Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly already on a plane leaving the UK as the Queen and senior royals enjoyed the grand finale of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
It was another quick 'Megxit' for the Sussexes who are believed to have completed the 10,000 mile-round trip back to their home in Los Angeles an hour before royals appeared for one final time during the four-day event.
As the Pageant got underway on Sunday (June 5) the couple with their two children, Archie, three, and Lillibet, one, had already driven away from Frogmore Cottage before jetting off the runway at Farnborough Airport at 1.30pm, The Sun reports.
It comes as experts claimed Harry was struggling to accept his new "second row royal" role, and royal fans pointed out Meghan's "obvious" snub of Kate Middleton.
The couple stepped back from their royal roles and laid bare their difficult relationship with Harry's family in an unprecedented tell-all Oprah interview in March last year.
This weekend they made their first public appearance alongside the Cambridge family since their move to the States.
But their absence from parts of the Jubilee celebrations didn't go unnoticed.
Prince Harry was spotted looking unimpressed as he sat on the "sidelines" of the celebrations that he did attend.
On Friday at the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's cathedral, the couple were sat a row behind and several metres from heirs Prince Charles and Prince William.
Eagle-eyed royal fans also pointed out that Meghan could be seen "turning away" from the Duchess of Cornwall when she arrived at the cathedral.
The Duchesses never came face-to-face during the celebrations - but the couple left nothing to chance and made a hasty departure before the Queen had even made her final appearance.
The monarch surprised the crowds on Sunday and gave them a wave before delivering a speech to close the incredible four-day spectacle.
An insider told The Sun: "There was no fanfare, they just went.
"They didn't stick around for the Platinum Jubilee pageant which is a celebration of Britain and all of its quirks and eccentricities over the Queen's 70 year reign."
It is thought their trip cost in the region of £160,000 - but it is not clear who footed the bill.
After they jetted in on a private jet from Santa Barbara on Wednesday, the Sussexes piled into the back of a blacked-out VW people carrier.
They were given a low-key escort by the Queen's Land Rover and bodyguards while in the UK.
