The Queens 2019 Christmas day speech reportedly pushed Megan Markle and prince Harry further towards stepping down as senior royals. The monarch displayed photos of Kate Middleton, Prince William, and their children; Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles; and her father, King George VI. Not featured? Meghan, Harry, or baby Archie. According to “Finding Freedom” authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the snub served as “yet another sign that they needed to consider their own path.”
Yet another revelation from the book, “Finding Freedom” the Queen’s 2019 Christmas Day speech played a significant role in Meghan and Harry’s decision to step down as senior royals. More specifically, Meghan and Harry were understandably hurt by the family photos displayed on the Queen’s desk during the speech. Kate Middleton, Prince William, and their children were all pictured; as were Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, as well as the Queen’s father, King George V, but not Meghan, Harry, or their son Archie Harrison, which would hurt anybody’s feelings too.
Harry felt as though he and Meghan had long been sidelined by the institution and were not a fundamental part of its future, Scobie and Durand wrote. One didn’t have to look further than the family photos displayed during the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day.
In the Green Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen delivered her address, viewers glimpsed photos of the Cambridges and their children, Charles and Camilla, Prince Philip and a black and white image of the sovereign’s father, King George VI, the royal biographers continue. Noticeably absent was a photo of Harry, Meghan and their new baby, Archie.
Palace sources insisted that the photos were chosen to represent the direct line of succession, Scobie and Durand continue. But for Harry and Meghan, it was yet another sign that they needed to consider their own path.
