An explosive new tell-all book says Prince Harry and Meghan were left "festering with fury" after the Palace denied all of their demands on the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
Author and investigative journalist Tom Bower, has made several bombshell claims about the fraught relationship between the relegated royals and Her Majesty, in his new release 'Revenge'.
He described how the now US-based couple were left raging after they were refused a prominent role at the celebrations in return for making the journey back to Britain with their children.
But the book also claims that The Queen told her aides "thank goodness Meghan isn't coming" to the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, The Sun reports.
At the time in April last year, Meghan reportedly claimed she had been advised against travelling for the funeral as she was pregnant with second child, Lillibet.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the claims made in the book.
Bower wrote: "To comply with Covid restrictions she would grieve alone inside the chapel. 'Thank goodness Meghan is not coming,' the monarch said."
The biographer goes on to detail how Prince Charles "preferred" that the Sussexes as "private citizens" were not invited onto the balcony or to ride in the royal carriage during the Platinum Jubilee, reports The Times.
In a bid to secure a prominent role, Bower claims Harry asked if he could visit the Queen at Windsor but the monarch insisted he visit his father Prince Charles and Camilla before meeting her.
Battling tension caused by their controversial Oprah Winfrey interview, the Sussexes had a fraught but civilised meeting with the Prince of Wales.
The situation was reportedly better as they met The Queen later but the issue of their appearance on the balcony remained "unresolved" Bower claims.
The couple flew to Netherlands for the Invictus Games “but festering was their fury that the Palace had refused all of their demands for a prominent role at the Jubilee in return for returning to Britain with their children,” the writer adds.
Bower also notes how Harry has referred to America as his "home" and now spends his family life in Montecito, California.
Speaking to an NBC TV reporter in April, Harry refused to say whether he missed his brother and father but claimed his late mother, Princess Diana's presence in his life "is constant".
He added: "It’s almost as though she’s done her bit with my brother and now she’s very much helping me. She got him set up, and now she’s helping me set up’.”
