The revelation comes as reports swirl that the King has asked his younger son and daughter-in-law to join the family at the Scottish estate this month.
Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle (Image: Getty)
Meghan Markle has delivered a powerful “message” to the Princess of Wales amid rumours that King Charles has invited her and Prince Harry to Balmoral, according to a well-placed source. The insider speaking to Closer magazine, said the Duchess of Sussex would see any prospective royal gathering in Scotland as a symbolic victory.
The source told reporter Millie Payne: “To Meghan, this feels hugely symbolic. There was a time when it seemed unthinkable that she would ever be invited back to Balmoral or Buckingham Palace. It’s Meghan’s revenge on Kate, in a way. Her message to Kate is, ‘You’ll never win, and you can’t keep us out.’ Meghan believes she now holds all the cards.”
The revelation comes as reports swirl that the King has asked his younger son and daughter-in-law to join the family at the Scottish estate this month, ahead of Harry’s planned return for the WellChild Awards in September.
It would mark the first face-to-face meeting between the Sussexes and the Prince and Princess of Wales since the late Queen’s funeral in 2022.
While Meghan, 45, is said to feel triumphant, Kate is reportedly far more wary.
The same insider told Closer that “Kate feels like the Royal Family is being hijacked” and the last thing she wants is a “showdown with Meghan.”
The couple’s children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, joined Harry on a visit to Highgrove last month to see the King and Queen Camilla. Any Balmoral invitation would represent a further step towards rehabilitation after the Sussexes stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and relocated to California.
The Princess of Wales at the Commonwealth Games (Image: Getty)
Relations have remained strained ever since. Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview, the duke’s memoir Spare and their Netflix series levelled a series of accusations against senior royals, including claims of a physical confrontation between the brothers.
Longstanding reports of tension between Kate and Meghan – notably over bridesmaid dresses at the Sussexes’ 2018 wedding – have never fully dissipated, despite Meghan’s insistence that it was Kate who apologised.
Meghan has been posting family photographs from Portugal and Althorp, the Spencer family estate where the late Princess Diana grew up.