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Prince Harry and Meghan were invited to meet with Queen Elizabeth II only to have the meeting cancelled, with the Queen reportedly saying: “I have been told I am busy all week.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s controversial Netflix series “Harry & Meghan” revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had invited the couple to tea with her, only for the arrangement to be cancelled.
The details began with the couple’s initial trip to Vancouver and Prince Harry discussing their subsequent plan to move to Canada in January 2020.
Prince Harry says in the documentary: “Before we left [for Canada] I spoke to my grandmother as well and told her we are coming back on the 6th, and I would love to come and drive up and come to see you.
“She [the Queen] knew that we were findings things hard. I’d spoken to her many times about it.
“She told me she had no plans for the week. She said, ‘Well, why don’t you come up? You can have tea, but why don’t you stay the night, you and Meghan?'”
Prince Harry and Meghan were reportedly told they couldn’t meet the Queen as she was busy. (Image: Getty)
The series has proved controversial since its release in December. (Image: Getty)
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Meghan then takes up the story, saying: “So we’re flying back from Vancouver straight to Heathrow.”
“And right as we are getting on the plane and this urgent, urgent message comes through to H saying, ‘You are not allowed to go and see Her Majesty.
“Make sure that your principal is aware – he cannot go and see her.”
“She is busy. She has plans all week.”
Harry then says: “And I was like, ‘that’s certainly the opposite to what she had told me.’ Once we were back in the UK, I rang her, and said, ‘I am now told that you are busy’.”
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Prince Harry’s memoir is due for release soon. (Image: Getty)
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“She goes, ‘Yes, I didn’t know that I was busy. I have been told I am busy. I have been told I am busy all week’.”
Harry concludes by saying, “And I was like ‘wow’.”
Meghan then states: “… I mean my gosh, this is when a family and a family business are in direct conflict.”
The series’ fifth episode also covers a potential move to South Africa, threats they received, their willingness to relinquish their Sussex titles, and much more.
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“Harry & Meghan” was released by Netflix in two parts earlier this month and has seen a controversial backlash from some commentators in the UK, including Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson, the latter talking of how much he “hated” Meghan prompting record Ofcom complaints.
However, some supporters in the US also rallied to the couple’s side.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently announced their second collaboration with Netflix, titled “Live to Lead.”
The docuseries is inspired by the life of South Africa President Nelson Mandela and will feature contributions from Bryan Stevenson, Jacinda Ardern, Albie Sachs, Siya Kolisi, Gloria Steinem, Greta Thunberg, and the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Both series come ahead of Prince Harry’s ghost-written memoir “Spare”, which is due to be released early in the new year on January 10, 2023.
Several royal commentators have speculated that the book may contain more bombshell revelations for the Royal Family.
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