Relying on whom you ask, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been both cruelly rejected by royal aides once they requested Queen Elizabeth II to pose for pictures with their daughter Lilibet Diana final week — or they have been simply too well mannered to hassle her royal grandmum majesty.
Contradicting claims over an alleged image request have gone viral for the reason that California-based couple launched child Lilibet, 1, to the queen for the primary time final Wednesday, after jetting to the UK to partake in Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Stories from a number of different retailers declare Harry, 37, and Markle, 40, wished their private photographer to take blissful snaps of the queen and Lilibet — however have been shut down. In response to one nameless supply, they have been instructed: “No probability. It was a personal household occasion,” the Solar initially reported. That leaker additionally claimed the queen’s minders have been fearful that Harry and Markle would leak the pictures to US tv networks.
Nonetheless, a supply with data of the state of affairs instructed The Submit that declare is bunk.
“They simply loved a personal and intimate go to with the queen,” the supply mentioned, including that Harry and Markle didn’t even hassle with asking for pictures because the 96-year-old monarch wasn’t feeling effectively.
Elizabeth’s Communications Secretary declined The Submit’s request for remark in regards to the conflicting reviews.
Lilibet — who celebrated her first birthday whereas within the UK — is the monarch’s great-granddaughter and namesake.
The supply instructed The Submit that Harry and Markle additionally took Lilibet to fulfill Elizabeth for a second time on Friday.
The next day, the couple held a small occasion for his or her daughter to mark her first birthday. They subsequently launched a photograph of the tot, which was taken at that celebration.
The birthday portrait is simply the second photograph the couple have launched of their daughter after she was featured on the household Christmas card final 12 months.
Whereas Harry and Markle are mentioned to take pleasure in a heat relationship with the Elizabeth, their ties with different royals are much more strained.
The couple — who notoriously give up royal life again in January 2020 — trashed the royal household in an notorious interview with Oprah Winfrey 14 months in the past.
Throughout that sensational sit-down, the aggrieved couple leveled accusations of racism at one unnamed member of the royal household, saying there have been “issues about how darkish” their son Archie’s pores and skin could be.
In the meantime, Markle claimed she was silenced by workers of the household and claimed sister-in-law Kate made her cry throughout a tiff about flower-girl attire forward of her wedding ceremony to Harry.
It’s unclear whether or not the 2 ladies have had any contact for the reason that bombshell interview.
Harry, in the meantime, is claimed to be estranged from brother Prince William.
Harry and Markle’s go to to the UK was temporary, with the pair touching down within the nation partway by way of final week.
On Thursday, the pair have been rumored to be barred from showing on the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside Elizabeth, Prince Charles and different senior members of the royal household.
On Friday, the couple have been booed as they appeared at a Jubilee occasion at St Paul’s Cathedral. In the meantime, the couple flew out of the UK on Sunday, earlier than the Jubilee celebrations had even wrapped up. Nonetheless, sources instructed The Submit this wasn’t a royal snub — Harry and Markle at all times meant to attend two occasions and go away.
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