MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly kept their diaries free to return to the UK this year for the Queen’s Jubilee.
Royal expert Neil Sean says the Sussexes may well fly back for the celebrations, which will include a four-day weekend in June.
But he warned the couple will “take focus” off the monarch – and could cause problems for the family.
“I’m sure that her gracious Majesty the Queen would have enough people helping to serve the teas and possibly clearing up at Windsor Great park, who knows,” he said.
“You can only imagine what on earth Harry and Meghan could possibly offer.
“I don’t mean that in a cruel way, but you know it’s going to be very difficult for Her Majesty the Queen and of course, His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Princess Anne.
“What could they offer? That would take a lot of focus away from the Queen.”
Harry visited the UK alone twice last year – once for his grandfather’s funeral, and a second time for the unveiling of a statue of his mother.
He quickly returned to his home in exclusive Montecito, California on both occasions, even missing the Queen’s 95th birthday.
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Meghan hasn’t flown back to the UK since Megxit. She was pregnant when the service for Prince Philip took place, and decided not to return on the advice of her doctors.
The Queen has also not yet had the chance to meet great-granddaughter Lilibet, who was named after her. The tot was born last June.
However, despite the couple’s now-notorious interview with Oprah Winfrey last March – during which they claimed a member of the family had made a racist remark – Mr Sean said they may still get an invitation this year.
“What I’m suspecting is there will be some kind of banquet, perhaps low-key, that they possibly could get invited to,” he said.
“What we do know, however, is their diaries are remaining free.”
It was claimed last year that Harry has specifically requested to be involved in the celebration.
An insider said: “Harry wants to be there. It is already causing a headache and is going to be very awkward.
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“Where will they be positioned if they turn up? What events can they attend?
“Will we put them on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the flypast?
“This is a celebration for the Queen’s 70 years of service to the nation and should not be overshadowed.
“There are now so many questions about what to do with Harry and Meghan.”
Complicating the matter further, Harry’s memoir is set to be released this year.
Publisher Penguin Random House said the autobiography would be “honest” and “intimate”, while the duke himself said it will examine his “highs and lows”.
However we exclusively revealed today that Harry could DELAY the book after Prince Charles offered an olive branch.
Harry was also said to have “barely spoken” with his father last year, as their relations plummeted to “an all time low”.
But in an unexpected act of reconciliation this week, Charles paid tribute to Harry in a Newsweek essay, praising his son’s environmental work while sharing how “proud” he is of the duke for “passionately highlighting the impact of climate change”.
Royal expert Phil Dampier had previously blasted Harry’s decision to release the book then as “disrespectful”.
“If Harry had any intention to patch things up, he would appreciate that the year should be really concentrated on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,” he said.
“To release his book in the same year as that is disrespectful.
“The timing couldn’t be worse.”
