PRINCE Harry is “highly unlikely” to visit the Queen on her 96th birthday despite being in Europe the same week, a royal expert says.
The Duke of Sussex, 37, is set to snub his grandmother’s milestone celebrations after visiting Holland for the Invictus Games.
He and wife Meghan Markle will head to the Netherlands for the international sporting event which kicks off on April 16.
But as the tournament wraps up on April 22, they will have missed Her Majesty’s birthday on April 21.
Speculation that the Sussexes may make a stop-off in Britain has been dismissed as the couple’s security row rumbles on.
The pair’s itinerary has further ruffled feathers after they did not attend Prince Philip’s memorial,
Royal expert Robert Johnson has now suggested Harry won’t “pop over” due to the strained relationship with the rest of the Royals.
He told the Mirror: “‘The reality is it is highly unlikely, given the schism he has caused in the family.”
The co-author of Diana: Closely Guarded Secret also touched on the Sussexes dispute over private armed security guards.
The Duke of Sussex is suing the British government after his taxpayer-funded Met Police guards were removed when he quit royal duty.
In High Court papers the duke says he “does not feel safe” in Britain without armed security and says the decision is “unlawful and “unfair”.
Harry and Meghan, 40, are believed to have armed protection in the US but are not allowed to use them when they come to Britain.
Johnson suggested the issue is “just another excuse” to not return to his homeland – where his family members may be baying for blood.
The royal expert claimed tensions will be fraught amongst the Royal fold ahead of Harry’s upcoming biography.
He expects the highly anticipated book to ” tackle his tricky relationship with the Duchess of Cornwall,” and said the friction may be “the real reason he is staying away.”
Johnson continued: “Can you imagine how excruciating it would be over dinner if somebody was to ask what’s in the soon to be published Random House book about them?”
Ex-Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, 68, told The Celeb Report that Harry will “go after” Charles and Camilla in his explosive memoir.
The top royal author said: “Harry’s not going to go after The Queen, she’s sacrosanct.
“And he probably won’t go after Kate, who he’s very fond of. But he will go after Charles and Camilla and maybe William.”
Harry – who lives in California with Meghan and their two children – is said to have received a £15million advance for his book, set for release this year.
Tina, who became friends with Princess Diana, said its publication could be more damaging than Harry and Meghan’s bombshell Oprah TV interview.
The biography is said to have ruffled Royal feathers amid fears The Duke will spill “hugely damaging” family secrets.
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Royal observers believe the memoir will send shockwaves through the Windsors.
Harry has reportedly been working on the book for about a year – with a manuscript originally due to be handed in to publishers next month.
