London: According to allegations in the British media, Prince Charles (now King Charles III) had advised his younger son Harry to withhold his bride Meghan Markle from seeing Queen Elizabeth before her passing. As the queen’s closest family members hastened to be with her in her dying hours on Thursday, September 8, 2022, Harry was the last to arrive at Balmoral Castle. Harry was the first to leave on Friday as well, indicating that he is no longer a member of the family’s close-knit group.
According to a source who spoke to The Sun, “Charles informed Harry that it wasn’t proper or suitable for Meghan to be at Balmoral at such a very sad time.” “It was pointed out to him that Kate was not going and that the numbers really should be confined to the very closest family,” the source said.
In happier times, Harry and his grandmother had a close, playful relationship that the public could see when they appeared in a humorous video in 2016 in response to a mic-drop taunt from Barack and Michelle Obama before the Invictus Games, a competition for disabled veterans that Harry has supported, according to Reuters.
It was a complete coincidence, according to the Reuters article, that Harry was in Britain when Elizabeth passed away. There were allegedly no preparations made before her passing for him to visit his family in the United States, where he and his American wife Meghan currently reside.
The royal family vs Harry-Meghan
Meghan accused the nobility of racism in a bombshell interview the pair gave to Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, albeit no names were mentioned. In the interview, she even said that her misery while a working royal had nearly driven her to death. She said that there had been “conversations” regarding the baby’s skin colour in the family back when she was expecting Archie. Her father is white, while Meghan’s mother is black.
The Buckingham Palace responded to the interview, which was broadcast on CBS and caused uproar throughout the world, with a stern and cold statement that noted “some recollections may vary” but that the concerns mentioned were “concerning.”
Although things haven’t improved since then, the new King Charles appeared to reach out when he remarked, “I want also to convey my affection for Harry and Meghan as they continue to construct their life overseas,” in his first address as monarch on Friday (September 9).
After 70 long years of rule, the 96-year-old royal matriarch Queen Elizabeth II’s passing is expected to result in various shifting power dynamics. People throughout the world have long been intrigued by the drama surrounding the royal family, and this is not going to alter in the near future.
