Prince Harry and Meghan Markle given brutal nickname by Palace insiders, new book claims
Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left their roles as working royals in 2020, their names have been avoided at all costs in Palace circles, a bombshell new book claims
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are referred to “indirectly” by members of the Royal Family, according to a new royal book.
Author Craig Brown is releasing a new book tomorrow, titled ‘A Voyage Around The Queen’, about the late Queen Elizabeth II’s life away from the public eye. In the book, the writer touches on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to leave their roles as working royals and move overseas to Los Angeles, US, to raise their children in 2020.
According to bold claims in the book, Harry and Meghan’s names “do not crop up very often in court circles” and they are instead referred to indirectly, since their bombshell departure. Brown quotes the Earl of Snowdon as he writes the Lord once observed: “The Royal Family is quite good at blanking out anything unpleasant or uncomfortable.”
He goes on to reference broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, who reportedly said in 2022: “These days, the names of Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, do not crop up very often in court circles… When they do, courtiers flinch almost imperceptibly and change the subject – or, if that’s not possible, refer to them obliquely as ‘persons who live overseas’.
“Mention the Sussexes to other members of the royal family… and they simply smile briefly and say, ‘We wish them all the best’ – and nothing else.” Since Harry and Meghan’s exit in 2020, the Duke has only returned to the UK for landmark occasions, including the funerals of his grandparents, as well as celebratory occasions such as the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the King’s Coronation.
Elsewhere in Brown’s book, he lifts the lid on the Queen’s opinion of former US President Donald Trump. He claims the Queen believed Mr Trump “must have some sort of arrangement” with his wife Melania as she mused over their relationship. The book also states she is said to have “particularly disliked” the way he acted upon their first meeting.
The author writes: “A few weeks after President Trump’s visit, for instance, she confided in one lunch guest that she found him ‘very rude’: she particularly disliked the way he couldn’t stop looking over her shoulder, as though in search of others more interesting. She also believed President Trump ‘must have some sort of arrangement’ with his wife Melania, or else why would she have remained married to him?”
The late Queen and Mr Trump first met in 2018 over tea at Windsor Castle. The visit caused a stir after Mr Trump reportedly left a then 92-year-old Queen waiting for 10 minutes in 27C heat before he was seen repeatedly walking in front of her as they inspected the guard of honour. Trump then stopped abruptly, blocking the Queen entirely, and forcing her to sidestep to get back alongside him.
