If Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ever thought they could re-enter royal life or the awkward line between using their titles to shell out products while being “private” citizens, something else would come!
A new report this week claims that the Queen herself ignored Harry’s request to leave a wreath for him at the Memorial Day ceremonies last month – and it only took her “two seconds” to make a decision.
Instead, Harry and Meghan staged an awkward photo shoot where they only laid flowers in Los Angeles National Cemetery, in what was usually seen as a publicity stunt.
The original story surrounding this sad spectacle was that palace officials had made the decision to ban Harry without discussing it with the Queen, but the Daily Mail now reports that she not only knew she personally and quickly declined his request.
“Remembrance Sunday is sacred when it comes to Her Majesty’s diary,” a source told the paper. “It’s one of the most important dates in her calendar and nothing happens without her knowledge. People suggested that the palace’s response to what Harry asked was small. But it was the Queen’s decision. And what’s more, she actually had very strong views on the subject. “
Another source confirmed this report to the Mail, adding, “While she has tremendous admiration for Harry’s accomplishments both inside and outside the military, this has been seen as an example of his lack of understanding of what it means to him to be a Not to be. royal works. The Queen firmly believes that you cannot choose what to do when it comes to the attitude. Either you’re in – or you’re gone. “
“Harry was told very clearly by his grandmother in January that ‘you work for the monarchy, the monarchy doesn’t work for you,'” a source told the Daily Mail. ‘If you can’t accept that, you have to run away. Her Majesty was remarkably clear and decisive on that point, and never deviated from it, not once. I think what has evolved across the Atlantic this year has only served to prove its point. “
Since leaving England for a $ 14 million Montecito compound, the ambitious couple has struck a $ 130 million deal with Netflix and Spotify
“The deals they’ve made since moving to California clearly show the truth: they just had ambitions that were totally incompatible with royal family membership,” an insider told the paper. “It was their choice to leave and seek their fortune elsewhere. Nobody banned them. Indeed, the Queen made it clear that she did not want Harry and Meghan to go and that they are still very much loved members of her family and have her support.
“Harry and Meghan are clearly where they want to be and good luck to them. But their subsequent career choices have limited any chance of retaining even a quasi-official royal role. “
But the couple, while leaving the royal family, seems to still want to trade in the connections and their rank as Duke and Duchess – and Prince and Princess.
“The Queen knows you can’t have a working member of the Royal Family also get millions of pounds from Spotify to tell people to ‘swipe and follow’ their podcast, or to encourage consumers to buy a particular brand of coffee. . The two are simply incompatible, ”the source said, referring to Meghan’s recent bid to invest.
Last month, Markle announced she had started investing in businesses – with her first investment in the female-led coffee business Clevr Blends, gifting a package of lattes to neighbor and friend Oprah Winfrey, who then promoted the coffee to her $ 19.2 million Instagram followers with a crown emoji.
Now there is a good chance that a role for the royal family in the future will be ‘dead in the water’, ”sources tell the Mail, adding,“ It’s just the choices they’ve made. There is no anger or hostility [on behalf of the Royal Family]. But every commercial deal done by the Sussexes has been a nail in the coffin of any kind of return to royal life. “
Another source said, “Coming back would mean undoing all the commercial fixes they’ve already made, and Harry and Meghan clearly don’t want that. That’s definitely their choice, and the Queen has agreed that they can pursue these new careers. “
And while the pair will keep their titles, Harry will never regain the military roles he loved so much.