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King Charles III he said to his son Prince Harry Meghan Markle not ‘welcome’ to join the rest of the royal family at Balmoral the Sun reported. If true, the report would solve the mystery of why Meghan announced she would be going to Balmoral with Harry on Thursday and then suddenly appeared not to.
This information was given by a source Sun: “Charles told Harry that it was not right or appropriate for Meghan to be at Balmoral at such a time of deep sadness. It was emphasized to him that Kate was not going and that numbers should really be limited to the immediate family. Charles has made it very clear that Meghan will not be welcome.
William’s wife, Kate Middleton, stayed in England to look after their three young children, who started a new school that day.
Harry finally made the trip alonethough, Sun Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie reportedly had plenty of room on the plane north, and Harry could have been joined by any of the royals who live nearby at their British base at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. shared a car with him to the airport. Sun He says that Harry was “denied” a seat on the plane.
The announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s death at Balmoral was made while Harry was present. was still airborne in a private jet, while the rest of the royal family was at Balmoral. Harry finally arrived at the former Scottish monarch’s home an hour and a half after the announcement and left Balmoral early on Friday morning to catch a commercial flight from Aberdeen – the first British Airways flight of the day – back to London.
“It was sad to see him without members of the other royals to comfort him. I hope the death of the queen will help them heal their rift.“
— airplane passenger
A passenger said Sun: “He barely moved for the entire hour-long flight and was clearly thinking about his beloved grandmother. It was sad to see him without members of the other royals to comfort him. I hope the queen’s death will help them heal their rift.”
When she finally died, only Charles and Princess Anne are thought to be with the queen – Charles had a nearby Scottish home and Anne stayed at Balmoral. Anne, Andrew, Edward and Sophie stayed at Balmoral on Friday, while Charles, William and Harry returned to England.
Charles’ stark demand that Meghan stay away is in stark contrast to the headline-grabbing olive branch he offered the couple in his first televised appearance as King on Friday afternoon.
“I also want to express my love to Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives abroad,” Charles said in a message from Buckingham Palace. But William and Harry remain estranged and the family is still distrustful of Harry and Meghan, given what they have said and claimed in past interviews about their treatment within the royal family. The royals are also worried about what other bombshells Harry might drop in his upcoming memoir.
As one royal insider said Telegraph: “It’s hard to spend a lot of time with someone who you know is going to publish a tell-all book about you. “I think people appreciate that the Queen is Harry’s favorite grandmother, but she was the CEO of an institution they spoke against.”
A source also told the paper: “I think the general reaction to Harry and Meghan’s behavior was, to be honest, disbelief. Even if you look at the last few weeks, they have once again used blunt statements in their interviews. They seem completely detached from reality, living in a sort of LA bubble. It’s really incredible.”
Now there are questions about what roles Harry and Meghan will play at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and how prominent those roles will be.
Last night William and Harry, the Sun They said they had returned to their neighboring cottage in Windsor, but the paper reported that there was “little communication between them”.
