The Queen was allegedly overheard saying ‘thank goodness Meghan is not coming’ to her husband’s funeral, according to a new book.
Sources claimed she was relieved that the Duchess of Sussex, then seven months pregnant, would not be attendingBiographer Tom Bower’s latest book ‘Revenge: Meghan, Harry And The War Between The Windsors’ is being serialised in the Times and Sunday Times, and includes the controversial claims.quotes unnamed sources to state: “‘Thank goodness Meghan is not coming,’ the monarch said in a clear voice to her trusted aides.
‘Meghan said this is the opportune time for Henry to mend his relationship with his brother and his dad. She doesn’t need to be there for that.’ Mr Bower also claims in his book that the Duke of Sussex and Meghan made a ‘demand to appear with the Queen on Buckingham Palace’s balcony’ during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last month.Clarence House also declined to comment on the book.
Mr Bower writes: ‘Festering was their fury that the palace had refused all of their demands for a prominent role at the Jubilee.’ He speculates that: ‘In Meghan’s view those optics were unsatisfactory, partly because her value to Netflix was to stand near the Queen.’Mr Bower’s previous unauthorised biographies have featured Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Charles, Tony Blair and Richard Branson, among others.
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