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'Furious' Prince Harry wants apology after being 'ignored' at Jubilee, says expert

A "furious" Prince Harry feels he is owed an apology after he was "largely ignored" at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a royal expert has said.

Harry and wife Meghan Markle only attended one Jubilee event publicly - the service of thanksgiving at St Paul's last Friday.

They were sat in the second row of the cathedral and across the aisle from Prince William and his wife Kate, with the couples not acknowledging each other or exchanging eye contact.

It is also understood that the two brothers, who are said to have a frosty relationship, also didn't meet privately.

Apart from being glimpsed at Trooping the Colour last Thursday, Harry and Meghan were not seen at any other royals events.

Harry attended Trooping the Colour and the service at St Paul's (Getty Images)

And according to royal biographer Angela Levin, who spent a year with Harry writing a biography on him, the prince will be "absolutely furious".

She told The Sun : "I think he would have been very, very upset that he was largely ignored. He still feels he's owed an apology.

"But he's the one who should apologise. He said during the Oprah interview that Charles and William were trapped, he said he'd been cut off by his father.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at leave St Paul's Cathedral last week (Getty Images)

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"You can't just go around being rude about people and expecting them to open their hearts to you again."

Her comments come after reports that Harry and Meghan wanted a photographer to capture the moment the Queen met their daughter Lilibet for the first time.

Lilibet at her first birthday party on Saturday (Misan Harriman/Duke and Duchess of Sussex HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Harry and Meghan with Archie and Lilibet last year (alexilubomirski/Instagram)

The little girl, who turned one on Saturday, was introduced to Her Majesty last weekend after she joined her parents and brother Archie on the trip to the UK.

But according to a source, the Queen did not want this private moment to be photographed.

An insider told The Sun : “Harry and Meghan wanted their photographer to capture the moment Lilibet met the Queen.

“But they were told no chance. It was a private family meeting.”

Instead, a photo of Lilibet at her first birthday party - a picnic at Frogmore Cottage - was released.

Close family and friends were invited to celebrate the occasion at the Windsor property, where there was face-painting and cake, according to guests.

A spokesman for the couple did not name the family members who attended.

A picture of Lilibet, which shows her smiling and dressed in a pale blue frock with a white bow in her hair, was taken by photographer and friend of the couple Misan Harriman and released by Harry and Meghan on Monday.

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