Prince Harry and Meghan Markle haven’t had a great relationship with the British Royal family. The Duke of Sussex often spoke about the burden of being a royal and wanting to leave the UK. In 2020, the couple stepped down as royal members and settled in the United States.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, several changes have been made by the new King, Charles III. Now, both Harry and Meghan have been officially demoted on the Royal family’s website. Let’s find out what exactly has happened here.
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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Have Been Demoted On The Family’s Website
Harry and Markle are not really the favorites’ of the Royals. The discomfort in the family was visible on several occasions after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Now, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been officially demoted from the Royal family. On the Royal family’s website, their pictures have been pushed all the way down to the bottom of the list.
Harry and Meghan’s dedicated pages were listed right below Prince William and Kate Middleton. The two have since been promoted to Prince and Princess of Wales respectively.
In 2020, their pages were pushed right below Princess Anne and now sit right on top of Prince Andrew, who has been accused of sleeping with underaged girls.
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Queen Elizabeth II Wanted Meghan Markle To Make Up With Her Father, Thomas
Markle has had a strained relationship with her father Thomas Markle. Royal expert Katie Nicholl has written in her upcoming book, ‘The New Royals,‘ that the late Queen wanted Meghan to make up with Thomas.
“The Queen could see how damaging the situation was between Meghan and her father and she did speak to Meghan about it and tried to encourage her to talk to Thomas,” she wrote.
Nicholl was informed by a Royal source that the late monarch felt “the whole thing was quite badly handled with Thomas Markle and it if had been done differently, it would have come out better.”
Thomas is the former lighting director for several television soaps and sitcoms. He was set to walk Meghan down the aisle at St. George’s Chapel but then couldn’t decide whether he would even attend.
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