The British Royal family has been going through a relatively testing time period because of an ongoing large-scale controversy. In fact, King Charles III is reportedly navigating a delicate personal and royal balancing act.
Further, insiders close to the family are also claiming that a ‘lingering fear’ is just quietly and effortlessly shaping some of his recent decisions. This happens to be particularly true when it comes to his ongoing communication chain with his younger brother, Prince Andrew.
King Charles’ decisions are being driven by this ‘lingering fear,’ claims source
According to a source, King Charles has been taking near-daily calls from his younger brother, Prince Andrew, despite the long-standing strain surrounding Andrew’s position within the royal family. This has apparently made him feel sincerely concerned about his own well-being, as well. Meanwhile, while the relationship may appear cordial on the surface, insiders have also suggested that it is far from driven by warmth.
Instead, the royal sibling dynamic is said to be rooted in caution and laden with differences. One insider even exclaimed, “Charles is continuing to take what have been described as near-daily, almost pleading calls from Andrew because, in truth, he doesn’t feel he has the freedom to shut that door completely. There’s a very real anxiety within the palace about how Andrew might react if he were fully cut off, and that uncertainty is driving a lot of the King’s decisions right now.”
According to Radar, the insider further added, “It’s not a relationship being maintained out of warmth; it’s far more strategic than that. Charles is, in effect, being pressured into keeping that line open because there’s a lingering fear that Andrew could go rogue on the royal family if he feels isolated or backed into a corner. That possibility is something they simply can’t ignore.”
While discussing the ongoing fear that Prince Charles has been dealing with, the insider said, “This is a highly delicate balancing act. Charles knows that cutting Andrew off entirely could escalate things, so he’s trying to contain the situation rather than inflame it. The difficulty is that the more Andrew pushes, whether through demands about his accommodation or constant contact, the greater the risk it creates, not just for himself but for others connected to him. That’s what makes it so fraught, and why Charles is handling it so cautiously in an effort to protect the stability of the wider institution.”
Prince Harry and King Charles still have ‘tension’ between them as feud continues
Prince Harry and King Charles III are reportedly still trying to work through their strained relationship.
Despite rumors that the Duke of Sussex wants to ask his father to open the Invictus Games with him in Birmingham this summer, royal expert Richard Palmer believes it might be out of the question.
The commentator told The Mirror that Harry and Charles still have “tension” and “trust issues” between them.
According to Palmer, one glaring issue with the Spare author’s upcoming visit to the U.K. is whether or not Meghan Markle will join him.
“I can see one potential problem there, which is if Meghan is launching As Ever [her lifestyle brand] in the U.K. during a visit here,” the journalist said.
“The King won’t want to be the backdrop or to be seen to be endorsing a commercial launch like that, so it will be important to consider the timing,” Palmer noted.
Despite His Majesty’s reservations, he reportedly wants to see his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
“But when they came over for Trooping the Color during Queen Elizabeth II ’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a senior source close to Charles stressed how wonderful it had been for him to see his grandchildren. I think he’s genuinely missing out there and regretting missing out,” Palmer claimed.
Charles and Queen Camilla will be making a trip to the United States this month for an official state visit. However, there won’t be a father-son reunion.
“When you’re talking about a state visit, every minute is accounted for — especially when it’s the King traveling as the invited guest of a head of state,” an insider told People.
“Harry knows how things are and wouldn’t ask for that either under these circumstances,” the source claimed.
While the leader of England and his youngest son continue to work through their differences, Harry reportedly wants to hang out with his dad this summer.
“He’d like an invite to Sandringham [where Charles lives]. Would he go? It would depend on who was there. If the King was to say, ‘Come up and spend some time with the family,’ he’d love that,” a source told The Times.
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Prince Harry’s “Healing Process” With the Royal Family Is Reportedly “On Hold” Post-King Charles Reunion
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Prince Harry and King Charles’s reconciliation is apparently “on hold.”
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The father and son reunited for the first time in over a year last September.
