Queen Elizabeth II has invited
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to vacation with her at the royal family’s
summer home in Scotland, Balmoral Castle, The Sun reports.
Balmoral Castle is a
50,000-acre private estate in the Scottish Highlands which is owned
by the royal family. While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have never been
photographed at the castle, they visited shortly after their royal wedding in
May 2018, The Sunday Times reported.
According to The Sun, the
Queen arrived at Balmoral on Thursday and she’s expected to stay at Craigowan
Lodge, a seven-bedroom property on the estate, for 10 weeks.
“Staff have been told to
expect the full list of royals including Harry, Meghan and their children
Archie and Lilibet,” an anonymous source, cited as a “Balmoral
insider,” told The Sun.
“They are preparing for
the Sussexes,” the source added.
“Balmoral is the perfect
place for them to spend a little bit of quality time with the Queen,”
another source told the publication, adding: “They barely had 15 minutes
with her at the jubilee.”
The duke and duchess took
their children, Archie and Lilibet, to London in June for the Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee, which marked the monarch’s 70th anniversary on the throne.
But according to Us Weekly, the Sussex family’s reunion with Her Majesty
was short in order to conserve the Queen’s energy.
“She was working very
hard to maintain her strength,” royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti told Us
Weekly. “I think it’s totally understandable that she was saving her
energy as best she could for all the events that she wanted to be at if she
possibly could.”
