In his controversial memoir, Spare, which has been leaked ahead of its January 10 release, Harry says he told his late grandmother in a whisper that he “hoped she would be happy” and that she would be with his grandfather, Prince Philip, who had died a year prior at age 99.
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”.
According to a report in Metro News, Harry described how he told Queen Elizabeth that he "hoped she was happy" and would be reunited with her husband, Prince Philip, in his explosive autobiography. "I advanced with uncertainty and saw her. I stayed still, watching her carefully for a good while.
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“Granny was gone. Pa was King,” he writes. He also opens up about the moment he saw the Queen's body inside a room within Balmoral Castle. “I braced myself, went in.
Synopsis. Prince Harry has revealed the final words he whispered to Queen Elizabeth II on her death bed after he arrived hours after her passing in September. In his upcoming memoir, 'Spare', the Duke of Sussex has published some never-heard-before incidents while he was with the royal family in the UK.
Later in the book, Harry admits he dehumanized the people he killed. “When I found myself plunged in the heat and confusion of combat I didn't think of those 25 as people,” he wrote. “They were chess pieces removed from the board. Bad people eliminated before they could kill good people.”
Despite a frantic rush north to Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Prince Harry didn't make it to his grandmother's bedside for a final goodbye with the Queen before she died.
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She told hosts, Christina Garibaldi and Christine Ross, that the Queen “did stay close to Harry,” adding the pair “always had a close relationship and he would call quite frequently”. She continued: “The Queen took those calls and enjoyed the video calls where she got to see Archie and Lilibet.
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Your Royal Highness, the Queen Mother has died." However, news reports at the time explicitly detail how Prince Harry was away skiing with his father and brother in Klosters, Switzerland, when the 101-year-old died in her sleep at Royal Lodge, Windsor.
Harry reportedly says in the book that William had complained about Meghan and called her “difficult,” “rude” and “abrasive.” The confrontation then escalated with the brothers yelling and insulting each other, the book recounts according to the news outlets.
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He recalls his exact words in Spare, telling his grandmother how much he loved Meg and that he wanted to marry her. He said he then asked: "I've been told that I have to ask your permission before I can propose". The Queen then replied: "You have to?" to which Harry replied that is what he had been told.
“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.”
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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.
Prince Harry has described how he “can't ever get out” of the royal family, but he does not believe it will ever be possible for him and the Duchess of Sussex to return to the UK as working royals.
The reason for Harry's attendance sans Meghan has not been given explicitly, but a close friend of Meghan's is now sharing (anonymously) with People. "Meghan wants to be there to support her father-in-law, but at the same time, the scrutiny she receives outweighs the support," the friend said.
"I wasn't invited"
In fact, he wanted to go as soon as he possibly could with the rest of the royal family but was ignored. During his chat, Harry reveals he texted his brother Prince William to see what the rest of the family was planning on doing and how they were getting to Balmoral.
A source close to the royal family tells Et that the queen's eldest son, Prince Charles (now King Charles III), and his wife Camilla, who is now the Queen Consort, were able to see Her Highness before she died. Elizabeth's daughter, Princess Anne, was also able to see her.
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Another tabloid reporter is called the Thumb, so named for having written what Harry recalled as an overblown story about him breaking a bone in his thumb while playing rugby at Eton College.
Duke received '£16m advance' for Spare with Sussexes' Spotify, Netflix and other deals thought to have made them £109m since quitting royal life.