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Their relationship has reportedly been plagued with issues for some time.
Despite Prince Harry finally reconnecting with his father, King Charles, it appears that their reconciliation is officially “on the back burner.”
“They haven’t got the bandwidth to repair the long-standing rupture with Harry,” reporter Christopher Andersen said of the royal family in an interview with Us Weekly published on Wednesday, April 8. “That whole healing process appears to have been put on hold.”
Andersen explained that the ongoing fallout involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is the primary reason why Charles and Harry have yet to fully squash their beef.
“The Epstein scandal and Andrew’s involvement in it has rocked the monarchy to its core,” Andersen added. “In the midst of all this turmoil, Harry and Meghan [Markle] have very much been put on the back burner.”
While King Charles will travel to the United States later this month, the monarch reportedly has “no plans” to meet with his youngest son, who currently lives in California with his wife and children.
“Healing with Harry’s family is not the royal family’s priority at the moment,” a source close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Us.
Last September, Harry and Charles met at the king’s London residence, Clarence House, for tea, marking their first encounter since February 2024. According to People, their chat lasted around an hour, though what they discussed is unknown.
The duke’s rift with his relatives, including his brother Prince William, is thought to have originated with his and Meghan’s departure from royal life in 2020, though some reports have claimed that issues emerged before the couple’s 2018 wedding.
Royals turn sympathetic ear to struggling Andrew
In the not-too-distant past, when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was still a prince, there was one person he could rely on: his mother.
In troubled times, Elizabeth II would allow him to visit her at Windsor Castle, providing if not a heart-to-heart talk with her errant second son, then at least some company.
In her latter years, as Andrew’s scandals gained notoriety, advisers began to refer wearily to his “tea-with-the-Queen tactic”.
“She was just sorry for him,” one such senior adviser is quoted as saying in a new biography by Robert Hardman. “The others [her children] had spouses, duties, respect. He did not.”
In the three years since the late Queen’s death, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of his titles, honours, styles and home, and arrested on claims of misconduct in public office.
Recent images have seen him cut a lonely figure. First out riding by himself in a rainy Windsor, then walking the dogs alone at Sandringham as he waits to move into his new home at Marsh Farm.
Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife who lived with him at Royal Lodge for decades after their divorce, seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet, successfully making her way around the world between friends, family and spa hotels as she too was embroiled in the embarrassment of the Epstein files.
His children, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, appear to have distanced themselves for now.
Enter, finally, his siblings.
The Duke of Edinburgh, better known to the public as Prince Edward, visited Andrew in Sandringham over the Easter weekend.
He is said to be worried about his brother’s “mental state” in the face of extreme public pressure and continuing police investigation. The Duke and Sophie, his wife, had dinner with Andrew to talk things through.
Buckingham Palace did not comment on any such visit. Nevertheless, it appears to be a tentative show of private support from the wider Royal family.
The King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales have all distanced themselves from Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, using separate official statements to emphasise that their thoughts are with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
The King had taken a “strong line” on Andrew since the latest Epstein revelations, a palace source said, and believed the law must now “take its course” without him being seen to interfere. The Prince of Wales “supports” his father’s actions, Kensington Palace repeats.
Sources close to Prince William say they do not recognise reports that the future King has been in recent personal contact with his uncle.
But as concerns for Andrew’s wellbeing grow, his siblings, Prince Edward and the Princess Royal, appear to have stepped up behind the scenes.
“This is a sibling issue now,” says a source close to the Royal family. “Who else does he have left?”
While the iron fist of the monarchy still rules in public, there are small signs of a velvet glove in private.
The Princess Royal, who has more than once been confronted by protesters shouting about Epstein, and ignored them each time, is reported to have telephoned her brother in her usual “independent-minded” way.
Said by Richard Kay, the veteran royal reporter, to have called her brother from Sandringham on Christmas Day to check on his welfare, she has even suggested he move to her Gatcombe Estate to get out of the spotlight.
