Harry and Meghan ‘crushed’ King Charles with information moments earlier than announcement

Prince Harry and Meghan’s explosive revelation left King Charles “crushed” due its timing, royal experts claim.

It has been alleged that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave Charles a mere 20 minutes notice before going public with their relationship, leaving him “devastated”.

In November 2016, Kensington Palace confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s relationship via a social media statement, following rumours that had been swirling the previous month, reports the Express.

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Simultaneously, the then-Prince of Wales was in the throes of planning for a significant tour in Bahrain.

However, Royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claim that the now-monarch was left “crushed” after receiving only a 20-minute warning about the public announcement. According to them, the now-monarch feared the shocking news would eclipse his tour in the Persian Gulf sovereign state.

In their book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, they wrote: “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 pair, who are reportedly close to 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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