This is unexpected news. Queen Elizabeth II, who has just packed her bags this Thursday, July 21, 2022 in her summer residence in Balmoral, located in the Highlands in Scotland, would have proposed to her grandson Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, as well as their two children Archie and Lilibet, to come and visit him.
“Staff have been notified that the complete list of members of the royal family, including Harry, Meghan and their children, Archie and Lilibetis expected“, a source inside the British newspaper would have reported The Sun. “Balmoral is the perfect place to hang out with the Queen. For the jubilee, they only spent fifteen minutes with her“, can we also read.
Obvious tensions
A very surprising invitation, as the agreement is not in good shape between Her Majesty and the Sussex couple, and this for already (too) many years. Of the differences exposed by the author Tom Bower in his book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors published on July 21. For example, he says that Meghan Markle had not attended the funeral of Prince Philip – the Queen’s husband, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99 – because she had remained in the United States with one of her children, on the recommendation of her doctor. According to the writer, on hearing this news, Elizabeth II would have blown “Thank God Meghan is not coming”. Which says a lot about the animosity that emerges from the relationship between the queen and the American actress.
In addition, Harry and Meghan have not visited him in Scotland since 2018. They had isolated themselves in California at the beginning of 2020, a way of asserting their independence vis-à-vis the monarchical institution. But yet, by inviting Prince Harry and his wife to her summer home, the Queen seems to have taken a big step towards them. It only remains to be seen whether this proposal will be accepted or not!