The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attempted to return to the United States with the Bidens aboard Air Force One after Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in September, but were denied.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle remain in the eye of the storm not only because of the recent failures that came to light after Spotify executives called them scammers or because of the cancellation of their Netflix series.
It has now come to light that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attempted to return to the United States with the Bidens aboard Air Force One after Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in September, but were denied.
According to Daily Mail, the White House was concerned that escorting the royals back to the United States would cause a "commotion."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were at odds with the royal family following their interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, when the queen died at age 96 on September 8.
The couple were in the UK to attend charity events and remained in the country for her funeral on September 19.
However, they were not invited to the pre-funeral reception at Buckingham Palace, where other royals, including King Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton, were welcomed alongside President Biden and the first lady Jill Biden Jill and other world leaders.
The couple were snubbed at the funeral at Westminster Abbey, sitting in the second row behind the rest of the royal family.
In response, Harry and Meghan's staff contacted the White House to ask if they could return on Air Force One to the United States, where they had been living in California since stepping down from royal duties in 2020, according to Daily Mail. .
The Bidens can invite whoever they want aboard Air Force One, but the question remains who would pay for Harry and Meghan's plane ticket, since travel aboard the aircraft is paid for by taxpayers.
Other people's trips are often billed: Biden pays for his own family to fly on the plane, political parties cover flights to campaign events, and news organizations pay for journalists to cover the president's activities.
