The Queen’s Disappointment Over Harry and Meghan’s Departure from the Royal Family

The decision of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to step down as senior members of the royal family and move to the US left the Queen feeling hurt and exhausted, according to a new royal book.

The book, entitled “The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown,” authored by Katie Nicholls, reveals that a source close to the late monarch claimed that she did not like to think about the Duke and Duchess's decision to leave the family.

An extract of the book, which has been published in Vanity Fair, further revealed that the Queen was disappointed when Harry and Meghan did not return to the UK in August with Archie and Lilibet.

During that time, she was hosting an annual sleepover in Sandringham with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The source stated that the Queen was very hurt and said, “I don't know, I don't care, and I don't want to think about it anymore.”

The source also added that it was regrettable for Her Late Majesty that the Sussexes' move meant she did not have the opportunity to see as much of Archie and Lilibet as she would have liked.

At the point when the Queen was hurt, she had only seen her great-grandchildren twice, and Lilibet only once.

Her Late Majesty passed away at Balmoral Castle on September 8th, at which point her eldest son Charles automatically became king.

As the monarch, the book claims that Charles is keen to heal the rift between the family and his youngest son Harry.

Harry and Meghan now live in a $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara, California.

They extended their trip and remained in Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Estate during the period of mourning following the Queen's death and before her state funeral, committal service, and private burial on Monday.

Despite the rift between the Sussexes and the rest of the family, there have been glimpses of a potential reconciliation following the Queen's death.

On the Saturday after the monarch passed away, the Prince and Princess of Wales made their first public appearance outside the Windsor Estate to read tributes that had been left to Her Late Majesty and greet mourners.

In an unexpected appearance, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined the couple as the Fab Four were reunited in their grief.

King Charles also allowed Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan, to wear his military uniform during a vigil last Saturday night along with the Queen's other grandchildren, in which they guarded her coffin as it lay in state in Westminster Hall.

Despite the fact that he is no longer a working royal, King Charles granted his youngest son permission to don the military uniform so he could pay his respects to his grandmother.

After Harry and Meghan left the firm in February 2020, relations became strained between the Duke of Sussex and his father and brother.