Prince Harry has shared the sharp eight-word remark he gave to King Charles after Meghan Markle’s exclusion from Balmoral.

As Harry journeyed to be with his grandmother in September 2022, he learned that while the royals gathered to join Queen Elizabeth in her final moments, his wife Meghan was not invited.

En route to Scotland to visit his ailing grandmother, Harry expressed to his father, then the Prince of Wales, his wish for Meghan’s presence.

Charles, however, reportedly insisted that Meghan should not attend. Ultimately, Meghan did not travel with Harry, who flew solo to Aberdeen.

In his autobiography, ‘Spare’, Harry recounts how Charles called him during his trip, stating: “He [Charles] said I was welcome at Balmoral, but he didn’t want… her.

“He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn’t having it.”

Harry retorted firmly to his father’s comments about Meghan: “Don’t ever speak about my wife that way.”

He continued, revealing Charles’s reaction: “He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn’t want a lot of people around.

“No other wives were coming, Kate wasn’t coming, he said, therefore Meg shouldn’t. Then that’s all you needed to say.”

The Queen passed away at Balmoral, her “happy place,” at 3.10pm as per her official death certificate, but Harry only arrived at the nearby Aberdeen International Airport at 6.46pm.

This revelation of hidden tension comes as Meghan Markle was spotted this weekend giving a talk at her close friend Oprah Winfrey’s book club session in California.

During her talk, Meghan’s children’s book The Bench, and Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare were displayed – in the ‘hometown heroes’ section of the shop, which celebrates local authors.

Meanwhile, back in the UK, King Charles, 75, and Queen Camilla, 76, commemorated the two year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s death this past Sunday by attending a church ceremony near Balmoral, in memory of his mother.