Prince Harry and Meghan Markle didn’t attend this yr’s Royal Ascot — the flowery horse race that’s considered one of the highlights of England’s social season — however their names had been apparently on everybody’s lips.

And never in a great way.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla presided over the horsey spectacle that was generally known as considered one of Queen Elizabeth II’s most beloved occasions. 

A supply informed Web page Six, “The gossip within the royal enclosure was how glad everybody was that Meghan and Harry weren’t right here.” 

The stands had been significantly abuzz in regards to the frosty relationship between Camilla and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, mentioned an insider.  

Meg made her debut on the occasion in 2018 to a lot fanfare.

She and Harry had married one month earlier and, carrying Givenchy, Markle arrived  “in a carriage match for a princess,” City & Nation wrote on the time. 

Some even thought that Camilla might have been throwing regal shade at Markle by carrying Dior to the occasion — proper after rumors that Markle was inking a “mega-bucks” take care of the high-end model had been unfashionably shot down.

A supply who attended the royal occasion informed Web page Six: “Camilla’s mates say she stays livid at Harry and Meghan” after Harry known as her a “depraved stepmother” in his memoir, “Spare,” launched in January.

The supply added, “Camilla tells Charles they make her uncomfortable, and Charles loves her unconditionally — he made her queen and can select her well-being over them each time.”

However the supply added, “Camilla is aware of to not go too far, as Charles nonetheless loves Harry.

“Everybody blames Meghan for all the mess.”

The supply additionally informed us, “At present at Ascot proved the individuals love her and he or she gained’t threat ruining it by participating with Harry and Meghan.”

In any other case, “it was an important day on the races. The women’ hats had been implausible.”