Prince Edward, asked about Epstein during an on-stage talk in Dubai, said: “I think it’s all really important, always, to remember the victims and who are the victims in all this.”
In private, it seems, there is enough concern that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have not cut Andrew off entirely.
Those who have seen Mr Mountbatten-Windsor in Windsor and Sandringham claim his behaviour has been at times “erratic”.
“He hasn’t gone quietly [from Royal Lodge], put it that way,” one source says. “He didn’t want to go, and doesn’t want to be at Marsh Farm, but he also doesn’t have much choice.”
The pressure of a police inquiry, which shows no sign of an end date yet, is no small matter, even for a former prince so convinced of his innocence.
He has already voluntarily surrendered his gun licence. Few friends have been seen visiting him, he can no longer be seen on a public golf course and even his hobby of horse riding has been curtailed since moving away from the Windsor mews.
“You don’t have to condone his actions, or think he has made good decisions,” says an observer, of potential sympathy for Mr Mountbatten-Windsor. “But you can still feel some sort of human concern.”
The “tea-with-the-Queen” era may be over. The prospect of tea-with-the-King or the Future King is non-existent as of now.
But a quiet, common-sense lifeline from a brother and sister? It may be just what the late Queen would have wanted.
King Charles Says Royal Goodbye After Suffering Major Setback to His ‘Incurable’ Cancer
Kings get to do a lot of stuff that sometimes doesn’t make the news. In fact, what we’re usually hearing about the British Royal Family is the really dramatic stuff, like King Charles’ illness, his feud with Prince Harry, or possible planning details about the succession, or even the King’s funeral. We rarely get to hear as much about his day-to-day duties.
One of those has to do with transportation. The King has decided to decommission the current royal train by March 2027 to “secure best value for public money.” After the train is out of service, senior members of the royal family will rely on helicopters and scheduled trains for official travel across the UK, including between their residences. This follows the King’s efforts to cut costs and modernize the institution.
James Chalmers, who is the Keeper of the Privy Purse, or in other words, the official responsible for royal finances, described it as “the fondest of farewells,” adding, “In moving forwards, we must not be bound by the past.” However, he added that the royal train had been “part of national life for many decades, loved and cared for by all those involved.”
Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to travel by royal train in the early 1840s. However, the train has been used less and less in the past few years, and the high cost of maintenance makes it a very obvious cut for a monarchy trying to downsize. The train is expected to go on a farewell tour before it is retired, and though no official announcement has been made, there’s a good chance the royal train could be preserved in a museum after that.
All of this comes amid reports that King Charles’ cancer is reportedly incurable, but manageable, according to writer and associate editor of the Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey. “The talk now is that he may die ‘with’ cancer, but not ‘of’ cancer following a rigorous treatment program,” she wrote.
However, other sources were concerned about the king because he hasn’t been responding well to treatment. “Charles is indeed a sick man, and he does have cancer,” an insider told NewsNationNow. “He also refused chemotherapy and decided on a less invasive treatment.” And the King doesn’t seem inclined to stop his duties to rest.
One friend of the family told The Daily Beast: “Of course he should slow down, but, as anyone who knows him will tell you, he is not going to. He spent 70 years as the first in line to the throne, and he is determined to do the job as best he can for whatever time remains to him. It’s a worry for everyone, because he has made no secret of the fact that he still has cancer and is still getting treated for it, but I think he wants to raise awareness of the reality that cancer is something that a lot of people live with and make the best of.”
And his plans to continue to modernize the royal family while he can are proof of that.
What Each Royal Inherited From Queen Elizabeth II After Her Death.
Since her death, there have been a lot of questions over Queen Elizabeth‘s inheritances and who inherited her money and jewelry in the British royal family. After more than 70 years on the throne, the longest-reigning monarch in British history died on September 8, 2022. She was 96 years old.
