HRH (his or her royal highness), if they wanted it. Except now there's word going around that even if the Sussex children become Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, they still might not get the HRH—because they are not technically “working royals.” A source told the “That is the agreement—they can be prince and princess but not HRH because they are not working royals,” which reportedly left Harry and Meghan “furious.” Toddlers probably shouldn't be “working” anything, to be honest, but even abiding by confusing royals rules, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie aren't “working royals” either and they still get the HRH title. Harry and Meghan have long maintained that it's not the title itself that's important, it's the fact that having royal titles entitles them to certain increased security measures.
King Charles III has agreed to give Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children the titles of prince and princess following his ascension to the British throne. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's two children, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, were not given prince and princess titles at birth due to the interpretation of the letters patent, a royal expert told Fox News Digital. The letters patent says grandchildren of the sovereign are entitled to the titles prince and princess. "So this was a big contention during the Oprah interview, because Meghan told Oprah Archie was entitled to be a prince and that the family had denied him.That was not right.That was incorrect," royal expert Shannon Felton Spenceexplained.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex have two children, Archie Harrison and Lilibet "Lili" Diana. Prince Harry is the son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could fly their children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, to the UK ahead of the late Queen's funeral, an expert has said.The Sussexes were on an unofficial European tour when the sad news of Elizabeth II's poor health broke on Thursday afternoon.They immediately cancelled the rest of their plans the Duke raced to Balmoral, where other family members were also gathering at Elizabeth II's side. Following the monarch's sad death, a spokesperson for the couple has since confirmed they will stay in the UK for the period of royal mourning, which finishes seven days after the funeral on September 19.
King Charles made a poignant reference to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan during his first speech to the nation since his mother The Queen’s death on Thursday. In the televised address to the nation, he paid tribute to his wife Camilla, his son and now heir to the throne Prince William, and to his youngest child, Prince Harry, who has experienced a rocky relationship with his father in recent months.
The death of Britain's longest-serving monarch has instantly triggered changes that are likely to take getting used to as the Queen has been a permanent and unfaltering figure in the lives of generations. Queen Elizabeth II died, aged 96, on Thursday afternoon (September 8).
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are remembering the late Queen Elizabeth II with a sweet tribute. The couple took to the website for their Archewell Foundation to mark the Queen's passing.Setting the site to all-black, the website, whose front page usually contains information about the foundation and its upcoming events, was devoted completely to the Queen with a message in white that reads, «In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.» Underneath were the Queen's birth and death year, marking her 96 years of life, from 1926 until her passing in 2022.On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II — the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch -- had passed at the age of 96.«The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,» the palace's statement read.
Honoring her legacy. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell foundation paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Thursday, September 8.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared a moving tribute in honour of the late Queen following her death, which was announced by Buckingham Palace on September 8.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently in the UK away from their children Archie, three, and one year old daughter Lilibet – who is named after Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Harry travelled to Balmoral, where the Queen passed away, while Meghan remained in London.