Is the royal show over for Meghan and Harry?

DEVASTATING news for the duke and duchess of Sussex that neither they nor their children Archie and lilibet are reportedly invited by King Charles to commemorations marking the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s death.

Given that Harry and Meghan’s only currency is being members of the Royal Family, the snub must feel especially bitter. It also suggests the King has finally found his mettle.

We all despaired that the royals didn’t fight back after the extraordinary allegations hurled at them by Harry and Meghan while the late Queen was still alive.

Now it’s payback time. And for that we should all cry ‘Three cheers for the King!’

The message is clear: they are not welcome here. Quite right, too — the rebuff will mean the couple won’t be able to take advantage next month of the most poignant royal ceremonies since the Queen’s death, for their self-serving documentaries.

Adding insult to injury, even the disgraced Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah are invited to the family gathering at Balmoral on September 8.

And Harry and Meghan can’t claim their absence is down to conflicting diary engagements, as the next day they will be a stone’s throw from Britain in dusseldorf, Germany, launching the Invictus Games. They’ve already left Frogmore Cottage in windsor — meaning they have no home in Britain.

Now they’re being publicly shunned by the royals. It must be dawning on them that they could be staring at a bleak future. Perhaps this explains why we’ve seen a very different Harry and Meghan in recent public appearances together.

Before, they would hold hands and gaze into each others’ eyes.

But in their vainglorious video this week, thanking winners of a youth technology award they fund, they never made eye contact or touched one other.

And in pictures of them celebrating Meghan’s 42nd birthday in Montecito on wednesday, she walks directly out of the restaurant ahead of a miserable-looking Harry.

No hand-holding, no back stroking. Is the royal show over for the Sussexes?

Millions of us dearly hope so.

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