In a 1957 Christmas Broadcast, the Queen promised the United Kingdom she would give her “heart” and “devotion” to the Commonwealth. “I cannot lead you into battle,” she said at the time. “I do not give you laws or administer justice, but I can do something else: I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.”
While her will isn’t public, there have been reports on which British royal family members inherited Queen Elizabeth‘s estate and fortune, and which were left out completely.
What each royal inherited from Queen Elizabeth II
King Charles
After the Queen’s death, King Charles inherited the Sovereign Grant, a taxpayer fund each year to the British royal family. The Sovereign Grant originated from an agreement made by King George III in 1760, who agreed to surrender his income from Parliament to receive a set annual payment for himself and future generations of the British royal family. The agreement was originally known as the Civil List before it was reworked as the Sovereign Grant in 2012.
King Charles III is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who died less than two years before the Queen on April 9, 2021. King Charles is the older brother of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s three other children: Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Anne, Princess Royal; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. He’s also the father of Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren, Prince William and Prince Harry, whom he shared with his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in 1997. King Charles is married to Queen Consort Camilla, whom he married in 2005.
Under the agreement, the British royal family receives a grant in exchange for surrendering their profits from the Crown Estate, the family’s collection of lands and holdings worth $19 billion, to the government, according to BBC. Each year, the reigning monarch receives 25 percent of the Crown Estate’s profits. The amount pays for property upkeep and utilities, the British royal family’s travel and the royal employee payroll.
The Crown Estate includes properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and operates as a corporation, with a chief executive and commissioners appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister. In 2021, the Crown Estate generated a net profit of $361 million, according to CNN. The United Kingdom Treasury paid the Queen a sovereign grant of $100 million, which is the equivalent of $1.50 from each person in the United Kingdom.
Princess Anne
According to i24 News, Princess Anne, as well as her brothers Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, inherited a share of the Sovereign Grant, which is now owned by their oldest brother, King Charles III, though the exact amount of her share isn’t known. Some reports also believe that Princess Anne received a new royal title given her prominence in the events leading up to the Queen’s funeral in September 2022.
Princess Anne is the second eldest child and the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. She is the Princess Royal and the younger sister of King Charles III and the older sister of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Princess Anne is also the mother of the Queen’s grandchildren, Zara Tindall and Peter Philips, who she shares with her ex-husband, Mark Philips, whom she divorced in 1992. Princess Anne remarried with Timothy Laurence in 1992.
In a post on the British royal family’s Instagram account in September 2022, Princess Anne revealed that she was by Queen Elizabeth’s side for the final 24 hours of her life. “I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys,” she wrote. “Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting. We will all share unique memories.
I offer my thanks to each and everyone who share our sense of loss. We may have been reminded how much of her presence and contribution to our national identity we took for granted. I am also so grateful for the support and understanding offered to my dear brother Charles as he accepts the added responsibilities of The Monarch. To my mother, The Queen, thank you.”
Prince Andrew
BBC reported in September 2022 that Andrew and Sarah Ferguson inherited two of the Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, who Andrew and his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, gave to the Queen as a present in 2021.
Prince Andrew is the Duke of York and the second eldest son and third eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Andrew is also the younger brother of King Charles III and Anne, Princess Royal, and the older brother of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. He is also the father of Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, whom he divorced in 1996.
“The corgis will return to live at Royal Lodge with the duke and duchess. It was the duchess who found the puppies which were gifted to Her Majesty by the duke,” a source told BBC at the time. “The duchess bonded with Her Majesty over dog walking and riding horses, and even after her divorce, she would continue her great friendship with Her Majesty, by walking the dogs in Frogmore and chatting.”
Andrew, Beatrice and Eugenie gave the Queen Muick and another dog named Fergus in the spring of 2021 to cheer her up while her husband, Prince Philip, was in the hospital amid COVID-19 pandemic. Muick, pronounced “Mick,” is named after Loch Muick on the royal Balmoral Estate, where the Queen died. Fergus, a dorgi, was named after the Queen’s maternal uncle, Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon, who died in World War One.
