Prince Harry, 38, claimed in his bombshell 60 Minutes interview that he wasn’t invited to journey together with his household to Balmoral Castle in Scotland on the day Queen Elizabeth II died. Harry advised Anderson Cooper that he reached out to his brother, Prince William, 40, because the Queen fell in poor health on September 8. At the time, Harry and his spouse Meghan Markle, 41, had been in London for a charity occasion, once they discovered his grandmother was anticipated to go away.
“I asked my brother, I said, ‘What are your plans? How are you and Kate getting up there?’ ” Harry mentioned within the interview. “And then a couple of hours later, all the family members that live within the Windsor and Ascot area were jumping on a plane together. A plane with 12, 14, maybe 16 seats,” he added. Harry confirmed he “was not invited” on the airplane.
Harry flew on a non-public jet alone to Balmoral Castle whereas Meghan stayed behind. But the Duke of Sussex sadly arrived after the Queen had already handed away. The remainder of Harry’s household, together with his father King Charles, 74, acquired to be with the Queen earlier than she died.
“I walked into the hall and my aunt [Princess Anne] was there to greet me,” Harry mentioned. “And she asked me if I wanted to see her. I thought about it for five seconds thinking is this a good idea? I was like, ‘You know what, you can do this. You need to say goodbye.’ So I went upstairs, took my jacket off, and walked in and just spent some time with her alone.”
Harry mentioned that his 96-year-old grandmother was lifeless in her bed room when he noticed her. “I was really happy for her,” the dad-of-two defined. “She finished life. She completed life. And her husband [Prince Phillip] was waiting for her. And the two of them are buried together.”
Harry’s been doing interviews to advertise his memoir Spare, which particulars his complicated relationship together with his household. In excerpts from the e-book obtained by ABC News, Harry claimed that King Charles banned Meghan from visiting Queen Elizabeth the day she died. Harry reportedly mentioned he advised his father in response, “Don’t ever speak about my wife that way.” A supply advised DailyMail that William’s spouse Kate Middleton, 41, was additionally requested to not come to Balmoral Castle, because the household needed to maintain the circle across the Queen as small and personal as attainable.
Harry and Meghan finally reunited with the royal household on the Queen’s funeral in September. Despite their apparent variations, Harry and William walked alongside one another on the procession of the Queen’s coffin to Westminster Abbey. The second echoed Princess Diana’s funeral 25 years in the past when the brothers walked behind their mom’s coffin.