Brooke Boney calls out problem in Prince Harry's account of 'Sandringham Summit' trends now

Channel Nine host Brooke Boney has questioned Prince Harry's account of the so-called 'Sandringham Summit', after he claimed the late Queen was sidelined in the discussion about his future in the Royal Family.

The Queen summoned the Duke of Sussex, his brother Prince William and the now-King Charles to her Norfolk estate on January 13, 2020, to try to resolve the 'Megxit' crisis, which had exploded days earlier when Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced their decision to 'step back' as senior royals.

It was ultimately decided Harry and Meghan could not be half in and half out, leading to their exile to California, with Harry later saying the Queen had 'quietly [sat] there' as William 'screamed' at him and his father said things that 'weren't true'.

Speaking on the Today show on Tuesday, Boney baulked at the suggestion the Queen had been a passive spectator during the Megxit talks given her status as the head of the Royal Family.

She asked The Daily Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers: 'So, if the Queen, the monarch, isn't running the shop, then who is?'

Myers agreed it was surprising to hear Harry describe his grandmother, who at the time had been on the throne for 66 years, as a 'bit-part player' in the biggest crisis to hit the Royal Family since the death of Princess Diana. 

'That's a big question, isn't it?' Myers said. 'Just last week we had Harry saying that during the Sandringham Summit, where they all came together to thrash out this deal in order to make Harry and Meghan be able to leave the Royal Family, he said that pretty much the Queen was sitting there as a bit-part player. 

'And it was his brother screaming at him from across the table [and] Charles sitting there having a bit of a moan about the situation.

'So what is it? Was The Queen a patsy in her final days? Or was the head of the shop, the one running the show?