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\n By Molly Claire Goddard<\/span> \t\t\t\t\tIn the book Finding Freedom<\/em>, authors\u00a0Omid Scobie<\/strong>\u00a0and Carolyn Durand<\/strong> alleged Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle believed their relatives were “conspiring against them”\u00a0after Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> snubbed them during her 2019 Christmas broadcast. “One didn’t have to look further than the family photos displayed during the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day. In the Green Drawing Room at\u00a0Buckingham Palace, where the Queen delivered her address, viewers glimpsed photos of Prince William<\/a><\/strong>, Kate Middleton<\/strong> and their children, [King] Charles<\/strong> and [Queen] Camilla<\/strong>,\u00a0Prince Philip<\/strong> [her husband], and a black-and-white image of George VI<\/strong> [her father],” they wrote. “Noticeably absent was a photo of Harry, Meghan and their new baby, [Prince] Archie<\/strong>.” <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tWhile Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle’s feelings were hurt, a royal source told the authors that Queen Elizabeth II only featured family members in “direct line of succession.” \t\t\t\t\tIn 2019, Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle were absent from Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace and from the annual family gathering at Sandringham. The pair chose to spend the holiday with the Suits<\/em> actress’ mother, Doria Ragland<\/strong>, in Canada. <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tIn January 2020, Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle announced their exit from The Firm. “Following many months of conversations and more recent discussions, I am pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family,” a statement<\/a> from Queen Elizabeth II and Buckingham Palace read. “Harry, Meghan and [Prince] Archie will always be much loved members of my family. I recognize the challenges they have experienced as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years and support their wish for a more independent life. I want to thank them for all their dedicated work across this country, the Commonwealth and beyond and am particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family.” <\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wonderwall.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Molly Claire Goddard 1:26pm PST, Dec 16, 2025 _ In the book Finding Freedom, authors\u00a0Omid Scobie\u00a0and Carolyn Durand alleged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle believed their relatives were “conspiring against them”\u00a0after Queen Elizabeth II snubbed them during her 2019 Christmas broadcast. “One didn’t have to look further than the family photos displayed during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2133548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-Could-Be-Axed-After-Andrew.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202213,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202212\/revisions\/2202213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2133548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex felt it was “yet another sign that they needed to consider their own path.” <\/div>\n_<\/h5>\n
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