When slamming The Duke of Sussex, Donald Trump didn’t specify how Prince Harry had betrayed the late Queen Elizabeth II. However, the former president, who had an emotional reaction to the queen’s death, is likely referring to Prince Harry’s general estrangement from the royal family. The conflict came to a boiling point when he and Meghan Markle stepped down as “‘senior’ members of the Royal Family” in January 2020.
Following their public announcement, the queen released her own statement about the change. “Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family,” she shared. Despite the queen’s apparent support, the royal couple’s decision to defect from their long-standing roles remains a controversial one.
On top of this, Robert Hardman alleged in his book “Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.” that the queen was upset by statements made by the couple about the naming of their daughter Princess Lilibet. The couple announced that Queen Elizabeth had approved of the name, which was inspired by her childhood nickname, but Hardman reported that this wasn’t the truth. “The root of the issue was not Harry and Meghan naming their daughter Lilibet,” he told Us Weekly. “It was when they said that this had all been done with [the queen’s] blessing.”
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