Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly told Queen Elizabeth II that they did not want to be included in the Queen’s Jubilee balcony celebration with the rest of the royal family.
The revelations come as the Queen prepares to celebrate her 96th birthday and Platinum Jubilee next month, with Harry and Meghan missing out on key moments of the celebration.
According to The Sun, the controversial royal couple will return to England with their children for the special holiday, but will not be with their fellow royals and family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during a key event.
The Trooping of the Color is a military ceremony that has been held for more than two centuries to celebrate the monarch’s birthday.
Prince Harry and his famous wife, as well as the disgraced Prince Andrew, will not appear on the balcony during the event’s closing, as the Queen stated that only working royals would be present.
According to Omid Scobie, a friend of the couple and co-author of their biography ‘Finding Freedom’, the royal couple believe it would be “inappropriate” for them to participate in the “balcony moment”.
Scobie claims, however, that they had not been “cut off” and that Meghan and Harry are still “eager” to play a role in the Queen’s Jubilee.
“[Harry has] He talked to his grandmother about the possibility of not attending Trooping the Color well before last week’s announcements,” Mr. Scobie said.
However, the two former royals have been adamant about joining the St Paul’s Cathedral Service of Thanksgiving, an event that will celebrate 70 years Queen Elizabeth has reigned over both the UK and the UK. in the Commonwealth.