The late Prince Philip allegedly made an off-color comment after his grandson Prince Harry married Meghan Markle.
“As soon as all of the formalities have been over, we watched because the completely satisfied couple, after which the opposite members of the Royal Household, filed out of the chapel,” former royal butler Grant Harrold writes in his upcoming memoir, per a Monday, August 18, excerpt printed by The Telegraph. “When Prince Philip got here out, he turned to the Queen and mentioned, ‘Thank f*** that's over.'”
Harry, now 40, and Meghan, now 44, married in Could 2018 throughout a ceremony held at St George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Fortress. Most of Harry's household, together with paternal grandparents Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, have been current for the nuptials.
The royal household has not publicly addressed Harrold's claims in his e-book, The Royal Butler, which hits shops on September 23. Us Weekly has reached out for remark.
Prince Harry‘s relationship along with his relations is complicated and complex. Harry is the youngest son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana. As youngsters, he and his older brother, Prince William, appeared inseparable, however as they acquired older, cracks started to kind of their relationship. “There's all the time been part of Harry that […]
Royal biographer Ingrid Seward beforehand informed Us that Philip had been “very welcoming” towards Meghan when she married Harry.
“He was very welcoming to Meghan as a result of, after all, she was a newcomer and a really completely different newcomer,” Seward, who authored 2021's Prince Philip Revealed, solely informed Us in 2021. “On the time of Meghan and Harry's romance, he wasn't round practically as a lot as a result of he'd retired. He didn't see very a lot of Meghan in any respect [and] he didn't actually have an opportunity to kind a relationship along with her.”
Seward shared that Philip was “decided” to attend the marriage, which befell six weeks after the late prince had hip surgical procedure.
“[It] is a extremely good instance of him being completely decided that no matter occurred, he was gonna stroll down that aisle on the marriage ceremony and take his seat,” Seward mentioned.
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Lower than two years after Harry and Meghan's marriage ceremony, they took a step down from their duties as senior working royals and settled throughout the pond in California. Philip died in April 2021 on the age of 99, and the Duke of Sussex flew abroad solo to attend the funeral. (Meghan was pregnant with the couple's daughter, Princess Lilibet, on the time and stayed in the USA.)
Philip's funeral additionally served as a reunion for Harry and his estranged older brother, Prince William, and their father, King Charles III.
“It was exhausting, particularly spending time, having chats with my brother and my father, who simply, you recognize, have been very a lot targeted on the identical misinterpretation of the entire scenario,” Harry mentioned in 2022's Harry & Meghan docuseries. “None of us actually wished to have to speak about it at my grandfather's funeral, however we did. I've needed to make peace with the truth that we're most likely by no means gonna get real accountability or a real apology.”
Harry later wrote in his Spare memoir that his argument with William, 43, felt extra like a “duel.” The brothers, who've remained at odds, reunited once more at Elizabeth's funeral in September 2022 after her loss of life at 96.
