However, due to the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2021, Queen was “disheartened” for not being able to meet in person with the Royal couple for the most-awaited discussion ahead of their withdrawal as ‘senior’ royal members, according to royal experts speaking in the Channel 5 documentary 'The Queen's terrible year'.Įmily Nash, Royal Editor Hello Magazine said: “The transitional period was put in place as almost a kind of safety catch, so that should the couple go to America and decide that, actually, they’ve made the wrong decision, had they found themselves unable to make things work, that they still had this opportunity to return and resume. When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their split with the Royal Family on the Monarch apparently granted them a year’s “sabbatical” to ponder upon the decision. The Queen 'wisely' included a 'catch' clause in her deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to ensure their return, royal experts have said. However, the Duchess had a very rocky start, having first hit headlines for her affair with Charles while they were both still married to other people: Charles to Princess Diana and Camilla to Andrew Parker Bowles. This follows his tour of the Middle East with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.Ĭamilla is one of the more reliable royals, carving out an increasingly pivotal role for herself within the Firm. The Prince of Wales has just flown out to Barbados to make a speech at a ceremony to remove the Queen as the Caribbean nation’s head of state. Prince Charles laid a wreath on behalf of the Queen, and in recent weeks has represented his mother on other occasions. She pulled out of a string of events after her first overnight stay in hospital for eight years, and was not present at the Remembrance Day wreath-laying service at the Cenotaph in London due to a sprained back.

The monarch, 95, has been resting over the past few weeks on doctors’ advice. The Queen's snub of Camilla was a 'great disappointment' for Prince Charles on his wedding day, historian Piers Brendon claimed in a documentary.

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