{"id":1977902,"date":"2023-07-19T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T23:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denied-harry-and-meghan-hoped-to-hitch-a-ride-on-air-force-one-with-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T23:53:52","slug":"denied-harry-and-meghan-hoped-to-hitch-a-ride-on-air-force-one-with-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denied-harry-and-meghan-hoped-to-hitch-a-ride-on-air-force-one-with-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan&#8217;s request to join Biden on Air Force One was denied."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenied-harry-and-meghan-hoped-to-hitch-a-ride-on-air-force-one-with-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Prince Harry \u2062and Meghan\u2062 Markle&#8217;s Request \u2064to Fly\u200b Back\u200b with President Biden \u2063on Air Force\u200d One\u200d Denied<\/h2>\n<p>According to\u200c reports,\u200b Prince Harry\u200c and\u200c Meghan Markle,\u2062 the\u2062 Duke and Duchess of \u200bSussex, sought\u2063 permission from \u2064the \u200dBiden \u200cadministration to \u2062return\u2063 from Queen Elizabeth \u200cII&#8217;s \u200cfuneral\u2062 aboard \u200dAir Force \u200bOne. Unfortunately, their request was\u2062 rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The royal \u2062couple \u2064had been\u200d in the \u200cUnited Kingdom at the time of \u2063the\u200b queen&#8217;s\u200c passing\u2062 in\u2062 September 2022 and\u200c had stayed for the funeral \u200cin\u200c mid-September.<\/p>\n<h3>Missed Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Regrettably, the\u200c duke and duchess were unable to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denied-harry-and-meghan-hoped-to-hitch-a-ride-on-air-force-one-with-biden\/\" title=\"Harry and Meghan's request to join Biden on Air Force One was denied.\">pre-funeral reception<\/a>\u200d at Buckingham Palace, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">world leaders<\/a>,\u2063 including President Joe Biden \u200band first \u200clady Jill Biden, \u2062gathered to greet \u200bKing Charles and Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n<p>Their request\u200b to join\u200d the Bidens\u200c on\u2064 Air \u200dForce One\u2063 was\u200c deemed a &#8220;non-starter&#8221; as\u2062 it would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-cheer-keystone-shutdown-now-demand-biden-shut-down-all-pipelines\/\" title=\"Environmental Groups Cheer Keystone Shutdown, Now Demand Biden Shut Down All Pipelines\">strained relations<\/a> with\u2064 the Palace and\u200c the new King.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this was not the only \u200cinvitation extended by \u2062the duke and duchess \u2062to the Bidens last year.<\/p>\n<p>Before \u2062his presidency, Joe Biden and \u200chis\u200b wife\u2062 had attended \u200dthe 2017 \u2064Invictus\u200b Games in\u2062 Canada with former President\u2064 Barack \u2062Obama and \u2063Prince\u2063 Harry.\u200b The couple \u200ballegedly invited Jill \u2063Biden to the \u200bInvictus Games in The Hague \u2062last year, \u200choping \u200bto \u200csecure a\u200d ride \u200bon \u2063Air Force\u2063 One.\u200c However,\u200c the administration \u2063was concerned that her attendance might offend the \u200broyal family. As a \u2064result, Transportation Secretary\u2062 Pete\u200d Buttigieg led \u2064a delegation to the Invictus \u2063Games in April\u200b last \u200dyear instead.<\/p>\n<p>For\u200c more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The \u200dWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sought permission to return from Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s funeral on Air Force One with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. 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