Queen ‘unlikely’ to meet Lilibet as Prince Harry won’t return to the U.K for Prince Philip’s memorial service

By Reuters

Queen ‘unlikely’ to meet Lilibet as Prince Harry won’t return to the U.K for Prince Philip’s memorial service
Prince Harry will not return to the UK for Prince Philip's memorial service.

Prince Harry lives in California with wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and their children Archie, two, and Lili, nine months and a spokesperson reportedly confirmed on  that the Duke would not be be attending his grandfather’s Service of Thanksgiving, which is due to be held at Westminster Abbey on March 29th, almost one year after he passed away at the age of 99.

It comes after months of speculation surrounding the event, with Harry claiming he would feel “unsafe” returning to his home country without the protection of the Metropolitan Police.

Royal biographer Angela Levin slammed the Duke of Sussex over his decision to “snub” his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and accused the royal of acting like a child.

She told The Sun newspaper: “He has got this all wrong. If he comes over for a royal event he gets police protection. What they won’t do is, if he goes out with his friends he gets security. He’ll probably use this same excuse to try to get out of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. ‘It’s all about “me, me, me” rather than going out of his way for his grandmother and showing her he cares. He’s behaving like a child stamping his feet.”

Britain’s Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attend the unveiling of a statue they commissioned of their mother Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, Britain July 1, 2021. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS

However, the Prince – who last visited the UK to reunite with his brother Prince William as they unveiled a statue in memory of their mother Princes Diana following her tragic death in a car crash back in 1999 – is “hoping to visit the Queen as soon as possible”, according to his spokesperson.

Baby Archie will rejoin mum and dad for their first official Royal Tour as a family. @royalfamily
The Queen and Prince Phillip meeting Archie with Meghan’s mother, Doria

The Queen has only met Harry’s son Archie a handful of times also. The Queen and her late husband, Prince Phillip, did not attend his Christening at the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Queen reportedly had prior commitments, and duty always comes first for the British monarch.

Baby Archie, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry
Archie’s official Christening photo. Photo credit: Chris Allerton ©️SussexRoyal

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