Harry and Meghan SNUBBED from royal gathering to mark one year since Queen’s death – despite already being in Europe
HARRY and Meghan have been snubbed by the Royal Family in their commemorations marking a year since the Queen’s death.
The Sussexes have not been invited despite being in Europe for the Invictus Games a day after the anniversary.
Prince Andrew, 63, and and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will be among the royals mourning the late monarch, next month.
Sources said there has been no “outreach” from senior royals to the US-based Sussexes, despite their planned appearance in Germany next month — a year since the monarch’s death.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are expected to mark the poignant anniversary on September 8 at Balmoral surrounded by family.
Harry and Meghan, who quit Britain in 2020 and have since repeatedly slammed the Royal Family, are due to kick off the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf 24 hours later.
They could easily be in the UK to mark the occasion.
But insiders revealed the pair, who live in Montecito, California, with their two kids, have not been invited to any public or private commemorations.
A source said: “There hasn’t been any outreach to them.”
The King, 74, and Queen, 76, will start their three-week holiday on August 21 at Balmoral, where Her Majesty passed away.
They will be joined by royals including Harry’s warring brother William, his wife Kate and their three children.
Charles has even buried the hatchet with Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his HRH title last year by the Queen amid his sexual assault case.
He will head to Scotland with former wife Sarah, pictured this week for the first time since surgery for breast cancer.
Harry and Meghan’s visit to Germany on September 9 will be the couple’s first joint appearance in Europe since the Queen’s funeral.
Harry’s dad Charles has since booted them out of Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, meaning they now have no home in Britain.
No royals are expected to see Harry and Meghan when they are in Europe as they are likely to still be at Balmoral.
A source said of the commemorations snub: “If they are not included in any of those plans they will find a way to mark the significance in their own way.”
The couple were in the country for charity engagements last year when doctors became concerned for the Queen’s deteriorating health.
Harry was asked by his father in a phone call not to bring Meghan to Balmoral.
He flew in a private jet alone, separately from William, Andrew, Prince Edward and wife Sophie, and arrived too late to see the Queen before she died.
The Sussexes have been criticised for filming parts of their six-part Netflix documentary while the Queen was unwell last summer.
The series, Harry and Meghan, was finally released three months after the death of Elizabeth II.
Meghan was slammed for performing an over-the-top curtsy as she recounted the moment that she first met Harry’s grandmother.
Harry also accused brother William of “screaming and shouting” during the Sandringham Summit which sealed their royal exit and said Charles had “lied” to them.
Writing in his bombshell autobiography Spare, Harry claimed he and William pleaded with their father not to marry Camilla.
He also detailed a fight with William in which he said he was knocked to the ground.
Those revelations came after their infamous interview with US TV host Oprah Winfrey, including allegations an unnamed royal made racist remarks about the skin colour of their children.
Harry also claimed he took his family away from the UK to “break the cycle” of “pain and suffering”.
Charles is due to be at The Mey Games in John O’Groats this weekend.
He will hold several engagements after moving to Birkhall on the 50,000-acre Balmoral estate.
The King will stay at Balmoral and is expected to host several family members for three or four weeks from August 21.
They include Sarah Ferguson, 63, after she underwent surgery for breast cancer.
Speaking on her podcast this week, she revealed she was not well enough to travel for “around a month”.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are also due with their children to spend the first summer at Balmoral since the death of the Queen.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, plus their children, are among other guests invited to join the traditional summer gathering beloved by the late monarch.
Buckingham Palace has not yet formally announced how the family will spend the anniversary of her death.
The late Queen traditionally spent the day her father King George VI died, also known as Accession Day, at Sandringham, where he passed away in February 1952.
It is expected that senior royals will — privately and publicly — mark September 8, which will also be Charles’s “Accession Day”.
The Sun first revealed last August that the Queen would be too unwell to travel from her summer holiday to swear in new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace.
Instead, Ms Truss travelled to Balmoral to see Her Majesty and formally replace Boris Johnson.
Just two days later, the Palace announced the death of the Queen.
Harry was then snubbed from a family meal at Birkhall with Charles, Camilla and William.
But the Duke of Sussex was permitted to wear military uniform for an emotional vigil around the coffin at Westminster Hall.
He also walked behind the funeral procession through London, and attended the ceremony at Westminster Abbey with Meghan.
Harry paid tribute to his grandmother on his website, praising her “unwavering grace and dignity”, “infectious smile”, and thanking her for her “sound advice”.
For Charles and Camilla’s coronation in May this year, he returned from the US alone to sit in the third row at the Abbey.
Meghan chose to remain in Montecito to mark son Archie’s fourth birthday.
Harry also missed a post- Coronation gathering at Buckingham Palace and instead caught the first available plane back to California.
He has since flown back to the UK twice for High Court cases against the media and is expected to return for further legal hearings.
His 39th birthday will take place during the week-long Invictus Games for wounded service personnel.
Reports in German media say he will give a closing speech and Meghan will moderate.
Last year the couple travelled to The Hague for the Games although Meghan left early to fly home to be with Archie and daughter Lilibet.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.