Queen Elizabeth II would reportedly ask one of her ladies-in-waiting to be in the room with her whenever Prince Harry called, a new bombshell book has revealed.
The upcoming book, Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History by royal biographer Hugo Vickers is being released to coincide with what would have been the late monarch’s 100th birthday in April. The author has taken a deep dive into the late monarch’s life, drawing on recollections from rare insiders and decades of observations.
Mr Vickers wrote: “Whenever Prince Harry called his grandmother, she asked her lady-in-waiting to stay with her. The distress the Sussexes caused the Queen in the last years of her life cannot be overestimated. »
The new claim follows a previous revelation from a royal insider that the late monarch was « as angry as I’d ever seen her » after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle publicly said they had received her blessing to name their daughter ‘Lilibet’ – a childhood nickname used by the late monarch and those dearest to her.
In his book, Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story, author Robert Hardman revealed that the Queen was left « outraged » by Meghan and Harry’s « lie » about their daughter’s name.
On the final night of his life, the biographer wrote that the Duke « gave his nurses the slip, shuffled along the corridor on his Zimmer frame, helped himself to a beer and drank it in the Oak Room. The following morning, he got up, had a bath, said he did not feel well and quietly slipped away. »
The late Queen did not see him before he died, Vickers has written. « She took the line, I was told, that she was ‘absolutely furious that, as so often in life, he left without saying goodbye.' »
Vickers also claimed that Philip « did not want to reach his 100th birthday [on June 10], particularly disliking the fuss attendant at such events. »
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