Harry was allegedly so persistent about bringing his wife, Meghan Markle, with him to
"I wasn't invited"
Despite being in the UK at the time, Harry insists arriving almost two hours after Buckingham Palace released their statement announcing the Queen's death wasn't his fault at all. In fact, he wanted to go as soon as he possibly could with the rest of the royal family but was ignored.
"I was not invited," Harry said. 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. "And she asked me if I wanted to see her.
"I was not invited," Harry replied. A voiceover explained that by the time he reached Balmoral, the Queen had died. Remembering the day, the Duke of Sussex said, "I walked into the hall, and my aunt was there to greet me," likely referring to Princess Anne.
Now, during an explosive new interview with 60 Minutes, the royal has claimed that his delayed arrival was the fault of his family members - saying that he was not included in their travel plans, despite the fact that there was plenty of room for him on the plane that they all flew on to get to Balmoral.
Because Harry arrived late – and without wife Meghan Markle – some reports speculated that ongoing tension with the royal family prompted the Duke of Sussex to travel solo. However, sources told Page Six that Charles, 73, specifically asked William, 40, to fly up early and attend the Privy Council meeting in his place.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were in England when news of the Queen's health broke, and they were not at the center of the plan following the Queen's Death. First, they were not allowed to fly to Balmoral on a royal plane, and Prince Harry's uniform was removed.
"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.
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. 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.
Prince Harry Was Flying to the Queen's Bedside When She Died
The military veteran revealed in Spare that there were no more commercial flights into Aberdeen for the day, so he needed to charter a private jet from Luton.
Harry said that he told his grandmother as he paid his respects to her body that he hoped she was "happy" and "with grandfather now", in a leaked extract from the book reported by Page 6.
Prince Harry and Meghan no longer receive money from the Royal Family and have a series of commercial arrangements with a number of companies.
"Granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings—from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren," Harry wrote ...
Esquire on Twitter: "The last time Meghan and Harry saw the Queen was in June to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.
I wish I'd asked more questions. She'd been the War Queen ... famous for saying that, no matter how bad things got, she'd never, ever leave England, and people loved her for it. I loved her for it.
Already in poor health due to lung cancer and other ailments, King George VI died in his sleep of coronary thrombosis at age 56 on Feb. 6, 1952. Elizabeth, then 25 and still a princess, had been visiting Kenya and returned home to assume her position as Queen.
Prince Harry's bond with Queen Elizabeth II has remained strong through the years, despite his decision to step away from his senior position within the royal family along with his wife, Meghan Markle.
LONDON — They were in the United Kingdom from California for a brief trip and charity event when news broke that Queen Elizabeth II was gravely ill in Scotland. Prince Harry rushed to be with his grandmother but arrived moments after she died on Sept.
He did not − the family members who appeared on the balcony were all working royals; Harry stepped back as a senior member of the royal family in 2020.
In somber processions to and from Westminster Abbey, Prince Harry walked alongside senior members of the Queen's household (who were mostly male, with Queen Elizabeth II's daughter Princess Anne the most notable exception), including King Charles III and Prince William.
He told Britain's ITV he had fled Britain with his family for California in 2020 "fearing for our lives," and said he no longer recognized his father or his elder brother, Prince William, the heir to the throne.
The Queen died with Charles and Anne at her bedside as the rest of her family raced across the country to say their goodbyes.
An orphan from a young age, Harry was raised by his only living blood relatives: his non-magical maternal aunt, Petunia Dursley (née Evans) and her husband, Vernon.
Harry's crush on Ginny and their subsequent relationship in the last two (but particularly the sixth) book led to some of my all time favorite moments in the whole series.