05 March 2023 , 09:40
1149
0
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children may never build a real relationship with their grandad King Charles, it has been claimed.
Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, are being raised in secluded Montecito, California, more than 5,000 miles from the UK after their parents stepped down as working royals.
The monarch opted last week to boot his youngest son and daughter-in-law out of their UK residence Frogmore Cottage.
Harry and Meghan are said to be concerned that future visits will be incredibly “complicated” if they are forced to stay outside the security perimeters of a royal estate.
The monarch, who will be formally crowned in May, met his youngest granddaughter for the first time last summer when the Sussexes flew over for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Kate Middleton swears by £19.99 rosehip oil that helps 'reduce wrinkles & scars'
Harry and Meghan's relationship with the rest of the Firm is severely fractured.
King Charles is evicting Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage (Getty Images)The Duke told trauma guru Gabor Maté in a web chat last week the royals don’t “speak the same language” in another blow to his family still reeling from his bombshell book.
Sources have revealed that the King and the Queen Consort Camilla were left "furious" and "wearied" by the claims Harry made in Spare, released in January.
And news of the upcoming eviction raises the prospect that the King will have no tangible relationship with his two youngest grandchildren.
Archie and Lilibet with parents Harry and Meghan (alexilubomirski/Instagram)
Lilibet met Charles for the first time in the summer (Misan Harriman/Duke and Duchess of Sussex HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)“It’s not just his son, it’s his grandchildren too,” a source told the Daily Telegraph.
The Sussexes were reported to be “disappointed” but resolute about the King’s decision to ask them to leave their Windsor home.
The couple were asked to vacate the five-bedroomed property in January, the day after the publication of Harry’s memoir.
One report last week suggested that the move was made in response to the Duke’s criticism of his stepmother, the Queen Consort, who he described as “dangerous” and a “villain”.
Despite any animosity, the King has invited the Sussexes to his Coronation - though it is understood they are yet to decide whether to go.
Frogmore was gifted to the Sussexes by Elizabeth II after their wedding in May 2019.
Kate rules out receiving romantic gift from Prince William on Valentine's Day
Harry has been at loggerheads with the Home Office about being afforded security in line with what he was used to as a working royal since stepping down in 2020.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment when contacted by the Mirror.