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<\/div>Queen Elizabeth stayed in contact with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after their 2020 royal exit.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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<\/div>\nApril 14 2026, Published 12:36 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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The Sussexes’ Rift With the Royal Family Still Rages On<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"image](\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/e-ks_jAVG\/0x0\/queen-elizabeth-continued-seeing-prince-harry-meghan-markle-estrangement-2020-5-1776183186132.jpg\")
<\/div>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\n\u201cShe saw both of them, even after the estrangement,\u201d the insider told a news outlet<\/a>. \u201cShe also believed that you might have views, but you don\u2019t have sides. She knew that families are complicated.\u201d<\/p>\nWhen Meghan, 44, and Harry, 41, left the U.K. and headed to the West Coast to become “financially independent<\/a>,” their rift with other members of the royal family, such as Prince William<\/strong><\/a> and King Charles<\/strong><\/a>, began to deepen.<\/p>\nWhile the Invictus Games founder and his father, 77, have made moves toward reconciliation<\/a>, Harry’s beef with his elder brother, 43, hasn’t yet thawed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\nQueen Elizabeth died in 2022 at the age of 96.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult. The only two people who can mend this are themselves<\/a>. [The queen] could have been the convenor, but they have to take the first steps,” the queen’s former press secretary Ailsa Anderson<\/strong> also told People<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe sovereign died in September 2022 at the age of 96 after seven decades on the British throne. She would have turned 100 this year on April 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nMORE ON:<\/p>\n
Meghan Markle<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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Queen Elizabeth Was the ‘Glue’ of The Firm<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"image](\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/INPVvsdV8\/0x0\/queen-elizabeth-continued-seeing-prince-harry-meghan-markle-estrangement-2020-1-1776183202551.jpg\")
<\/div>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\nThe Sussexes are still feuding with Prince William and King Charles.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\n\u201cHer greatness remains,\u201d Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story <\/em>author Robert Hardman<\/strong> commented to the publication. \u201cWe tend to look at things through the prism of the present \u2014 particularly [ex-Prince<\/strong>] Andrew<\/strong><\/a> and Harry.” <\/p>\n“But when you stand back and look at a 70-year reign and a 96-year life, those are important chapters, not the defining elements. She came into a man\u2019s world, held that institution together and handed it on in far better shape than people expected,” he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn moments of anguish, stress and crisis, she was the glue that kept us all together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ex-Prince Andrew Was Stripped of His Titles in October 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"image](\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/ChiEZbPxg\/0x0\/queen-elizabeth-continued-seeing-prince-harry-meghan-markle-estrangement-2020-3-1776183213354.jpg\")
<\/div>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\nThe former Prince Andrew was the queen’s favorite child.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\nThe former Duke of York, 66, was the queen’s favorite child and is currently dealing with his own scandals. <\/p>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February<\/a> for allegedly sending Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a> private travel documents when he was the U.K.’s trade envoy from 2001 until 2011.<\/p>\nHis name was mentioned many times in the Epstein files \u2014 with a plethora of his emails to the predator also being revealed.<\/p>\n
The queen took away some of Andrew’s royal patronages and military honors in early 2022 before she passed. Charles then completely yanked away his younger brother’s full titles and his Windsor home, the Royal Lodge, last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\u201cShe saw both of them, even after the estrangement,\u201d the insider told a news outlet<\/a>. \u201cShe also believed that you might have views, but you don\u2019t have sides. She knew that families are complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n When Meghan, 44, and Harry, 41, left the U.K. and headed to the West Coast to become “financially independent<\/a>,” their rift with other members of the royal family, such as Prince William<\/strong><\/a> and King Charles<\/strong><\/a>, began to deepen.<\/p>\n While the Invictus Games founder and his father, 77, have made moves toward reconciliation<\/a>, Harry’s beef with his elder brother, 43, hasn’t yet thawed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Queen Elizabeth died in 2022 at the age of 96.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult. The only two people who can mend this are themselves<\/a>. [The queen] could have been the convenor, but they have to take the first steps,” the queen’s former press secretary Ailsa Anderson<\/strong> also told People<\/em>.<\/p>\n The sovereign died in September 2022 at the age of 96 after seven decades on the British throne. She would have turned 100 this year on April 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n MORE ON:<\/p>\n Meghan Markle<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Want OK! each day? Sign up here!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Sussexes are still feuding with Prince William and King Charles.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cHer greatness remains,\u201d Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story <\/em>author Robert Hardman<\/strong> commented to the publication. \u201cWe tend to look at things through the prism of the present \u2014 particularly [ex-Prince<\/strong>] Andrew<\/strong><\/a> and Harry.” <\/p>\n “But when you stand back and look at a 70-year reign and a 96-year life, those are important chapters, not the defining elements. She came into a man\u2019s world, held that institution together and handed it on in far better shape than people expected,” he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cIn moments of anguish, stress and crisis, she was the glue that kept us all together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The former Prince Andrew was the queen’s favorite child.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The former Duke of York, 66, was the queen’s favorite child and is currently dealing with his own scandals. <\/p>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February<\/a> for allegedly sending Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a> private travel documents when he was the U.K.’s trade envoy from 2001 until 2011.<\/p>\n His name was mentioned many times in the Epstein files \u2014 with a plethora of his emails to the predator also being revealed.<\/p>\n The queen took away some of Andrew’s royal patronages and military honors in early 2022 before she passed. Charles then completely yanked away his younger brother’s full titles and his Windsor home, the Royal Lodge, last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>Queen Elizabeth Was the ‘Glue’ of The Firm<\/h2>\n
<\/div>Ex-Prince Andrew Was Stripped of His Titles in October 2025<\/h2>\n
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