Fergus died at just five months old due to a heart defect. After Fergus’ death, Andrew gave the Queen another corgi named Sandy on her 95th birthday. The Queen’s dresser and personal assistant, Angela Kelly, said at the time that the dogs provided the Queen with “constant joy” and “always brought a smile to everyone’s faces,” according to BBC.
Prince Edward
According to i24 News, Prince Edward, as well as his siblings Prince Andrew and Princess Anne, inherited a share of the Sovereign Grant, which is now owned by their oldest brother, King Charles III, though the exact amount of his share isn’t known.
Prince Edward is the Earl of Wessex and the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. He is also the younger brother of King Charles III, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew. He is also the father of Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren—Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Servern—who he shares with his wife, Sophie Rhys Jones, who he married in 1999.
In a post on the British royal family’s Instagram account in September 2022, Prince Edward revealed what he learned from Queen Elizabeth after her death. “As a family, we have grown up learning to share our parents, especially our beloved mama, with the Nation, her Realms and the Commonwealth,” he wrote.
“While it has been lovely to have spent time saying our own farewell privately at Balmoral, it is now time to allow others to be able to say their farewell. We have been overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us and the sheer number of people who have gone out of their way to express their own love, admiration and respect to such a very special and unique person who was always there for us. And now, we are there for her, united in grief. Thank you for your support, you have no idea how much it means.”
He continued, “The Queen’s passing has left an unimaginable void in all our lives. Sophie and I have taken huge pleasure in seeing our James and Louise enjoying the places and activities that their grandparents loved so much. Given that my mama let us spend so much time with her, I think she also rather enjoyed watching those passions blossom. Those times together, those happy memories, have now become massively precious to each and every one of us. May God bless Her Majesty and may her memory be long cherished even as the baton she has carried for these past 70 years now passes to the next generation and to my brother, Charles. Long Live The King.”
Prince William
After Queen Elizabeth’s death, Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate worth around $1.2 billion. The estate—which belonged to William’s father, King Charles, before he took the throne—covers 140,000 acres in the United Kingdom and is used “used to fund the public, private and charitable activities” of the Duke of Cornwall, the title William inherited after the Queen’s death.
Prince William is the eldest child of King Charles III and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in 1997. William, who is Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchild, is the Prince of Wales and is the husband of Kate Middleton, the new Princess of Wales. He is also the father of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
The Duchy of Cornwall was established in 1337 to financially support the heir to the throne, according to CNN. The Duchy of Cornwall—which will provide the income for Prince William and Kate Middleton—is funded through the ownership and operation of land in rural and urban areas, as well as islands and rental cottages in Wales, Cornwall and other areas in the United Kingdom. In 2018, the Duchy of Cornwall made Charles and Camilla $28 million, which is around what William and Kate will make as well.
According to CNN, about 50 percent of Charles and Camilla’s annual income was spent on travel and official royal engagements, while a quarter went to taxes. The remaining $8.9 million went to Charles’ children with his late wife Princess Diana—Prince William and Prince Harry—as well as non-official purchases and a royal savings account.
Kate Middleton
Radar Online reported in September 2022 that Kate was expected to inherit $110 million in jewelry from the Queen’s personal jewelry collection, which includes 300 pieces that belonged specifically to the Queen and not the Crown. “[The Queen] been focusing on her beloved pieces and who deserves what,” a source told Radar Online in July 2022, two months before the Queen’s death. “The whispers are that she’s made some last-minute changes to her will that’ll be a shocking surprise for her heirs.”
Kate is the Princess of Wales and the wife of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchild, Prince William, the Prince of Wales. Kate is also the mother of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Radar Online also reported that the Queen’s decision for Kate, who she became especially close to in the final months of her life, to inherit her jewelry led to resentment from King Charles’ wife, Queen Consort Camilla. “Kate is clearly the family favorite,” the insider said. “She’d never say it, of course, but it’s one of the reasons Camilla resented Kate.” Radar Online also reported that Kate plans to pass some of the jewels to her daughter, Princess Charlotte.
