Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly skipped one of the Queen's visits to her Scottish residence in favour of a trip to Spain, according to a new book about the couple lifting the lid on several 'revenge' incidents.
Biographer Tom Bower details Meghan and Harry's absences from Balmoral in 2019, during her Majesty's traditional annual trip. Typically, members of the Royal Family join the Queen at the estate throughout the summer holidays.
The Mirror reports that the pair were due to visit in 2019 with newborn Archie. However, they reportedly passed on the trip as George "was too young to fly to Scotland."
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And it's claimed that they whisked the tot off to Ibiza instead.
Spanish publications reported that Meghan, Harry and Archie flew to the Balearic island on a private plane and were accompanied by their normal security team. It then later emerged they also travelled to Nice in the south of France shortly after for a short trip, where they stayed at Elton John's private villa.
The claims come after the Queen reportedly extended an invitation for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as their children, to join her at Balmoral this summer. The invitation follows multiple meetings with the Queen so far in 2022, although each one was reportedly brief.
In April, Harry visited his beloved grandmother in a secret visit as he travelled to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games. Then, during last month's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the Queen met her namesake great-granddaughter for the first time. However, reports say this meeting lasted all of 15 minutes.
The Sussexes spent little time with the monarch during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations earlier this year, during which they introduced their daughter Lilibet to her great-grandmother.
For Harry, holidaying in Balmoral over the summer was part and parcel of growing up royal. He was at the estate in August 1997 when he heard the tragic news that his mother Princess Diana had died following a car crash in Paris.
But during her time as a working royal, Meghan only managed one trip to Balmoral with the Queen. It was in 2018, shortly after she and Harry tied the knot.
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