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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

Queen Elizabeth's Alleged Strict Ultimatum That Deepened the Bitter Rift Between Prince Harry, Prince William Exposed

When compromise failed, the monarchy's private pain became public. (Credit: Bill Ingalls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Queen Elizabeth reportedly drew a hard line over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's future at Sandringham House in January 2020, telling the couple that they could leave royal life only if they understood it meant leaving for good, according to royal accounts.

The alleged ultimatum has since become one of the defining details of the Sussex split because it captures the central tension of the whole affair, a clean break was promised, but a clean break was never really what the palace wanted.

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