Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told the Queen they didn't want to appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony for her Platinum Jubilee, according to a Sussex insider.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex instead asked to attend the Queen's Thanksgiving Service, which is due to take place on Friday, June 3.
It has emerged the couple plans to bring their children Archie, three, and Lilibet, 11-months, when they return to the UK to join in the celebrations of the monarch's landmark 70 years on the throne.