Meghan Markle's exclusion from the traditional Buckingham Palace balcony appearance at the King's coronation is said to be "more than she can bear."
The claim comes from a royal expert following the news that the Duchess of Sussex will remain at home in California with Archie and Lilibet while Prince Harry attends the coronation at Westminster Abbey.
The ceremony will take place on May 6 and the editor in chief of Majesty magazine and royal biographer Ingrid Seward claims Meghan may have snubbed the event to avoid her own embarrassment.
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Ingrid told the Mirror how despite wanting to stay behind for Archie's birthday, she thinks Meghan could have attended the ceremony as the pair have a big team of helpers who could have looked after the children.
She said: "However pathetic when you have a team of helpers, Meghan can still use the excuse of Archie's 4th birthday to avoid crossing the Atlantic to be ridiculed, by both the royal family and the Brits.
"Why should she bother. For a girl who makes a huge fuss about which table she has in a restaurant it would be a terrible insult not to have one of the top seats at the coronation ceremony."
According to Ingrid, Harry and Meghan would have been excluded from the famous balcony picture as they are not working royals anymore.
She said: "To add to this possibility the disgrace being excluded from the Buckingham Palace balcony line-up was more than she could bear.
"Now Meghan can play the martyr if she pleases. Certainly, the rest of Harry's family especially Kate and William will be delighted she is not there. King Charles and Queen Camilla will also be mighty relieved."
Ingrid added how Meghan would have wanted Harry to attend the ceremony as it would have appeared a 'terrible snub' not to.
She added: "Harry's decision to come to the coronation without Meghan won't have been easy.
"Harry and Meghan are an emotional unit. He lacks confidence without her and is more suspicious when she is not at his side. Harry needed to and he wanted to come to the coronation.
"The invitation clearly says, 'By Command of the King'. Harry was in the military and his allegiance is to his King. The King also happens to be his father.
"For all his bravado Harry knows that if he didn't appear it would be a terrible snub. He might have been cut off for ever and brand Sussex couldn't afford to lose the royal fairy dust."
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