What the Queen said to Harry during their secret meeting
While en route to the Invictus Games in The Netherlands, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth.
On Thursday, the estranged couple met with Her Majesty at Windsor Castle in the surprise, and top secret, meeting, which is believed to have been the first time they have been together since March 2020.
The meeting is understood to have helped ease the tension that has grown between the Sussexes and the royal family, which culminated during Harry and Meghan's tell-all to Oprah Winfrey.
Prince Harry spoke about seeing his grandmother, saying it was "great to see her".
Harry told the BBC, "She had plenty of messages for Team UK, which I've already passed on to most of them."
"So, it was great to see her and I'm sure she would love to be here if she could."
Just days after the private family meeting, Her Majesty officially invited Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to join the Queen in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
But as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no longer senior working royals, they will not be allowed to take a formal role in events over the four-day celebratory weekend.
It would mean the couple is likely to join other members of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour, which is expected to be the highlight of the celebrations.
Harry and Meghan will also not be able to take part in the carriage procession alongside other working royals, but could potentially join Queen Elizabeth, and extended members of her family, on the palace balcony on June 2nd.
They may also attend a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral the following day.
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