Queen Elizabeth stayed in contact with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after their 2020 royal exit.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
The late Queen Elizabeth<\/strong><\/a> never cut off Meghan Markle<\/strong><\/a> and Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a> following their royal exit in 2020.<\/p>\n Despite not speaking on their relationship publicly, an insider spilled that the monarch still stayed in touch with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they moved to Montecito, Calif.<\/a><\/p>\n The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California in 2020.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cShe saw both of them, even after the estrangement,\u201d the insider told a news outlet<\/a>. \u201cShe also believed that you might have views, but you don\u2019t have sides. She knew that families are complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n When Meghan, 44, and Harry, 41, left the U.K. and headed to the West Coast to become “financially independent<\/a>,” their rift with other members of the royal family, such as Prince William<\/strong><\/a> and King Charles<\/strong><\/a>, began to deepen.<\/p>\n While the Invictus Games founder and his father, 77, have made moves toward reconciliation<\/a>, Harry’s beef with his elder brother, 43, hasn’t yet thawed.<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth died in 2022 at the age of 96.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult. The only two people who can mend this are themselves<\/a>. [The queen] could have been the convenor, but they have to take the first steps,” the queen’s former press secretary Ailsa Anderson<\/strong> also told People<\/em>.<\/p>\n The sovereign died in September 2022 at the age of 96 after seven decades on the British throne. She would have turned 100 this year on April 21.<\/p>\n The Sussexes are still feuding with Prince William and King Charles.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cHer greatness remains,\u201d Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story <\/em>author Robert Hardman<\/strong> commented to the publication. \u201cWe tend to look at things through the prism of the present \u2014 particularly [ex-Prince<\/strong>] Andrew<\/strong><\/a> and Harry.”<\/p>\n “But when you stand back and look at a 70-year reign and a 96-year life, those are important chapters, not the defining elements. She came into a man\u2019s world, held that institution together and handed it on in far better shape than people expected,” he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cIn moments of anguish, stress and crisis, she was the glue that kept us all together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The former Prince Andrew was the queen’s favorite child.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The former Duke of York, 66, was the queen’s favorite child and is currently dealing with his own scandals.<\/p>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February<\/a> for allegedly sending Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a> private travel documents when he was the U.K.’s trade envoy from 2001 until 2011.<\/p>\n His name was mentioned many times in the Epstein files \u2014 with a plethora of his emails to the predator also being revealed.<\/p>\n The queen took away some of Andrew’s royal patronages and military honors in early 2022 before she passed. Charles then completely yanked away his younger brother’s full titles and his Windsor home, the Royal Lodge, last year.<\/a><\/p>\n Read more at OK!<\/a><\/p>\n Get OK!’s biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. Sign up now<\/a>.<\/p>\n FOLLOW OK! ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, entertainment, and pop culture via our WhatsApp channel<\/a>. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.<\/p>\n<\/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.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Queen Elizabeth stayed in contact with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after their 2020 royal exit.MEGA The late Queen Elizabeth never cut off Meghan Markle and Prince Harry following their royal exit in 2020. 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