The Queen's final message to Prince Harry on his 38th birthday was a short and poignant one: "Wishing The Duke of Sussex a happy birthday today!" The Mirror reported Prince Harry turned 38 yesterday and will remain in the UK as he and his wife Meghan Markle prepare for the Queen's funeral next Monday with the rest of ...
In his memoir Spare, which has been leaked after it mistakenly went on sale in Spain ahead of its January 10 release, Harry reveals that on arriving at her deathbed he whispered to the Queen that he “hoped she would be happy”.
"I advanced with uncertainty and saw her. I stayed still, watching her carefully for a good while. I whispered that I hoped she was happy and that she was with Grandfather now," he wrote. "I said that I admired her for having carried out her duties until the end.
Prince Harry may have stepped back from his royal role, but he remains close to Queen Elizabeth.
“I do not give you laws or administer justice, but I can do something else: I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.” The Queen's death came three months after her Platinum Jubilee event in June 2022, which celebrated her 70 years on the throne.
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Prince Harry copped widespread scrutiny when he was pictured arriving at the Queen's deathbed an hour after the news broke, and now he's revealed the shocking reason why he was so late.
According to People, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess confirmed that the reigning monarch's grandson, Harry, was en route to Balmoral Castle but he didn't quite make it in time to say goodbye to his beloved grandmother before she died.
A spokesperson for Charles confirmed in June 2021 that while the sovereign set aside “a substantial sum” for his youngest son and his wife at the start of their royal step back, the “funding ceased in the summer of [2020].” The rep told Variety at the time that Harry and Meghan “are now financially independent.”
Harry was allegedly so persistent about bringing his wife, Meghan Markle, with him to Balmoral where the Queen was dying, that an argument ensued, causing him to miss the flight that carried his brother and uncles.
By the time Harry got to Balmoral on his own, the queen was dead. "I walked into the hall, and my aunt was there to greet me," Harry said.
“To see her tapping her foot and swaying in time, I wanted to hug her,” he wrote. “But of course I didn't. Out of the question. I never had done and couldn't imagine any circumstance under which such an act would be sanctioned.”
One part of Harry's life story that many wondered if he would share was the death of his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. He does in fact reveal that it was his father Charles who first called him last September to say that the Queen's health “had taken a turn.”
In his forthcoming memoir Spare, Prince Harry reveals his family did not tell him the news. He had to find out online. "When the plane started to descend I saw that my phone lit up. It was a message from Meg: 'Call me when you get this,'" Harry reportedly writes.
Prince Harry raced to Queen Elizabeth's bedside, but arrived after her death had been announced.
Representatives told Forbes in 2021 that Harry was not a beneficiary of any of the $100 million left to the royal family by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. It's unclear if Harry was left any money from his grandmother the late Queen Elizabeth II, whose will is expected to stay sealed for at least 90 years.
Adorably, the visit marked the first time that the Queen met her great-granddaughter and namesake, one-year-old Lili – but it's said that the moment was brief, even under an hour. What do GLAMOUR readers really think of the monarchy? You voted Queen Elizabeth II as your favourite royal.
The queen had four children with Prince Philip: King Charles III, Princess Anne, The Duke of York, Andrew, and the Earl of Wessex, Edward, who are 58 to 73 years old. Together, they gave her eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. in the line of succession. line of succession.
The time of death, just after 3 p.m., is more revealing, coming more than three hours before Buckingham Palace announced it at 6:30 p.m. That indicates none of her family saw the queen just before her death, aside from King Charles III and his sister, Princess Anne, who were both already in Scotland on official duties.
So, when the queen suddenly took ill, Harry was able to rush from Scotland to be with the rest of his family. He and Meghan then stayed through Monday in order to attend the state funeral and committal service before Queen Elizabeth's private burial.
That toxic dynamic, according to Harry, catalyzed their departure: The Sussexes were crumbling under incessant negative media coverage that included an intimate letter between Meghan and her estranged father published in The Daily Mail. (The duchess even began to have suicidal thoughts.)
But it was pure coincidence that Harry was in Britain when Elizabeth died, and prior to her demise there were no plans announced for him to see his family during his visit from the United States, where he lives with his American wife Meghan.
He said: 'Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited. We were hopeful and we were here to serve. For those reasons it brings me great sadness that it has come to this. 'The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly.
Oprah has been a loyal friend and neighbor to the royal couple, following their relocation to Montecito, California in 2020.
At present, Harry is fifth in line to the throne and this is a birthright "privilege" that cannot be revoked without an Act of Parliament being in place.