Meghan Markle left the Queen, Prince Charles 'irritated' after rejecting suggestion on reconciling

Tom Bower's book 'Revenge' claims the Duchess of Sussex rejected the idea leaving the Prince of Wales 'irritated'. Photo / Getty Images

The Duchess of Sussex rejected a suggestion by the Queen and the Prince of Wales that she fly to the US to reconcile with her father, a new book has claimed.

Tom Bower, a biographer who has written a book about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex entitled Revenge, claimed the Prince - and possibly the monarch - were "irritated" by the Duchess's failure to make peace with Thomas Markle.

In an extract published on Saturday in The Sunday Times newspaper, Bower described how, two months after the Duke and Duchess were married in May 2018, the couple faced pressure to resolve the rift.

Mr Markle did not attend the wedding after it was revealed he had been working with a paparazzi agency to stage photos which were sold worldwide in the months before the ceremony.

He subsequently made several television appearances in which he criticised the conduct of his daughter and the royal family.

According to Bower's book, the Prince "berated" the Duke and questioned why the Duchess could not just go to see her father.

The Duke told his father that his wife refused to phone Mr Markle because she suspected his phone "was (not) in his possession" and "his email account was compromised", the book said.

Bower writes: "Meghan's excuses irritated Charles and perhaps also the Queen.

"The monarch must have found it hard to believe that Meghan could not resolve her differences with Thomas Markle."

It is claimed that the Queen and the Prince joined the Duke and Duchess on a conference call on which they urged the Duchess to fly to America for "a reconciliation".

Bower writes: "Meghan rejected the suggestion...the conference call ended with both the senior royals perplexed."

Buckingham Palace declined to comment in line with its long-standing policy to never respond to unofficial books, as did Clarence House.

The Duchess later said during the same visit to Castle Mey "they fundamentally don't understand", referring to the palace, according to the book.

A spokeswoman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Bower's book claims to be a "characteristically explosive and rigorously researched account of the rift between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal family, touching on every aspect of scandal and suspicion".

The biography, entitled Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors, is out on July 21 and serialised by The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun.