Shocking enough that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly denied Queen Elizabeth a chance to give little Lilibet Diana a kiss and a slice of cake on her first birthday in June 2022. But according to Paul Burrell, Princess Diana’s former butler, the couple added insult to royal injury by leaving town without so much as a toodle-oo. “The next day she asked if maybe they’d like to come up for tea again and was told they’ve gone,” he told The Mirror. “‘What do you mean they’ve gone?’ she said. ‘They’ve gone back to America.’ ‘Oh no, they never said goodbye.’”
The monarch didn’t entirely miss out, however; Burrell adds that she did see Lilibet (and, presumably, older brother Archie) the day prior. It was then that Harry and Meghan held a private party for their daughter on the grounds of Frogmore Cottage, their former residence in Windsor. Sadly, the queen died three months later at 96 without seeing Archie and Lili again. Harry made a poignant statement at the time on his Archewell Foundation site (via People), in which he recalled the first moment the queen “hugged [her] beloved great-grandchildren.” When Prince Harry paid a surprise visit to the queen’s burial site on the anniversary of her death, he may have felt regrets over not dropping by the palace before going back to California, so his children could get one more hug from the royal legend.
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