Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reportedly, requested to have a meeting with Queen Elizabeth before they announced their bombshell exit in January.

In the book Finding Freedom, royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand revealed that the original meeting with Her Majesty was set for January 6.

But at the last minute, the royal couple learned that their meeting with the monarch was postponed to January 29. This, reportedly, didn’t sit well with the Sussexes, who felt that they were being sidelined.

As such, they did not wait until after they talk to the queen and Prince Charles before they announced their Megxit.

Shortly after the announcement, reports swirled that the queen and Prince Charles were enraged because they weren’t informed about the Sussexes’ plans beforehand. But based on the authors’ accounts, Prince Harry and Markle did their part by scheduling a meeting with the queen.

“It wasn’t just the press or online trolls getting to Harry, it was also the institution of the monarchy. Barely a week went by without internal affairs or matters of private discussions being twisted and leaked. Harry felt he and Meghan had long been sidelined by the institution and were not a fundamental part of its future,” the authors said.

According to Scobie and Durand, Prince Harry was also enraged after senior members of the royal family seemingly disrespected his wife. One of them called Markle “Prince Harry’s showgirl.” Another senior royal commented that Markle comes with a lot of baggage.

Other than these offensive remarks, Prince Harry wasn’t also thrilled to hear Prince William’s comments about Markle. Instead of referring to Markle by her name, Prince William referred to her as “this girl.”

Since then, Prince William and Prince Harry’s relationship never got back to how it once was.

As for Markle and Kate Middleton, the sisters-in-law never feuded with each other.

“Meghan would agree the duchesses were not the best of friends. Their relationship hadn’t progressed much since she was Harry’s girlfriend. But they were not at war,” the authors said.

Finding Freedom will be released online on August 11. But the paperback and hardbound versions of the book will be available starting August 20.