passed away earlier this month at the age of 96 — reportedly shared her sorrow of the situation with a close friend, who in turn spoke with author Katie Nicholl for her new tome “The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown,” released on Tuesday.The alleged close pal is not named in Nicholl’s book, but is quoted as saying: “She [the queen] was very hurt and told me, ‘I don’t know, I don’t care, and I don’t want to think about it anymore.'”An excerpt of “The New Royals” has been published by Vanity Fair, with Nicholl also writing that the aging monarch was “exhausted” by the “turmoil” of Harry and Meghan’s 2019 decision to leave the UK.
The couple’s move — dubbed “Megxit” by the press — sparked a rift in the royal family, which was only exacerbated by their decision to trash the Firm in a sit-down interview with Oprah early last year.
Meanwhile, Nicholl writes that Elizabeth II was saddened by the fact that she was not close to Harry and Meghan’s two children, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, who are being raised by their parents in California. “It was a source of sadness to the queen that she got to see so little of Archie and Lilibet and that Harry and Meghan were not able to join her for a weekend at Balmoral in August, when the queen used to host a ‘sleepover’ for all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” an excerpt from the book reads.
Harry and Meghan have been back in the UK for the past two weeks following the death of Queen Elizabeth on September 8. However, the pair are believed to be returning to home to California without striking a “peace deal” with the royal family.“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, who is Meghan’s friend, said the relationship between Harry and Meghan and the.
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