Meghan Markle, 40, and Prince Harry, 36, were left off Barack Obama's birthday party guest list last week. Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Telegraph, has claimed the Sussexes interview with Oprah Winfrey has "not gone down well" with the former US President and First Lady who always "put family first". But Michelle has hinted at how Meghan and Harry could make up for their attacks on the Royal Family.

       Speaking to Access Hollywood, Michelle said: "My hope is that when I think about what they're going through, I think about the importance of family, and I just pray that there is forgiveness and there is clarity and love and resolve at some point in time.

       "Because there's nothing more important than family."

       Barack's 60th birthday party in Martha's Vineyard was "scaled back" as fears the Delta Covid variant would spread.

       But the star-studded garden party at the former president's $12 million mansion included Jay-Z and Beyoncé.

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       Former administration officials were "surprised" Barack continued to hold the event after an increase in Covid cases, according to the New York Times.

       It comes after Meghan's half-brother has taken a swipe at his famous sibling ahead of his appearance in the Australian version of Big Brother, describing her as "shallow".

       Thomas Markle junior criticised his sibling in a trailer for the reality show and also gave her husband Harry some advice, telling the duke "she's going to ruin your life".

       According to reports Big Brother VIP, which is being filmed in Sydney and yet to be screened, has lost two of its biggest contestants, transgender star Caitlyn Jenner and Donald Trump's former political aide Omarosa Manigault Newman.

       Mr Markle has reportedly not seen his half-sister in around a decade and, along with Meghan's father Thomas Markle, is not thought to have met Harry.

       Meghan and her half-brother have the same father but she has a different mother, Doria Ragland.

       Speaking in a trailer for the reality show Mr Markle said: "I'm Meghan Markle's brother.

       "I'm the biggest brother of them all."

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       He goes on to say: "I told Prince Harry, I think she's going to ruin your life.

       "She's very shallow."

       The duchess has a fraught relationship with her extended family and has been estranged from her father for a number of years.

       Meghan's half-sister Samantha Grant, also known as Samantha Markle, has see-sawed between condemning and praising her famous relative and once described her as a "shallow social climber".