Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday due to mobility issues, according to Buckingham Palace.
20.04.2022 - 18:49 / perezhilton.com
Prince Harry considers himself an American now, but his first loyalty will always be to Queen Elizabeth.
Harry and wife Meghan Markle recently stopped by the UK on their way to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games. In an interview which aired Wednesday about the event with the Today Show, the prince shared that he and Meghan had tea with his grandmother when they stayed at Windsor Palace.
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Amongst rumors of the monarch’s ill health (after recently suffering a bout of COVID-19), Harry told Hoda Kotb:
Adding that “[it] was really nice to catch up with” the royal matriarch, he said:
Hmm… we wonder how Prince Charles and Prince William feel about that. After all, as future Kings (and relatives), shouldn’t that be their job? Plus, Harry doesn’t live close enough anymore to be monitoring what people are around the Queen. But according to the military vet, he sees a side of the nearly 96-year-old no one else does. Asked his favorite thing about her, he said:
Harry admitted he wasn’t sure if he would be attending the Queen’s upcoming jubilee celebration, though, citing security concerns. However, he said he was working on making sure his kids Archie and Lilibet would be able to meet their grandmother. Meanwhile, he stated:
Asked if it was “weird” to say, he observed dryly:
Yeah, we imagine the British press will have a field day with that one… But not having to deal with the media in the UK is one of the things that the 37-year-old likes best about living in California. Elsewhere in the interview, he reflected:
That said, his ideal everyday life “revolves around the kids as much as humanly possible.” He joked:
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Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday due to mobility issues, according to Buckingham Palace.
Royal role reversals. Queen Elizabeth II will not be at the opening of Parliament amid health concerns, with Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla and Prince William attending in her place.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are heading across the pond with their kids. The couple will attend Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, a spokesperson for the pair confirmed to ET.What's more is they will be bringing their children, Archie and Lilibet, with them to the celebrations, marking the first time their daughter will meet the monarch since being born in Santa Barbara, California, last June. According to a source close to the royal family, the queen is delighted she will be meeting her great-granddaughter for the first time and excited to be able to spend time with Archie and Lili. ET understands Harry’s relatives are also looking forward to meeting the couple's infant daughter and seeing Archie, who is now a 3-year-old toddler. While ET has learned that it was the sovereign herself who invited Harry and Meghan to attend her celebrations, they will not be permitted to partake in the royal family's traditional balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour event.
K.J. Yossman UPDATE: CNN’s royal correspondent Max Foster has said that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex – and their children Lilibet and Archie – will attend the Queen’s jubilee.
Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace have announced the list of royals who will be standing with her during the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony. Usually, the major royal family members stand on the balcony with the Queen to enjoy the celebrations.
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor's third birthday. On Friday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's oldest child turned another year older, and his relatives in the United Kingdom were quick to pay tribute to the toddler on social media. Queen Elizabeth II's Instagram page posted a photo on her Story of Her Majesty and Prince Philip greeting Archie when he was just a baby.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shocked the world when they announced they were stepping away from royal duties in March 2020, prompting internet hackers to hold their Archewell website to ransom in April that year. The hackers took control of the domain name http://archewellcharity.com/, which turned out not to be the official Archewell domain, to demand Prince Harry came back to the UK, and vowed not to relinquish the website until their demand was met.
No comment. Prince William avoided Prince Harry’s Queen Elizabeth comments. When asked about whether the Queen needed protecting, the royal and his wife Kate Middleton didn’t respond.
All hail the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II—Queen of the United Kingdom and the bearer of a legacy of over 70 years of rulership, she is one of the most powerful women on the planet.
Mending their rift. Prince Harry and William’s relationship has been on the rocks for some time now, but the Duke of Sussex reportedly hopes to sort things out with his older brother once and for all. To do so, one royal expert says that Harry has already floated the idea of hiring a “mediator” to help patch things up with William.
Prince Harry revealed his fiercely caring nature for the Queen as he opened up about the meeting with his grandmother during an interview on NBC's Today Show.The Duke of Sussex sat down with American presenter and journalist Hoda Kotb in between activities in The Hague, Netherlands, where he is attending the Invictus Games. As the pair chatted from everything between the 37 year old Royal's life with wife Meghan Markle, 40, his work on the games and family life with children Archie, three, and 11 month old Lilibet, talk turned to the reported "secret meeting" at Windsor Castle. According to reports, the Duke and Duchess only made a fleeting visit on their way over from the US as they headed to their final destination in the Netherlands.
Hoda Kotb travelled to The Hague in the Netherlands to interview Prince Harry, who’s holding the fifth Invictus Games.
Prince Harry is opening up about his recent visit with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and mending fences with his family.Harry, 37, recently sat down with s Hoda Kotb -- while taking part in this year's Invictus Games — and said that spending time with his 95-year-old grandmother was a wonderful experience.«Being with her, it was great. It was just so nice to see her,» Harry shared.
Still a family. Prince Harry is operned up about where he stands with his royal relatives — especially Queen Elizabeth II — after visiting her earlier this month with wife Meghan Markle.
Prince Harry wants to sort things out with his brother, Prince William. Royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET that Harry is looking into using a mediator to mend his relationship with William.«Harry, I'm told, suggested perhaps that they might get some sort of a mediator in on sort of these talks, to make some progress,» Nicholl revealed of Harry, who visited Queen Elizabeth II during a stop in the U.K. ahead of the 2022 Invictus Games in the Netherlands.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s choice to not bring their children with them on their trip to the UK would have been a source of “great heartache” for the Queen, an expert has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex briefly visited Windsor on Thursday 14 April to catch-up with Her Majesty and Prince Charles before heading to the Invictus Games in the Netherlands.