Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't attend state reception for the Queen at Buckingham Palace, report says

• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't attend a state reception on Sunday, reports say.
• The Telegraph reports that the couple was uninvited because they aren't working royals.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't attend a state reception for world leaders at Buckingham Palace Sunday.

According to The Telegraph, the couple received an invitation to the event, hosted by Harry's father King Charles III, and Queen Consort Camilla, earlier this week.

However, the publication reports that royal aides "insisted" Harry and Meghan were not invited and not expected to make an appearance. The pair won't attend after the palace officials said the reception is "for working members of the royal family," according to the outlet.

Representatives for Buckingham Palace and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Harry and Meghan's relationship with the royal family has been described as tense since they stepped back as senior royals in 2020. They joined Prince William and Kate Middleton to view floral tributes to the Queen on September 10, but it's unclear if the promenade around Windsor Castle is a sign of reconciliation.

Harry also wasn't permitted to wear his military uniform in a procession for the Queen on Wednesday because he isn't a working royal, despite his 10 years of service in the British military.

The palace later reversed its decision, allowing both Harry and his uncle, Prince Andrew, to wear their uniforms to stand vigil for the Queen. Andrew was stripped of his titles and patronages in January 2022 after a sexual assault lawsuit was filed against him in 2021.

Harry, his brother Prince William, and their cousins are expected to stand guard in front of their grandmother's coffin at Westminster Hall on Saturday evening.

The Queen's funeral is expected to draw 2,000 attendees to Westminster Abbey on Monday to pay tribute to the monarch, who died at age 96 at her residence in Balmoral, Scotland on September 8. The guest list consists of members of the royal family — including Charles, Harry, and Prince William — as well as dignitaries like President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The funeral will also be televised, with billions of people expected to tune into the ceremony. Hundreds of thousands more are waiting in hours-long queues outside Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the late royal before she's laid to rest.