Queen Elizabeth II Was Allegedly Relieved Meghan Markle Missed Prince Philip’s Funeral, New Book Claims

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A welcome absence. Queen Elizabeth was thankful that Meghan Markle didn’t attend Prince Philip‘s April 2021 funeral, Tom Bower claims in a new royal biography.The book, titled Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between The Windsors, is due out July 21 from Blink Publishing, and London’s The Times shared an excerpt on Friday, July 15, that describes the Queen’s alleged relief ahead of the big day.“’Thank goodness Meghan is not coming,’ the monarch said in a clear voice to her trusted aides,” Bower writes.After the Duke of Edinburgh passed peacefully in his sleep at age 99 earlier that month, the former actress was advised not to travel since she was seven months pregnant. “Meghan will be staying in California.

She can’t go on doctor’s orders,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the ceremony. “She is too far along to fly and it’s recommended she rest in the final months.”The insider added at the time that Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex, who welcomed son Archie in May 2019, took the recommendation very “seriously” because she suffered a miscarriage less the previous July. “Doctors don’t think the stress of it all is worth her risking losing another baby,” the insider explained.

The pair welcomed daughter Lilibet, now 13 months, the following June.The Duke of Sussex, now 37, kept in contact with his pregnant wife from his native England, frequently touching base with the Suits alum, now 40. “He’s already really missing Meghan and Archie and has been FaceTiming them every day to check in,” a source told Us at the time. “He actually speaks to Meghan a few times a day because he worries [about] leaving her when she’s so far along in her pregnancy.”The Invictus Games cofounder took the stress on by himself.