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‘The Sun’ assures that the reluctance of the family explains why the Duke of Sussex went alone to say goodbye to Elizabeth II at his residence in Scotland
Charles III would have pointed out to his son Harry that “it was not right” for Meghan Markle to travel with him to Balmoral to accompany the queen in her last hours of life. This is reported by the newspaper ‘The Sun’ after two days of speculation in British gossip about the reasons why the Duke of Sussex went to the castle alone while his wife stayed in London. Harry was also the first descendant of Elizabeth II to leave the family property the morning after her death after completing the first twelve hours of mourning. He made it visibly shaken in the back seat of an SUV that took him straight to the airport to fly back to the British capital.
According to this information, the new sovereign told him that it was not appropriate for Meghan to be at Balmoral, which would confirm the first rumors that warned that he had not accompanied Harry aware that he would not be welcome. However, the official version that circulated then is that she had decided to stay in London out of respect for the privacy of the royal family. The frequency with which Meghan has given interviews and the content of them, especially in recent weeks, has not gone down particularly well in the House of Windsor.
According to sources cited by ‘The Sun’, Carlos called his son, who was with Meghan at the time at Frogmore Cottage, the Windsor residence, to notify him of the difficult family situation. “Charles told Harry that it was neither right nor appropriate for Meghan to be at Balmoral at such a deeply sad time. It was pointed out to him that Kate (his brother William’s wife) would not be going and that numbers really should be limited to immediate family. Charles made it very, very clear that Meghan would not be welcome,” the source said. Apparently, Harry was also unable to get on the RAF plane that brought Prince William and his aunt and uncle, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew, to Scotland. In that case, it may have been because the duke had earlier relinquished all royal privileges to him.
However, Carlos III did not want to solslay the couple in his first speech after the queen’s death. After announcing that William and Catherine were becoming Princes of Wales, the sovereign said: “I also want to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas,” alluding to their decision to settle in America.
Elizabeth II, along with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in an official act in 2018 /
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex communicated to Elizabeth II on January 20, 2020 their resignation to remain as first-line members of the royal family and expressed their desire to move their official residence outside the United Kingdom and live on their own financial means. The couple has settled in California.
Harry has become, in any case, the image of lonely pain. The photographs of his enormously sad departure from Balmoral have gone around the world. It so happens that the duke failed to arrive in time before the death of his grandmother. In fact, Carlos, 73, and his sister Ana, 72, who were in Scotland, were the only members of the family who were able to say goodbye to the sovereign during her lifetime.
conversation about faith
Last weekend, Elizabeth II had Iain Greenshields, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, as a guest at Balmoral, with whom she had lunch on Sunday. The minister and priest has revealed on the BBC that the queen, very lucid and in a good mood, told him how comfortable she felt at Balmoral. They even looked out of a window where she enlightened him about the beautiful Scottish landscape. “I think that has served as a consolation to her family,” said the ecclesiastical representative. She also spoke “very movingly” about her husband Felipe, how her death “hit him” and the weakness she felt during the funeral.
“She talked about her past, her love for Balmoral, her father, her mother, Prince Philip, the horses… very committed to what was happening in the church and also what was happening in the nation,” he said. Greenshields. Before saying goodbye to her, the two had a deep conversation about faith, “life and where this life leads. We ended up talking about eternal life and the resurrection.”
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