Royal family were ‘horrible’ to him on the day the Queen died, Harry claims

The Duke of Sussex accused the royal family of a ‘really horrible reaction’ and said his family were caught on the back foot on the day Queen Elizabeth II died. 

In an interview with Tom Bradby on ITV yesterday evening, Harry said other royals had a ‘horrible reaction’. 

His book, Spare, also claims that the Duchess of Sussex was banned from Balmoral on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.  

Prince Harry spoke of how his family was ‘on the back foot’ when the late monarch died in September, and told the presenter he witnessed ‘leaking and planting’.

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Prince Harry travelled to Balmoral without his wife after reports that Queen Elizabeth II was in declining health on September 9, 2022. His new book, Spare, claims his father, King Charles, had said the Duchess of Sussex was not welcome at the late monarch’s death bed

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The prince has accused his family of having a ‘really horrible reaction’ to the Queen’s death and claimed that the royals were ‘on the back foot’

Speaking about September 8, he told Bradby: ‘The day that she died was just a really, really horrible reaction from my family members.

‘And then by all accounts, well certainly from what I saw and what other people probably experienced, was they were on the back foot and then the briefings and the leaking and the planting.

‘I was like “We’re here to celebrate the life of granny and to mourn her loss, can we come together as a family?” but I don’t know how we collectively – how we change that.’

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The Prince told Bradby that he wanted the family to ‘come together’ to mourn the death of his grandmother 

In the controversial tell-all memoir Spare, Harry also recounts his final words to his grandmother when he visited her body at Balmoral.

‘I whispered that I hoped she was happy and that she was with grandfather now.

‘I said that I admired her for having carried out her duties until the end: the Jubilee, the welcoming of the new Prime Minister,’ Harry revealed.

His words come after it was reported he claimed in his memoir, Spare, that Meghan was ‘not welcome’ at Balmoral, with the King allegedly telling Harry not to bring his wife.

Harry said to his father: ‘Don’t ever speak about my wife that way,’ according to the Telegraph.

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