Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Recall Not Being Allowed to See Queen in 2020 Ahead of Royal Exit

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Refused an audience. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle detailed the days before they announced they were stepping down as senior royals — and said they were denied a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II.The Duke of Sussex, 38, and the Duchess of Sussex, 41, discussed the lead-up to their January 2020 announcement in the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan, which debuted on Netflix Thursday, December 15.

After spending Christmas 2019 in Vancouver, Canada, the duo planned to return to the United Kingdom just after the new year.“Before we left, I spoke to my grandmother as well and told her that we’re coming back on the 6th, and I would love to drive up and come and see you,” the Invictus Games founder recalled. “She knew that we were finding things hard.

I’d spoken to her many times about it. She told me she had no plans for the week. She said, ‘Well, why don’t you come up? You can have tea.

Why don’t you stay the night, you and Meghan?'”The couple planned to take the late monarch up on her offer, but as they were getting on their flight to London, they received news that the meeting wouldn’t be happening.“This urgent, urgent message comes through to H saying, ‘You are not allowed to go and see Her Majesty.