Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be attending Trooping the Colour this year, but that doesn’t mean they will be completely sidelined, says one royal expert.

Trooping the Colour, also known as the King’s Birthday Parade, is scheduled for Saturday, June 15, and will kick off at 10:20am.

Harry and Meghan have a habit of having good news the same day as other members of the Royal Family — like Meghan announcing her new website, American Riviera Orchard, the same day as Prince William presenting at The Diana Award — which hasn’t gone unnoticed by royal commentator Kinsey Schofield.

Ms Schofield, To Di For Daily host, said: “I would not be surprised if we saw American Rivera Orchard launch a product around Trooping the Colour.”

She added: “What a bizarre thing to launch a brand at the height of a royal health crisis then not have anything tangible available for purchase for MONTHS.”

Meghan launched her lifestyle brand on March 14, but from there, things went very, very quiet. She then resurfaced at the end of April, giving out handmade jams to 50 friends and influencers to share via social media.

Meghan’s lifestyle brand can be a financial success, it’s being said, but she needs to launch it first (Image: Getty)

Meghan has yet to list any products on her website, but that may change on June 15, or, possibly, June 14, to make a preemptive strike, overshadowing the king’s big day before it even begins

Charles’s actual birthday is on November 14, but it is tradition for the reigning monarch to have an unofficial birthday in June, so the entire nation can join in the celebration.

Harry and Meghan will not be taking part in the festivities, but they may take from the day, suggests Ms Schofield.

“Clearly the Sussexes have not learned their lesson and are eager to play the PR game that Harry claims to resent so fiercely in Spare.”

Harry’s busy, too, he’s working on a polo series for Netflix (Image: Getty)
 

Harry and Meghan haven’t been seen out and about for a while now — things have been kind of quiet since their three-day visit to Nigeria in May — but their online presence is a different story.

Ms Schofield says “a lot of information” has been coming out of Harry and Meghan’s camp, which she believes is being leaked to the press by the Sussexes, including details about Princess Lilibet’s birthday party, Harry turning down the invite to the Duke of Westminster’s wedding, and not being invited to Trooping the Colour.

Harry and Meghan weren’t invited to Trooping the Colour last year, so it’s not a big surprise that they wound’t be invited this year, it’s more of a surprise that People magazine would treat this like a breaking story, meanwhile, People magazine is Harry and Meghan’s go-to publication, when they want to get a story out, it’s been said.