Thank God! Revealed: The Queen’s View While Meghan Stayed Away From Philip’s Funeral, According To New Biography
- It’s from the new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between The Windsors
- Author Tom Bower said the Queen said ‘Thank God Meghan isn’t coming’
- Meghan was unable to attend after doctors refused to allow her to fly during pregnancy
- Prince Harry came over last April for his grandfather’s funeral in Windsor
The Queen privately expressed relief that Meghan would not be there Prince Philip‘s funeral, a new biography claims.
Author Tom Bower writes that the grieving monarch told “trusted royal assistants” the morning she was to rest her husband of 73 in Windsor: “Thank God Meghan isn’t coming.”
The claim is being made in a new book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between The Windsors.
Bower is known as a leading investigative journalist who has previously written unauthorized biographies of Boris Johnson, Richard Branson and Robert Maxwell.
The book, serialized in The Sun and The Times, says: ‘In Windsor Castle, the Queen prepared to meet the public on one of the saddest days of her life. Philip had been her rock for the past 70 years.
The Queen, pictured here, sat alone at her husband Prince Philip’s funeral, at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on April 17, 2021. A new biography claims she said to a trusted royal aide on the morning of the funeral: ‘Thank God is Meghan not coming’
According to the biography, the queen made the comment in the run-up to her husband’s funeral. Her grandson Prince Harry did attend the funeral, but the Duchess of Sussex did not attend after doctors refused to allow her to fly while she was seven months pregnant. Photo are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a volleyball match during the Invictus Games 2020 in the Netherlands
“To comply with the Covid restrictions, she would mourn alone in the chapel. “Thank God Meghan isn’t coming,” the princess said to her trusted assistants in a clear voice.
The biographer claimed she made the observation at Windsor Castle as she prepared to go to St George’s Chapel for the service, where the world watched on television as she sat alone due to Covid restrictions.
The alleged comment would only refer to the drama surrounding speculation as to whether both Harry and Meghan would be coming from the US at a time of family mourning, as opposed to any personal hostility towards Meghan from the monarch.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment last night.
But sources close to the Queen wondered if the monarch’s attention would have been “on anything other than her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the day of his funeral.”
The palace typically refuses to comment on biographies about members of the royal family, of which there are many.
While Prince Harry attended his late grandfather’s funeral on April 17 last year, the Duchess of Sussex announced that her doctors had not allowed her to fly out of the US because she was seven months pregnant with her second child, Lilibet.
She and Harry posted an online tribute to Philip and sent a wreath.
It was the first time Harry had seen his family since he and Meghan gave their amazing interview to Oprah Winfrey, in which they accused the royal family of a slew of highly controversial offenses, including racism towards Meghan and their unborn first child, Archie.
Prince Harry attended the funeral and flew a few days early so he could meet UK quarantine requirements before service. Here he is pictured at the funeral in Windsor on April 17, 2021
After Philip’s death, there had been much discussion about whether the couple would attend his funeral and, if so, what the relationship would be like between them and the rest of the family.
Only Harry eventually flew over and arrived a few days before the shift to be quarantined in accordance with the then UK Covid restrictions.
He flew back to the US immediately after the shift, having spoken only briefly with his brother.
Relations between the Sussexes and the rest of the family have barely recovered, although Harry and Meghan flew over with their children last month to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee.