EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: No invitation to the King’s birthday parade for Prince Harry

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit royal duties three years ago, Queen Elizabeth said they would ‘always be much loved members of my family’. 

And Buckingham Palace officials were keen to stress that they would continue to be invited to family events.

I hear that Prince Harry and Meghan have not, however, been invited to the King’s Birthday Parade next weekend.

It will be the first time in Harry’s life that he has not been welcome at the monarch’s official birthday celebrations.

This year’s event is particularly significant because it is the first since his father succeeded to the throne last September.

I hear that Prince Harry and Meghan have not, however, been invited to the King’s Birthday Parade next weekend

‘I’m afraid it’s a reflection of the state of relations at the moment,’ a source tells me.

The couple flew over from California for last year’s Trooping the Colour, which became part of Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee weekend. 

They were invited by the late Queen to watch the ceremony with other members of the Royal Family from offices overlooking Horse Guards Parade.

Long-lens photographers captured through the window grainy shots of the couple briefly larking around with the young children of Zara and Mike Tindall.

They were not, however, asked to be on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the official flypast later in the day.

Since last June, Harry and Meghan have done much damage to relations with the Royal Family. 

Since last June, Harry and Meghan have done much damage to relations with the Royal Family.

First, they took part in a ‘docu-series’, or reality show, for Netflix, in which they made a series of strongly disputed claims. 

Then, Harry published his highly controversial memoirs, Spare, which included details of intimate conversations with members of his family and lurid claims such as his alleged assault by Prince William.

Harry was in Britain this week, reportedly staying at Frogmore Cottage, Windsor, while he gave evidence in his privacy case at the High Court in London against Mirror Group Newspapers. 

He is said not to have spoken to his father or brother while he was here,

A Buckingham Palace spokesman declines to comment. Harry and Meghan refuse to communicate with the popular Press.