Prince Harry and Meghan Markle set to miss out on key royal reunion this summer

If Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex were to visit Balmoral Castle this summer it would be a ‘surprise’, a royal commentator has claimed. It is thought King Charles and the Royal Family will be travelling to their large Aberdeenshire estate in mid-August to unwind away from the prying eyes of the press and the public. The new Monarch is continuing his mother’s tradition of the annual pilgrimage to her favourite place and is thought to want the whole Firm to join him but it is thought this does not include his youngest son and his family. Royal correspondent Richard Palmer, speaking on the Express Royal Round Up on Thursday, said: ‘This year is going to be interesting because we have certainly been led to believe that the King wants to get his family together at Balmoral.’ The Royal Family typically spent the time enjoying group activities such as fishing and shooting on the grounds of the estate that has been owned by the royals since 1852. Queen Victoria was bought the now 50,000-acre estate by Prince Albert and later described it as her ‘paradise in the Highlands’.