Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have received “no contact” from Buckingham Palace about an invitation to King Charles’ 75th birthday party next week, their spokesman told Web today.
King Charles III will celebrate this milestone with a party at Clarence House on Tuesday November 14th with his closest friends and family.
The Sunday Times reported that Prince Harry had declined an invitation to the birthday party and would remain in California. But a spokesman for the Sussexes told Web that the couple had no idea.
“There has been no contact regarding an invitation to His Majesty’s upcoming birthday.” “It is disappointing that the Sunday Times misreported this story,” they said. The same spokesperson also denied that Meghan, who rose to fame on Suits, would return to acting following reports earlier this week.
A source close to the Sussexes told Web that they will not be attending Charles III’s party next week. were invited to London. “They had not received an invitation and knew nothing about celebrations until the stories came out,” the insider said, adding: “I am sure the Duke will find a way to reach out privately and wish His Majesty the best as he does wishing you a happy birthday.” has always done so.
A friend of the couple suggested the palace may even have leaked the “snub” story to divert attention from the recent royal visit to Kenya, where the king was urged to apologize for Britain’s colonial past.
“The story is being positioned to make it look like the duke is snubbing his father, which he is not,” the friend said. “Considering the trip [to Kenya] “It didn’t go well, this could be a welcome distraction.”
Royal and government sources have made it clear that they consider last week’s trip to Kenya a “resounding success.”
Prince Harry (pictured center with his wife at the Queen’s funeral) has reportedly not spoken to his father, King Charles III, in a long time. The Duke of Sussex’s spokesman has denied snubbing his father’s 75th birthday
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had a bitter falling out with the rest of his family in recent years since quitting their front-line royal duties and emigrating to California
A source close to the couple said Harry (pictured at his father’s coronation) and Meghan had not received an invitation to King Charles’ birthday plans
King Charles will celebrate his 75th birthday with a party at Clarence House next week
A friend of the Sussexes told Web that they would normally have been included in plans for major events in the UK, despite the growing rift between them and the rest of the royal family.
“The story in the Times and subsequent stories have been positioned to make it appear as if the Duke is snubbing his father, which he is not.”
Relations have been strained since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior royals and moved to California.
They made a number of claims about their treatment by the palace, including in a wide-ranging interview with Oprah and in Harry’s memoirs.
Although the Duke has since attended his father’s coronation at Westminster Abbey in May, his relationship with King Charles remains fractured – with the royal family not publicly celebrating his birthday in September.
Harry and Meghan’s friend said the party snub story may have been intended to distract
However, King Charles and Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya was hailed as a “resounding success” at Buckingham Palace and within the government, which had asked the monarch to travel to East Africa to strengthen ties between the countries.
It was not marred by protests and the only major criticism appeared to come from Omid Scobie, the Sussexes’ preferred royal reporter, who said the red carpets for the trip made the king and queen appear “out of touch.”
However, there were claims that the red carpet treatment came at the insistence of Kenyan authorities.
The king also took a major step and, in a major speech, expressed to the Kenyan people his “greatest sadness and deepest regret” over Britain’s “abhorrent and unjustified acts of violence” during the colonial period.
At a state banquet in Nairobi on the first evening of the four-day visit, Charles said there was “no excuse” for British “misdeeds” in the East African country, particularly against the Mau Mau uprising, which killed 11,000 people in the 1950s.
The king shied away from apologizing directly as this is not the British government’s policy, as it carries with it greater legal responsibility.
“Their Royal Highnesses thoroughly enjoyed the trip. “I think it’s fair to say it was a complete success,” an aide told Vanity Fair, adding: “There’s a sense of relief that it went so well is, and feels that the King and Queen have hit the right note.”
The King and Queen at Fort Jesus in the old town of Mombasa during their visit to Kenya last week
Prince Harry (pictured left) and Meghan Markle (pictured right) have not been discussed by Buckingham Palace about the party, their spokesman said
King Charles will celebrate his 75th birthday at Clarence House on November 14th
An insider claimed that the Duke of Sussex received no personal congratulations from his brother, Prince William, or his father, King Charles.
In fact, they told the Telegraph: “Communication between the King and Prince Harry remains quite poor. “They don’t speak much, if at all.”
They said one possible reason for this was that King Charles was disappointed with the way Harry wrote about Queen Camilla in his autobiography, Spare.
The Duke said his stepmother was “dangerous” and a “villain” who “left bodies on the streets.”
He wrote in Spare: “I have complex feelings about winning over a stepparent who I thought had recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar.”
Harry also accused Charles and Camilla of spreading “stories” about William and his family: “Give Pa and Camilla an inch, he said, they need a mile.”
In an interview shortly after the release of Spare, he told Good Morning America, “We haven’t spoken in a long time.” I love every member of my family, despite the differences.
“When I see her, we are perfectly comfortable together. She is my stepmother. I don’t consider her an evil stepmother.
“I see someone who has married into this institution and done everything he can to improve his own reputation and image for his own sake.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesman declined to comment, saying the palace does not comment on personal family matters.