Queen Elizabeth 'devastated' over King Charles's relationship with key royals

Queen Elizabeth would have been "absolutely devastated" about her son, King Charles's relationship with two key members of the Royal Family, a royal expert has claimed. The beloved monarch died three years ago today at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96.

Queen Elizabeth was close with all of her grandchildren, including Prince William and Prince Harry. Despite the ongoing royal rift after his exit from the Firm in 2020, the Duke of Sussex rushed from Windsor to Balmoral in September 2022 following the announcement of the late Queen's death.

However, since then, Harry has made a number of solo visits back home, but has not returned with Meghan Markle, and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

And while Charles's relationship with his grandchildren from Prince William's side, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis is ever so close, the same cannot be said about Harry's children, something which, according to an expert, would not sit well with the late Queen.

Royal author Phil Dampier told OK! magazine: "I think she would have been absolutely devastated by the fact that the King’s not seeing them [Archie and Lilibet].

"They are sixth and seventh in the line of succession at the moment, so she would be very upset."

"And I don’t think she would have liked the fact that Harry’s never met [Meghan’s father] Thomas Markle, or that the kids have never met him."

Meanwhile, royal expert Kataie Nicholl spoke about what the late Queen's reaction would be to the Sussex couple's decisions since their sensational departure five years ago.

She told the outlet: "I’m sure she would be deeply saddened and disappointed by how things have played out with the Duke of Sussex.

"But I think nothing would really surprise her when it comes to Harry and Meghan because she saw so much herself. She had to live through the Oprah Winfrey interview [in 2021] and the devastating fallout from that while the Duke of Edinburgh was seriously ill in hospital.

"And, of course, she had to deal with the fallout of Harry and Meghan leaving. So I think there would just be a great sense of sadness that it had all come to this. Harry not speaking to his father or his brother, being estranged – ostracised, even – from the family, was certainly not anything she ever wanted."