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An Australian television host has slammed Meghan Markle, urging the Duchess of Sussex to “shut up” after the royal’s friends revealed the real reason she was not attending Prince Philip’s funeral.
Markle had not travelled to London because she “doesn’t want to be the centre of attention” at the service, her friends reportedly said.
After the story aired on Channel 7’s Sunrise, host Edwina Bartholomew told viewers: “that just really gets my goat.”
“I’ve reserved judgment about those two for quite some time, but if that is true, it just makes me so angry.
“I still liked Harry and Meghan, I just, I just feel I’ve turned now.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the pregnant Duchess of Sussex had been advised by her doctor not to travel to the UK for the funeral.
But a friend of the actress said the Duchess was concerned she would steal the spotlight at the televised service, which would be held in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday.
“Meghan said her main concern right now is supporting Harry. She said she left it up to him as to whether or not she would attend the funeral,” the friend told Mail Online.
Edwina Bartholomew said she wished Markle would “just shut up” while the royal family grieved the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
“If she had gone, there would have been a lot of attention on her and it would have distracted I think,” she told viewers.
“But just for them to say that out loud … just go with the Palace line would you? For once!”
Prince Philip died aged 99 on April 9.
A statement issued by Buckingham Palace spoke of Queen Elizabeth’s “deep sorrow” following his death at Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Edinburgh, the longest-serving royal consort in British history, was at the Queen‘s side for more than her six decades of reign.
He will be laid to rest on Saturday during a slimmed-down service which will be closed to the public at Windsor Castle.
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