While Kate inherited $110 million in jewelry from the Queen, that collection did not include the Spencer tiara, a diamond-encrusted crown inherited by William’s late mother, Princess Diana, in the mid-1970s. Diana wore the tiara in her wedding to King Charles—then Prince Charles—in 1981. According to the website for the auction house Sothebys, the tiara was inherited by Kate and William’s daughter, Princess Charlotte.
“Having been worn by Princess Diana at her wedding, the Spencer Tiara is one of the most famous diadems in modern history.” the auction house noted. “The Spencer Tiara is now set to be inherited by Princess Charlotte.”
The description of the tiara continued, “In the mid-1970s, John Spencer, the 8th Earl Spencer, inherited the tiara. It was subsequently worn by all three of his daughters at their wedding: Lady Jane in 1978; Lady Sarah in 1980; and finally Lady Diana the following year, in 1981. The tiara was most recently worn by Celia McCorquodale—niece of the 10th Earl Spencer Charles—at her wedding in the Spring of 2018.”
Prince Harry
Representatives told Forbes in 2021 that Harry was not a beneficiary of any of the $100 million left to the royal family by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. However, after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, Harry and William inherited part of their mother’s estate on their 25th birthdays, which was around $10 million each, according to Forbes.
Prince Harry is the youngest child of King Charles III and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. Harry, who is Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchild, is the Duke of Sussex and is the husband of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. He is also the younger brother of Prince William and the father of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren: Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor, who is named after the Queen’s childhood nickname.
In a CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey and his wife in March 2021, Harry revealed that he used his trust from his mother to support him and his family after his father, Prince Charles, cut him off financially at the start of 2020 following Harry and Meghan’s exit from the British royal family and move to the United States. “I had to afford security for us,” Harry said at the time. “[I was cut off] in the first quarter of 2020. But I’ve got what my mom left me and without that, we would not have been able to do this.”
According to Us Weekly, though Diana’s will stated that her estate would be distributed to William and Harry when they turned 25, the funds were held until they were 30. Despite the hold, the brothers were still able to receive interest on their trust funds earlier. While Harry and William were the chief heirs of Diana’s estate, the People’s Princess’s will also list others with whom she wanted to share her wealth, including her butler, Paul Burrell, as well as 17 of her godchildren, according to Worthy.
On September 15, 2024, the Duke’s 40th birthday, he was reported to have received more than $10 million from a family trust fund set up by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, when he was 10 years old. He received the first payment when he turned 21.
A former Palace aide told The Times of London: “There was a trust fund set up at the time. It was a way in which the Queen Mother could set aside money for when her great-grandchildren were older and a way of passing a slice of her estate down in a tax-efficient way. It was a way in which some of her estate could be ring-fenced for them.”
Meghan Markle
Representatives told Forbes in 2021 that Harry was not a beneficiary of any of the $100 million left to the royal family by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. Radar Online confirmed that in September 2022, reporting: “There’s a very good chance the Queen won’t leave either of them any jewels of value,” a source said.
“It’s not surprising, since they’re not members of the royal family anymore, but it would be a real slap in the face.” Radar Online also reported that Meghan’s sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, who is set to inherit $110 million in jewelry from the Queen, will likely pass some of her jewels to their niece because she and her husband, Prince William, “really don’t want Lilibet to be left out.”
“As for Meghan, she’s not their concern,” the insider added. As for why the Queen left Meghan out of her inheritance, Radar Online’s source speculated that it could be due to either “practicality” or Harry and Meghan’s drama with the British royal family in the years leading up to the Queen’s death. “Some people think it won’t be out of spite, but practicality,” the insider said. “Others say it would be the Queen sending a message to Meghan and Harry: You reap what you sow.”
Meghan is the Duchess of Sussex and the wife of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchild, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. She’s also the mother of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren, Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor, who is named after the Queen’s childhood nickname.
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