MEGHAN Markle was offered the Royal Family’s full support but she threw it back in their face and said no, insiders have claimed.
Royal sources say it was Meghan who turned down the help of the Royal Family not the other way around, a new book by royal writer Robert Hardman claims
They say the Royal Family did everything they could to help the Duchess adjust to royal life, but she did not want the extra assistance.
One staffer who worked at the Palace at the time said: “It was Clive [now Sir Clive Alderton, private secretary to the King] who said that if we could get this right for Harry, we’d be creating a blueprint for future younger sons for generations.
“We seconded people from Clarence House, very expert people, to help them, but the Duchess wouldn’t trust them.
“Those two were offered considerable resource, and then later said that they had been offered no help. And that was completely wrong.”
King Charles, 75, is not against mending ties with his son Harry and Meghan despite all the criticism from the pair.
When Harry, 40, returned to the UK in May to visit his father he was offered a room at Buckingham Palace.
But he instead chose to stay in a hotel for security reasons, the member of the King’s staff said.
They said: “I’m not sure you could get anywhere more secure than the Palace.”
Their meeting was thought to have lasted little more than half an hour, with Harry and his entourage leaving Clarence House around 45 minutes after arriving.
It was the first time he and Charles had met in private since Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, though they have been in telephone contact.
A royal expert has claimed that Harry is seeking redemption with his father.
Emily Andrews wrote that threw “poisonous truth bombs” at his family thinking he would have a “long time to make up with his dad”.
The royal expert pointed out that King Charles’ ongoing cancer treatment may have “changed that potential time frame” and for Harry “there can be no meaningful rehabilitation.”
The insider said that the Duke of Sussex “cashing in on his family’s secrets” in the expectation that he would be welcomed back due his father seeing him as his “darling boy”.
Harry’s Christmas plans
Prince Harry has reportedly not been invited to spend Christmas at Sandringham with the rest of the royal family.
The Duke of Sussex last spent the festive period with his family six years ago, and has only done two with wife Meghan Markle.
Typically the royal family flock to Sandringham for the Christmas period and attend church together on Christmas day.
Prince Harry and Meghan have spent a total of two Christmases together with the extended royal family for the traditional celebrations.
The first was in 2017 when they were an engaged couple, and the second was in 2018 following their royal wedding.
They spent Christmas privately in 2019 on Vancouver Island, just before they announced they were stepping down as senior royals in 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly been extended an invite to spend Christmas with Harry’s uncle Charles Spencer at Althorp House in Northamptonshire.
However, they would be missing out on seeing their extended family.