Prince Harry and Meghan are attending the Platinum Jubilee celebrations but they are not expected to meet William and Kate privately, an insider has claimed.
The Sussexes are in the UK together, for the first time since they moved abroad more than two years ago, to take part in commemorations for Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
They have travelled despite a rift with the Royal Family which has been inflamed by criticism from the Sussexes on television in the United States.
And while they are believed to have a warm reception from the Queen, Harry and Meghan are unlikely to see William and Kate on their own.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will celebrate their daughter Lilibet's first birthday on Saturday - but Kate and William will miss the celebrations due to a royal engagement in Wales.
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Harry has previously told US media that he needed to break the cycle and bring his family up away from the Royal Family and that Charles and William are caught up in its influence.
A royal insider told Page Six : “At the moment, it does not look likely that Harry and Meghan and William and Kate will meet up separately during the Jubilee celebrations.
“There is certainly nothing in the diary at the moment.”
The Queen is expected to meet with Harry and Meghan on Saturday for the first birthday of their daughter Lilibet - who the monarch had not met before this visit.
Harry and Meghan will throw a small party for Lilibet’s first birthday next Saturday at their Windsor home Frogmore Cottage – a short drive from the Queen’s castle apartments.
Wills and Kate aren’t expected to attend due to prior engagements but Harry and Meghan will host Lilibet’s godparents and close friends.
It comes as Princes William and Harry are beginning to heal their feud with weekly online messages and face-to-face chats.
Harry and Meghan are aiming to make this trip low key so as to not take any of the attention away from the Queen.
They were present at the Trooping the Colour on Thursday, but watching on and there was no Buckingham Palace balcony appearance afterwards as that was reserved for working royals.
The 96-year-old monarch appeared on the balcony but the palace later said she had experienced a recurrence of mobility problems and some discomfort, and would no longer attend a Service of Thanksgiving on Friday.
The Queen has reduced her public appearances in recent months due to "episodic mobility issues", and the palace had warned that her attendance at events to mark the Platinum Jubilee would be decided nearer to the time.
"The Queen greatly enjoyed today's Birthday Parade and Flypast but did experience some discomfort," the palace said.
"Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate in tomorrow's National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, Her Majesty with great reluctance has concluded that she will not attend."
The Queen later appeared at her Windsor Castle home just outside London to light the Principal Platinum Jubilee Beacon, one of thousands being lit across Britain and the Commonwealth on Thursday evening.
The news of the Queen's absence from Friday's service came after the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, when tens of thousands of royal supporters lined the streets of London for a military parade.
