Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 'reluctant' to return to Britain and have been slammed by Ingrid Seward as a family feud broke out following news of an invitation to King Charles' 75th birthday celebrations.
The Editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine hit out at the Sussex couple, after it was claimed that they snubbed the invite to the monarch's birthday party at London’s Clarence House on Tuesday 14 November - which they deny.
King Charles, who will turn 75, has had dwindling relations with his son and daughter-in-law after the pair decided to step back from royal life in 2020.
Since their exit, the royal couple have secured deals with Netflix, Spotify and book publishers, which saw Prince Harry publish his tell-all memoir Spare.
Ingrid Seward said Meghan and Harry have a 'reluctance' to do anything in the UK
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Speaking to host Mark Dolan on GB News Tonight, Seward said Prince Harry "should be there".
She added: "He's shown a great reluctance to do anything in this country. And Meghan has shown an even greater reluctance.
"Even when he went to the Invictus Games fairly recently, she touched down in London Airport briefly and then flew on to Germany. But I think probably the King feels that Harry's presence probably wouldn't be very welcome amongst the rest of the family.
"I feel in my heart that Charles would invite his son just out of politeness, knowing that he will probably refuse. And praying that he refuses."
Mark agreed, fuming: "Well, indeed. If it was my dad, I wouldn't wait for an invitation. I'd be on a plane. I'd be blinking going there with a lovely gift.
"Poor old Charles, right? He's 75. He's not going to be around forever. What the hell is Harry thinking?"
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly turned down an invitation to King Charles' birthday party.
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Journalist Kara Kennedy suggested: "I think most people would take the initiative to say, oh this is my father, he is the King and he's hosting a birthday party, I will come.
"But also this gives them the an excuse. Of course this is going to be a chapter in the next book, the story of the next documentary saying, oh well look, I wasn't even invited to a party.
"This is why they put in their names to it, and they are getting in front of the story with an official statement saying, oh, look, we are so hard done by, we weren't invited."
A spokesperson for Prince Harry claimed the couple had “no contact” from Buckingham Palace about the party.