Her Majesty, The Queen has not seen Archie for 14 weeks since the Sussexes took their son to North America to celebrate the festive season.
With Prince Harry already in the UK to carry out his final duties and Meghan arriving later this week, the fact they are not bringing Archie is also proving a financial headache for the royals.
The decision to leave the nine-month-old behind is likely to add up to $100,000 to the runaway royals’ ever-mounting security bill.
A royal insider told The Sun: “Meghan’s London jaunt is proving a real headache.
“It’s an expensive time just when the costs of looking after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are under scrutiny.”
The source told the publication on Saturday: “Next week will demonstrate the colossal challenges and sums involved when Harry and Meghan are in London needing security just as much as Archie.
“It’s as much as another £50,000 ($100,000) to what’s already being run up. But none of that will matter to senior royals who are despondent at not seeing the baby for so long.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their bombshell announcement that they will split their time between the UK and Canada back in January, and the practicalities of such a split are proving difficult for the royals.
Multiple royal insiders have said that Her Majesty is “very sad” that she hasn’t spent much time with her great grandson.
“She will be very sad to have barely seen Archie, and that he will miss out on growing up with his cousins and wider family,” a source told The Sunday Times.
Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on this claim.
While the costs of Meghan and Harry‘s security continue to spiral, Queen Elizabeth has put her foot down and told the couple they will need to foot the $40 million bill themselves, according to royal experts.
Details of the family falling out emerged after Canada announced on Thursday that they will soon stop providing security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Royal insiders say the Queen has already had a word in private with the pair about the matter.
ABC’s royal correspondent Omid Scoobie told podcast HeirPod: “The Queen has made it clear to the couple that at some point they are going to have to take on that cost themselves.
“But Buckingham Palace never comments on security matters. Time will tell.”
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been providing assistance to the couple since their arrival in Canada “intermittently since November 2019”
It’s thought that this support will terminate when the Duke and Duchess formally step down from their royal roles on March 31.