Prince Harry gave Queen Elizabeth simply quarter-hour discover earlier than he publicly declared he’d be skipping his grandfather’s upcoming memorial service, senior royal aides told The Sun.
Harry confirmed Friday that he would miss the March 29 memorial providers for his grandfather, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9, 2021 at age 99.
The prince, who has been pushing for safety to be offered for his household throughout any go to to the UK, cited security issues as the explanation they might skip the memorial.
“The Duke [of Sussex] is not going to be returning to the UK in late March, however hopes to go to his grandmother as quickly as doable,” the Prince stated within the assertion. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their two youngsters dwell in California.
Meghan and Harry’s second little one, Lilibet, was born June 4, 2021. The prince’s refusal to journey abroad implies that probabilities are actually slim the Queen, 95, will ever meet her great-granddaughter, sources advised The Solar.
“He has snubbed the Duke of Edinburgh however actually he’s snubbing the Queen,” stated Harry biographer Angela Levin. “He’ll most likely use this similar excuse to attempt to get out of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.”
The seventy fifth anniversary of Elizabeth’s rule can be celebrated with a four-day financial institution vacation within the UK June 2-5.
Levin claimed the snub is very egregious when the Queen remains to be “grieving” the lack of her husband of almost 75 years.
