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Jennifer Newton

Harry and Meghan may release their own snaps of Archie and Lilibet with late Queen

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may release their own personal snaps of their children with the late Queen, it has been reported.

The youngsters, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, did not feature in a photo released last week showing the former monarch with many of her great-grandchildren.

The snap, taken by the Princess of Wales, was released to mark what would have been Her late Majesty's 97th birthday.

It was taken at her beloved Balmoral home last summer in her final weeks, with Harry and Meghan's children not featuring as they chose not to make the trip to the Scottish Highlands.

Harry and Meghan with children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet (alexilubomirski/Instagram)
Harry and Meghan at the Invictus Games last year (PA)

However, Archie did get to reunite with his late great-grandmother while Lilibet met her for the first time when they came to the UK last June for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

It was reported no official photos were taken on this occasion, however, it is claimed private family photos may have been snapped.

And according to The Telegraph, Harry, who will be at the Coronation, and Meghan, who won't be, may one day decide to release their own family photos of their children with their late great-grandmother.

A never-before-seen picture of the late Queen with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren last summer (PA)

In his controversial memoir Spare, Harry opened up about his children's last meeting with the Queen and said that Archie delighted his great-grandmother by attempting to bow for her, while Lilibet, her namesake, cuddled her shins.

He wrote: "Sweetest children, Granny said, sounding bemused. She’d expected them to be a bit more … American, I think?"

Meanwhile, the photo released last Friday shows the former monarch on a sofa with the young royals all smiles next to their beloved 'Gan Gan'.

Meghan and Harry with the late Queen in 2018 (Getty Images)

On the sofa next to her is her oldest great-grandchild Savannah Phillips, the eldest daughter of Peter Phillips, as well as Mia Tindall, who cradles her baby brother Lucas.

Behind them stands Lena Tindall, the middle child of Zara and Mike Tindall, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Isla Phillips and Prince Louis. Standing tall at the back are the Queen's youngest grandchildren Lady Louise Windsor and James, the new Earl of Wessex - the son and daughter of the now Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.

The Queen's other great-grandchildren who are missing from the photo are August Brooksbank - the son of Princess Eugenie- and Princess Beatrice's daughter Sienna.

It echoes another snap taken by Kate years earlier featuring many of the same children with the Queen as well as the late Prince Philip.

The release of the never-before-seen snap came after King Charles also shared a beautiful image of the late Queen in a poignant tribute on a bittersweet day for the Royal Family.

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