roger allen / Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's shocking request was shut down by Queen Elizabeth II. After the Sussexes' 2018 wedding, Her Majesty gifted the duo Frogmore Cottage, but a royal insider claimed the pair hoped to live in Windsor Castle. "There are empty bedrooms and suites in the private apartments which the Sussexes may have had their eye on, or perhaps some former living quarters in the castle grounds converted into other things," Hugo Vickers told The Times. "But I can see how it might not be entirely appropriate to have a young family living there." MEGA TheMegaAgency.com Her Majesty's cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson previously discussed how important it was for the monarch to give the Sussexes' Frogmore Cottage. "The cottage was a big deal. The Queen's entrance into the gardens is right next to their cottage. It is essentially her backyard, her solitude, and her privacy. She was giving that up in gifting Harry and Meghan Frogmore Cottage. We all thought it was very big of her," Anson said, per Daily Express. "She said, 'I hope they'll respect it.'" @kidspot.com.au Meghan & Harry hit out at 'small' royal home where they lived #meghanmarkle #princeharry ♬ original sound - Kidspot Official Before moving into Frogmore Cottage, the Sussexes lived at Nottingham Cottage - a property the couple later described as underwhelming. "I was excited to welcome Meg to my home, but also embarrassed. Nott Cott was no palace. Nott Cott was palace adjacent - that was the best you could say for it," Harry wrote in Spare. In Harry & Meghan, the Sussexes reminisced over their old living space. "As far as people were concerned, we were living in a palace, and we were, in a cottage..." the Duke of Sussex emphasized while sharing home videos of the abode. "We were living on palace grounds." "Kensington Palace sounds very regal, of course it does, it says 'palace' in the name. But Nottingham Cottage was so small," Meghan added. Rowan Griffiths/Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency The Sussexes ended up finding their forever home in California - away from the royal family. "We did everything we could to get this house," Meghan told The Cut when discussing her West Coast mansion. "Because you walk in and go ... Joy. And exhale. And calm. It's healing. You feel free." "The Montecito house is the kind of big that startles you into remembering that unimaginable wealth is actually someone's daily reality," the article's writer, Allison P. Davis, said, per New York Post. The post Elizabeth shut down Harry and Meghan's 'inappropriate' request appeared first on Wonderwall.com.