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The Queen could withdraw Harry and Meghan's Platinum Jubilee invitation as insiders reveal growing Palace anger over the 'clearly deliberate' timing of duke's tell-all Megxit Memoir that threatens to eclipse her 70th anniversary year

 Prince Harry   was facing anger from the royal households last night as his tell-all book threatens to take the shine off   the Queen '...

 Prince Harry was facing anger from the royal households last night as his tell-all book threatens to take the shine off the Queen's historic Platinum Jubilee.

The duke's decision to bring out a memoir, which could deepen current rifts, in the same year his grandmother celebrates her landmark was branded 'deeply disrespectful'.

Royal sources told the Mail that inside Buckingham Palace and the other royal households, there was an increasing sense of anger and frustration – not just because he had chosen to write such a book, but also over the 'clearly deliberate' timing of its publication next autumn.

It could be 'the last straw' for Harry and his family, with relations already at breaking point, insiders said.

Prince Harry was facing anger from the royal households last night as his tell-all book threatens to take the shine off the Queen's historic Platinum Jubilee

Prince Harry was facing anger from the royal households last night as his tell-all book threatens to take the shine off the Queen's historic Platinum Jubilee 

The Royal Family are fully focused on making the year a joyous occasion, when the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne, but now fear Harry, and any bombshell revelations, will overshadow it

The Royal Family are fully focused on making the year a joyous occasion, when the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne, but now fear Harry, and any bombshell revelations, will overshadow it


Having already been writing for a year, the prince is set to turn in a manuscript, which he promised will be a 'first-hand account of my life that's accurate and wholly truthful', by the end of this year. It is set to hit the shelves in 2022.

The Royal Family are fully focused on making the year a joyous occasion, when the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne, but now fear Harry, and any bombshell revelations, will overshadow it.

Some insiders were last night even predicting that the Queen's invitation for Harry, Meghan and their children to join the Royal Family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to mark her milestone next June could be rescinded.

One said: 'Her Majesty has been at great pains to try to keep her relationship with her grandson and his family separate from the decisions she needs to make professionally, so to speak. And the invitation for them to join her next year was a genuine one.

'Although things have been very difficult, there was a small, but enduring hope that enough time would have elapsed for things to heal. But the feeling internally [now] is that this book will be the last straw.

'It's emerged that Harry has been secretly working on it for some time and he has made clear that he and his ghostwriter (journalist and novelist J R Moehringer) will leave no stone unturned.

'The suggestion he could even be seen with his family again in the future is looking increasingly implausible. A lot of people suspect this is the end of the road.'

The timing of the book is being seen as yet another snub to the royals after the Sussexes' explosive Oprah interview was filmed and broadcast while Prince Philip lay ill in hospital earlier this year.

Another source added: 'To bring out the book in the year of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee is being seen as deeply disrespectful. There will be a whole year of celebrations... yet it will now be characterised by a drip-feed of revelations, serialisations and, eventually, publication.

'It doesn't matter what reassurances he tries to give his family about what will be in it. The Oprah interview proved how hollow those words can be.'

Having left the UK for California last year, the Sussexes have signed commercial deals thought to be worth millions with the likes of Netflix and Spotify, while Harry has taken on several roles with private companies.

It could be 'the last straw' for Harry and his family (Charles and Camilla pictured), with relations already at breaking point, insiders said

It could be 'the last straw' for Harry and his family (Charles and Camilla pictured), with relations already at breaking point, insiders said

The Royal Family are fully focused on making the year a joyous occasion, when the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne, but now fear Harry, and any bombshell revelations, will overshadow it

The Royal Family are fully focused on making the year a joyous occasion, when the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne, but now fear Harry, and any bombshell revelations, will overshadow it


The announcement of the book came with an undertaking that 'proceeds' would be donated to charity. But his publisher last night did not respond to questions about whether his reported £15 million advance would also be given away.

'Netflix, Spotify… they were all seen as a bit predictable. But many also quietly acknowledged the Sussexes had stuck by their word to become financially independent of the Royal Family,' a source added.


'But all the interviews, particularly Oprah, the personal attacks dressed up as cod-psychology, and now this. Everything has changed. It's quite clear that Harry doesn't really care what his family thinks any more. Patience is wearing perilously thin.'

A spokesman for the Sussexes said Harry had told his family – including the Queen – about his intention to publish his memoirs 'very recently'.

Royal expert Ingrid Seward, whose biography of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Revealed, was serialised in the Daily Mail, said Charles would be deeply hurt by further criticism from his youngest son.

She added: 'It's also very thoughtless that this should happen in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year. Sadly, it seems Harry hasn't thought about the consequences for his family.'

The timing of the book is being seen as yet another snub to the royals after the Sussexes' explosive Oprah interview was filmed and broadcast while Prince Philip lay ill in hospital earlier this year

The timing of the book is being seen as yet another snub to the royals after the Sussexes' explosive Oprah interview was filmed and broadcast while Prince Philip lay ill in hospital earlier this year

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