King Charles was reportedly left "disappointed" after the short notice he was given when his son Prince Harry and his now wife Meghan announced their relationship. The King was supposedly only told 20 minutes before the public announcement, which came as the monarch was preparing to tour the Persian Gulf sovereign state in November 2016.
The then Prince of Wales was preparing to meet the King of Bahrain. According to royal authors, according to royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, who are thought to be close with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Charles' team had spent months organising the tour, hoping it would be "covered significantly" by the media, reports the Mirror.