ROYAL NOTEBOOK: Major shade for 'Harkle' at funeral? Tall man walking was Queen's aide

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CATTY CANTERBURY: Did Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, throw major shade at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — aka Harkle — during his funeral sermon for Queen Elizabeth?

The New York Post says some funeral watchers thought Welby, the religious head of the Church of England, looked right at the couple, who quit royal life in 2020, as he slammed “those who cling to power and privileges.”

The archbishop was praising the late Queen as one of the “people of loving service” who “are rare in any walk of life,” when he added: “Leaders of loving service are still rarer. But in all cases, those who serve will be loved and remembered when those who cling to power and privileges are forgotten.”

Some said the TV footage appeared to show him staring toward the area of Westminster Abbey where Harry and Meghan were sitting behind King Charles III.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have repeatedly trashed The Firm, as the Royals are called, including accusing them of bullying and racism.

However, others said his comments could have been targeting any number of people in the Abbey which was brimming with world leaders.

KIDS NEED THEIR PARENTS: California is calling for Harry and Meghan, according to the Daily Mail.

The British newspaper reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stayed in Windsor on Monday night after attending the Queen’s state funeral, committal service and burial but will fly back across the pond “as soon as they can” after not seeing their children, Archie and Lilibet, for nearly three weeks.

The couple arrived in England on Sept. 3 for the first time since June’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the Queen and were expected to only stay for a short time.

But then the monarch got got sick and Harry cancelled his awards appearance in London and rushed to Balmoral in Scotland where she died.

Meghan didn’t go to Scotland but did join him for other official events over the 10-day mourning period including the state funeral.

IT’S ALWAYS THE TALL ONES: At least one mourner at Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral really stood out, according to the New York Post.

That would be Her Majesty’s assistant private secretary Matthew Magee, who is 7-foot-2, compared to the monarch’s 5-foot-3 height measurements.

Magee walked ahead of the Queen’s coffin during an outdoor procession with many Twitter users weighing on the “insanely tall” man.

“That very tall man in the funeral procession, a member of the royal household, must be the royal light bulb changer!” one wrote.

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“He’s very well known as the Captain of the Royal Household Basketball Team,” another said.

Magee, who’s from Northern Ireland, worked with the Queen in the last four years before her passing and replaced Samantha Cohen, who worked for Meghan and Harry.

The Daily Mail says Magee, previously employed as Prince Edward’s  private secretary, was promoted due to his “brilliant brain” and “great sense of humor.”