The Royal Family would have been ready to give Prince Harry "a piece of their mind" on the day Queen Elizabeth II died, a new roya...
The Royal Family would have been ready to give Prince Harry "a piece of their mind" on the day Queen Elizabeth II died, a new royal book claims.
The biography Robert Hardman entitled 'Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story' details how King Charles III came to power following the death of his mother on September 8, 2022, aged 96. Excerpts of the book have now been released by the Daily Mail ahead of its publication on January 18.
Prince Harry isn't thought to feature heavily in the new release, but it does delve into the Duke of Sussex's absence at his grandmother's bedside the day she died. Harry was in the UK with wife Meghan Markle on a rare visit from Montecito when his dad called him to warn him of Her Majesty's ailing health.
In his memoir, Spare, Harry described how he then texted Prince William to ask about travel arrangements – but despite sending two messages, received no reply from his brother. Now Hardman has revealed why that might be.
"Clearly, Prince William did not regard this as the appropriate moment for the intensely difficult conversation he needed to have with his brother," he wrote. Hardman said the Firm were concerned about plans for Harry's biography, which was released the following January, and were still reeling from the Sussexes' Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021.
Quoting a source, Hardman added: "Some of the family were probably ready to give him a piece of their mind."
The Daily Star previously reported how Hardman recalled the final moments of Her Majesty's life, claiming she was "very peaceful" as she passed away. Sir Edward Young, Her Majesty's private secretary, was at Balmoral when she passed away. He wrote of her death: "Very peaceful. In her sleep. Slipped away. Old age.
"She wouldn't have been aware of anything. No pain."
The note was written shortly after the monarch's death and had been lodged in the Royal Archives. It has only now been made public, a year and a half after the Queen's death.
