Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left King Charles « crushed » after giving him just 20 minutes notice before making their relationship public, it has been claimed.
Back in November 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement on social media confirming the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were indeed in a relationship, following romance rumours that were circulating the previous month.
At the same time, the then-Prince of Wales was in the midst of preparing for a hugely important tour in Bahrain.
But according to royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the now-monarch was left « crushed » after being given just a 20-minute heads up about the public announcement, as he thought the bombshell news would overshadow his tour in the Persian Gulf sovereign state.
They wrote in their book FindingFreedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family: « It was a critical moment that had been in the works for months. A statement from Kensington Palace condemning the Press and, in the same breath, confirming Harry’s new girlfriend would all but eliminate coverage of Prince Charles’s tour of the Gulf. »
The duo, who reportedly have close ties with Harry and Meghan, added: The team at Clarence House, which had spent months putting together Prince Charles’ tour in the hopes that it would be covered significantly, was crushed. »
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