Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been 'demoted' on the official website for the Royal Family - and now sit just above Prince Andrew in the list of members. Since leaving the UK to start a new life in the US two years ago, the couple's relationship with other members of the family relatives has become fractured.
As they are no longer working royals, their positioning on the Royal Family’s website has been lowered to represent their current standing. The website includes a list of significant royals, including individual 'about' sections, with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously featuring in the middle of the rankings, just below senior members.
However, the list has been adjusted since the Queen's death, with the pair now sitting at the second and third-lowest spots - just above the shamed Duke of York. Their ranking is now below that of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, the Mirror reports.
The Sussexes and Andrew are not the only ones to have been affected by the shake-up - as Prince Michael of Kent, 80, and his wife, Marie-Christine, have been removed from the page completely, as they are not working royals. The Sussexes had once been just below William and Kate on the Royal Family list, when residing in the UK - but they were soon placed down below the Wessexes and Princess Anne after their decision to move to the United States.
There has been some hope during the Sussexes' recent stay in the UK during the Queen’s funeral that the rift could be healing with other royals. King Charles reportedly saw "tremendous flickers of hope" and he was “buoyed” by the meeting that he had with Harry and Meghan
An insider has told The Telegraph : "It remains the case that the King loves both of his children. Over the last 16 days or so, there were tremendous flickers of hope. In terms of the future, there is hope of a cause for unity."
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