Royal Rift Deepens: Prince Harry’s Bold Response to King Charles’ Balmoral Ban on Meghan Markle!
Prince Harry was reportedly angry after he was told his wife Meghan Markle could not come with him to Balmoral on the day of the late Queen's death.
Prince Harry travelled to Balmoral alone on day of late Queen’s death (Image: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Prince Harry was reportedly left furious after King Charles told the duke not to bring Meghan Markle with him to see the late Queen on the day of her death.
In his 2023 memoir Spare, the prince – who had quit life as a senior royal over two years before – spoke about the tragic day his grandmother passed away on September 8, 2022.
While he himself was invited to Balmoral, where the late Queen was, to say goodbye, he was reportedly told by his father King Charles not to bring his wife Meghan with him, despite the fact they were already both in the UK.
In his memoir, Harry, 40, said: “He said I was welcome at Balmoral, but he didn’t want… her. He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn’t having it.”
The duke said he felt furious and told his father: “Don’t ever speak about my wife that way.”
Talking about the rest of the conversation and his father’s reaction, Harry said: “He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn’t want a lot of people around. No other wives were coming, Kate wasn’t coming, he said, therefore Meg shouldn’t.”
According to Prince Harry, the duke also found it difficult getting to Balmoral that day and had little communication with other members of the Royal Family who were travelling up to see the late Queen.
This meant Harry had to find his own way up to Scotland and was too late to say goodbye.
He wrote: “When the plane started to descend I saw that my phone lit up. It was a message from Meg: ‘Call me when you get this.’ I looked at the BBC website. My grandmother had died. My father was King.”
The couple attended the late Queen’s funeral together before flying home to America
Although she was not invited to Balmoral on the day of the late Queen’s death, Meghan was invited to attend the funeral along with other members of the Royal Family.
The funeral was the last time Meghan was seen in the UK, with Harry having visited a number of times since by himself.
This included his visit to see his father in February following the King’s cancer diagnosis, and his recent visit in September for the WellChild Awards 2024.
