{"id":48623,"date":"2026-08-16T13:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48623"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:05:25","slug":"king-charles-balmoral-invite-that-prince-harry-branded-disrespectful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48623","title":{"rendered":"King Charles&#8217; Balmoral invite that Prince Harry branded &#8216;disrespectful&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"eUolHQpmHd\" data-wc=\"92\"><a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/king-charles\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">King Charles<\/a>&#8216; summer break in Scotland is underway, and he is set to spend time at his stunning <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/balmoral-castle\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Balmoral Castle<\/a> in Aberdeenshire, as he does every year. Normally, he is joined by his family to embrace the time off and enjoy life away from royal duties. <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-william\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Prince William<\/a>, Princess Kate and their children are regulars at the estate, but for years <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-harry\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Prince Harry<\/a> has not attended the annual trip. After a meeting between Harry and Charles took place earlier this summer, there&#8217;s a chance they could be back on the invite list.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement id=\"horizon_hello\" group-name=\"horizon_hello\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elQmZzYLZG\" data-wc=\"114\">Prince Harry previously recalled an occasion in his memoir Spare, however, when he was asked to visit Balmoral without his wife Meghan Markle. He penned: &#8220;It was Pa. Granny\u2019s health had taken a turn. She was up at Balmoral, of course. Those beautiful, melancholy late-summer days. He hung up \u2014 he had many other calls to make \u2014 and I immediately texted Willy to ask whether he and Kate were flying up. If so, when? And how? No response. Meg and I looked at flight options. The press started phoning; we couldn\u2019t delay a decision any longer. We told our team to confirm: We\u2019d be missing the WellChild Awards and hurrying up to Scotland. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"75\" id=\"epfhGpleBD\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/eeeea19f3aa6-harry-meghan-cottage.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/eeeea19f3aa6-harry-meghan-cottage.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/eeeea19f3aa6-harry-meghan-cottage.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/eeeea19f3aa6-harry-meghan-cottage.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wearing shirts and gazing into the distance\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Getty<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Meghan wasn&#8217;t invited to Balmoral when the Queen fell ill <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"ereALctu0gK\" data-wc=\"76\">&#8220;<strong>Then came another call from Pa. He said I was welcome at Balmoral, but he didn\u2019t want&#8230; her.\u00a0<\/strong>He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn\u2019t having it. Don\u2019t ever speak about my wife that way. He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn\u2019t want a lot of people around. No other wives were coming, Kate wasn\u2019t coming, he said, therefore Meg shouldn\u2019t. Then that\u2019s all you needed to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"75\" id=\"eL0sf9atVk\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/9537ab4c93db-gettyimages-1242982439.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/9537ab4c93db-gettyimages-1242982439.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/9537ab4c93db-gettyimages-1242982439.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/9537ab4c93db-gettyimages-1242982439.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II stands in a living room with a fireplace, using a cane.\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral shortly before her death <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-wc=\"6\" id=\"h2-4msviop3z\">The reality of summers at Balmoral<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"75\" id=\"eiCE3CBVUM\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/df98520fed61-william-charles-harry.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/df98520fed61-william-charles-harry.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/df98520fed61-william-charles-harry.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/df98520fed61-william-charles-harry.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charles and his sons by the River Dee on the Balmoral Castle Estate\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Tim Graham Photo Library via Get<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Charles and his sons by the River Dee on the Balmoral Castle Estate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"e4GzCVtmoGO\" data-wc=\"119\">Elsewhere in the book, Prince Harry made another surprising revelation, this time about the room he stayed in at Balmoral. In one of the chapters, he penned: &#8220;<strong>Balmoral had fifty bedrooms, one of which had been divided for me and Willy.\u00a0<\/strong>Adults called it the nursery. Willy had the larger half, with a double bed, a good-sized basin, a cupboard with mirrored doors, a beautiful window looking down on the courtyard, the fountain, the bronze statue of a roe deer buck. My half of the room was far smaller, less luxurious. I never asked why. I didn\u2019t care. But I also didn\u2019t need to ask. Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir, whereas I was the Spare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-wc=\"6\" id=\"h2-4msviop40\">A royal love affair with Balmoral\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"75\" id=\"eCoFNbaD_d\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51dafc3feef8-a001c005260409.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51dafc3feef8-a001c005260409.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51dafc3feef8-a001c005260409.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51dafc3feef8-a001c005260409.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The King's piper plays at Balmoral in a scene from surprise birthday tribute to Sir David Attenborough\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Balmoral Castle is an iconic building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"eDdcg3brbyx\" data-wc=\"86\">Balmoral has been a much-loved retreat for the royal family ever since <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-albert\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Prince Albert<\/a> purchased the impressive 50,000-acre estate for Queen Victoria in 1852. The residence has served as a private sanctuary for the royals to spend their summer in the Scottish Highlands each year, with Charles having a lifelong connection to the estate. Queen Elizabeth II died there on 8 September 2022, and before that she often spoke fondly of the property so it seemed only fitting it was where she spent her final days. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles&#8216; summer break in Scotland is underway, and he is set to spend time at his stunning Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, as he does every year. Normally, he is joined by his family to embrace the time off and enjoy life away from royal duties. 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