The palace doors are creaking open for Harry and Meghan again, but Camilla is quietly making sure she is gone before the first hello can happen.

14:38, Wed, Jun 24, 2026 Updated: 14:39, Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Day 4 - Royalty

Queen Camilla will avoid The Duke and Duchess of Sussex this summer (Image: Getty)

Queen Camilla will be steering well clear of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their return to the United Kingdom, it is claimed.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly set to stay in Buckingham Palace this July – but as King Charles prepares to open royal doors, The Queen is reportedly unconvinced by the pair's crawl back into the UK spotlight.

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Speaking with host JJ Anisiobi on an explosive episode of the Daily Expresso show, Daily Express columnist Carole Malone said: “Camilla is not going to be around when they [the Sussexes] arrive. I don’t blame her, because Harry slagged her off big time.”

The comments come after The Times reported Her Majesty is “unlikely to get involved” with any chats with Harry and Meghan, and plans to deliberately avoid them from her Ray Mill home in Wiltshire.

Carole went on to discuss the harsh remarks made in Prince Harry’s 2023 memoir Spare about Queen Camilla, referencing it as a reason behind her reluctance to see her stepson this July.

She said: “He used his entire childhood and his relationships with all of his family, and he sold them to people. He sold them to the highest bidder. That book is the most hideous thing you can do to betray your family in that way.”

In the bombshell memoir, Prince Harry portrayed his stepmother as “evil” and a “villain” who left “bodies in the street”. He also accused her of playing the “long game, a campaign aimed at marriage and eventually the Crown”.

At the time, The Mail on Sunday reported that the controversial comments “hurt” The Queen.

Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet will return to the UK this July for the first time in four years after their shock decision to step down as senior members of the Royal Family in 2020.