Within alternate (Fayard), Prince Harry’s autobiography, expected in bookstores Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex recounts the moment he learned of his grandmother’s death, and the few words he whispered to her remains. A sequence described as “in motion” by the daily mailin a context where the prince multiplies the explosive revelations about the royal family.
Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, at the age of 96. Prince Harry, who lives in California with his wife Meghan and his children, was in the UK at the time. He had taken the plane a few hours before to meet the monarch, while the entire royal family rushed to his side. According to US WeeklyHe did not arrive on time: as soon as he landed, an article on the BBC website informed him of the disappearance of his grandmother.
“I whispered to her that I hoped she was happy”
At Balmoral he was met by his aunt, Princess Anne, who led him to the queen’s remains. He recounts this moment in his book:
“I walked forward uncertainly and saw her. I stood still, looking at her intently for quite a while. I whispered to her that I hoped she was happy and that she was with Grandpa now.”
Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth since 1947, died on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. They now rest together at the Georges VI Memorial, located in the Saint-Georges chapel.
Task “guaranteed to the end”
Prince Harry concludes: “I told him I admired him for carrying out his duties to the end. The Platinum Jubilee, his welcome from the new Prime Minister.”
Elizabeth II made several appearances during her platinum jubilee, celebrating her 70-year reign, three months before her death. Just two days before the fateful date, she shook hands with the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, since replaced by Rishi Sunak.
The first revelations of Harry’s memories were released on Thursday. At the same time, the book went on sale by mistake a few hours in Spain, five days before its release date. Since then, the leaks have been piling up in the world press.
Thus, according US WeeklyPrince Harry tells there that an argument broke out with his father, King Carlos III, when the latter called him to inform him of Elizabeth II’s delicate health:
“He told me I was welcome at Balmoral but he didn’t want… her,” he wrote of Meghan. “She expounded her nonsensical, disrespectful reasons, and she did not convince me. (…) (I replied): ‘Never talk to me about my wife in that way’”.
The outlet recalls that Kate Middleton, William’s wife, did not go to Balmoral either.
Drugs and the Taliban
The first excerpts from Harry’s memoirs shake the monarchy. We learn in particular that his brother William “threw him to the ground” during a violent altercation over Meghan, that Harry tried cocaine in his youth, that he killed 25 Taliban while working in the army in Afghanistan or that he lost his virginity in the part of behind a pub
In addition, three promotional interviews are expected: two on Sunday (one on CNN in the US, another on ITV in the UK) and one on Monday morning, on the North American show Good morning america.
Source: BFM TV
