https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7881027/Prince-Harry-stay-HRH-says-royal-biographer-Robert-Hardman.htmlQueen feels 'monumentally let down': Royal pundits reveal Prince Harry is acting 'like a teenager' over Megxit but WILL stay in UK after his grandmother makes him 'an offer he can't refuse'
The Queen feels 'monumentally let down' by Harry and Meghan Markle's actions
Harry will meet Queen and senior royals race to thrash out plans for his future
The meeting at Sandringham estate will be to discuss the Susssexes quitting
Arthur Edwards believes Harry will remain in the UK on the Queen's orders
The royal photographer said: 'The one person he won't refuse is her [the Queen]'
By Rod Ardehali and Mark Duell for MailOnline and Rebecca English and David Wilkes for the Daily Mail
Published: 09:41, 13 January 2020 | Updated: 14:54, 13 January 2020
The Queen feels 'monumentally let down' by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following their decision to step down as senior royals, it has emerged. The Duke of Sussex, who announced the couple's plan in a statement over Instagram last week, is 'behaving like a teenager,' an insider told Vanity Fair magazine. 'After everything she has done for Harry she feels monumentally let down,' the insider told the magazine's royal correspondent Katie Nicholl.
'The family are all very upset at how the Sussexes have behaved, not least because of the impact it has had on the Queen, who has a very frail husband, the whole Andrew problem to deal with and now Harry, who is frankly behaving like a bolshie teenager.'
The source added that Harry has left his grandmother to 'pick up the pieces' after his decision. What was once a very warm and jokey grandmother grandson rapport has dissipated' they said.
Meanwhile, royal photographer Arthur Edwards insists the Queen will make Harry 'an offer he can't refuse and the Duke will remain in the UK' ahead of this afternoon's crunch royal showdown at Sandringham. Speaking on Lorraine, Mr. Edwards, who has known Prince William and Harry since they were young boys, said: The Queen and the Prince of Wales will make him an offer he can't refuse. 'She will speak to him today and say 'Harry you are a senior member of the family' and you know the one person he won't refuse is her.'
Discussing the rift between the two princes, Mr. Edwards added: 'Those brothers have been so tight for years. They were very, very close and they love each other to death. What's gone wrong I don't know. The Queen will probably say sort something out now.'
He also threw water on the idea that Harry would do a Hollywood interview in which he would criticise or disrespect the family. 'He wouldn't say anything bad about him, family not on Oprah Winfrey that's for sure.'
Adding: 'I think Harry is better off here than there. He's a great asset to this country and he's a sensational asset. He didn't hate the media until the last 18 months and he'd take us to the pub and say I didn't like this or that, and then he would pay the bill. Now he doesn't even look or talk to us. It's sad."
Mr. Edwards added: 'I think he must be in torment he doesn't want to leave he's much, much loved. He's now suing newspapers. What's he doing all that for?'
Meanwhile, royal biographer Robert Hardman said the Duke of Sussex 'was born HRH - he's going to stay HRH', but added that a role in the Commonwealth might be difficult. The meeting at the Queen's private Sandringham estate today will see her, William and Charles discuss Harry's move with wife Meghan to step down as senior royals. Mr. Hardman told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'People have tended to focus on things like 'oh, will they be stripped of their titles?' That's not going to happen. Prince Harry was born HRH he's going to stay HRH I don't believe that's even on the table. But there's just a lot of very pragmatic stuff that needs to be discussed.'
Mr. Hardman, a writer for the Daily Mail, added: 'They've talked about wanting to retain a role in the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth isn't a plaything of the Royal Family. The Royal Family spent years, generations trying to adjust its relationship with what used to be the Empire. Since the creation of the modern Commonwealth, the Royal Family has been very careful to step back from any sort of executive role, it's a symbolic figurehead role. 'Parliament can legislate on anything, it is sovereign,' he said.
'For example, the rules of succession were changed by the Succession to the Crown Act of 2013 to introduce gender equality. If the government wished, Parliament could also legislate to remove royal titles. But that is highly unlikely. I would be very surprised if the government wanted to get involved, although the Prime Minister may be asked about it. Ultimately, it's a matter of judgment for the Queen. She will be very concerned about the potential reputational damage to the monarchy. She will also have conflicting feelings about it because, after all, this is her grandson we are talking about.'
HRH gained official recognition in 1917 under King George V
The title HRH is given only to those members of the Royal family in the direct line to the throne and their spouses. Harry has been an HRH since birth. On the morning of the wedding in May 2018, his grandmother the Queen gave him the title Duke of Sussex. Meghan became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex when she married Harry. Their title in Scotland is the Earl and Countess of Dumbarton. In common usage since the 18th century, HRH - His or Her Royal Highness - only got official recognition in 1917 under King George V. He declared that the title should be restricted to the children of the sovereign and the offspring of the sovereign's sons, as well as the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. Their wives are also eligible to use the title but husbands and children of the daughters of the sovereign are not. Peter and Zara Phillips, for example, the children of the Princess Royal are not HRH. Prince Andrew's former wife Sarah lost her HRH after her divorce in 1996. The Princess of Wales was stripped of the title when she agreed to a divorce settlement from Prince Charles in the same year. A fierce dispute concerning the title occurred on the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, when he was created HRH the Duke of Windsor. Despite repeated pleas, his brother George VI refused to grant the same title to his wife, the former Mrs. Wallis Simpson, who had to be content with 'Her Grace'.
