Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been denied an invite to King Charles’ Scottish retreat of Balmoral according to a new report from People.
The publication says that royal sources have confirmed to them that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been invited to spend the summer holidays with the monarch, which has been the case since they stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2020.
Balmoral holds a special significance for the royals, with members of the family often heading to the Aberdeenshire-based castle during the summer holidays. Harry himself visited the area plenty of times when he was growing up and before heading to the United States.
Balmoral was also a personal favourite place of the late Queen, who died at the Scottish castle on 8 September 2022.
The King is currently staying at the Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, where the royals typically spend the Christmas break. It’s expected that when the monarch heads to Balmoral, he will extend an invitation to new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria.
The apparent snub marks a further deterioration of the relationship between Harry and his father, despite the reported rift being slightly bridged earlier this year when the Duke visited Charles following the monarch’s cancer diagnosis.
