This Saturday, Guillermo and Harry walked behind the coffin of Felipe of Edinburgh to show themselves united in the last farewell of a grandfather who years ago, on September 6, 1997, was with him in another procession. painful funeral. That of his mother, Princess Diana. But today the distance between them was more than obvious. Instead of walking side by side as determined by the rules of protocol, their cousin Peter Phillips separated them. Already inside St. George’s Chapel, unable to make a line of three, the Duke of Cambridge walked with Peter Phillips and the Duke of Sussex with the Earl of Snowdon. In the subsequent ceremony, the distance was even greater. William sat down next to his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge and Harry, alone, in the same row of seats as the Queen, Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Prince Andrew.
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The death of the Duke of Edinburgh led to this long-awaited, albeit distant, reunion. That of Prince Harry with his family and especially with his brother William. This meeting could have taken place a few days before the funeral of Felipe de Edinburgh, since the Duke of Sussex landed at Heathrow Airport on Monday, April 12, in the United States. But the quarantine that Harry had to keep at Frogmore Cottage, his official residence in the United Kingdom, prevented it.. In any case, this is the first time Harry has reunited with his family in more than a year, after abandoning his institutional commitments in 2020 and moving to the United States, after passing through Canada, with Meghan Markle and her son Archie. It is also the first time Harry has returned to his old home after the controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke openly about the reasons for his alienation from Windsor and gave details of his life at the Palace. : family clashes., alleged signs of racism and extreme loneliness, which would have endangered Meghan’s mental health, as she herself confessed.
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Harry attended his grandfather’s funeral alone. The Duchess of Sussex did not accompany him. Her absence is justified, as she is in the third trimester of pregnancy. According to the couple in the conversation with Oprah, the baby she is expecting is a girl and will be born in the summer. “I have a boy and I will have a daughter. What more can you ask for?” Harry admitted, adding that they would have no more children: “Now we have our family, the four of us and our two dogs.”
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Harry dressed in mourning at his grandfather’s funeral, as did the rest of the Windsors. He thus fulfilled the Queen’s mandate, which was to prevent Harry himself and his son Prince Andrew, both members of the British royal family, from being the only participants without the privilege of wearing a military uniform. It should be remembered that in February last year, when the Sussex confirmed to the Queen that they would not resume their status as official members of the British Royal Family, the sovereign withdrew from Harry the military honors and boards of numerous organizations. “It hurt, but at the same time, I fully respect my grandmother’s decision“Harry explained to Oprah.
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In the legendary interview Sussex, who It was widely criticized because its broadcast coincided with the hospitalization of Philip of EdinburghThe couple claimed to be very aware of the duke’s health and did not criticize the queen. “We’ve talked to her more in the last year than we’ve done in many years. We have a very good relationship,” Harry said. At the same time, he confessed that his relationship with his father had deteriorated. “I will always love my father, but I am disappointed because he knows how much this hurts, and Archie is his nephew,” he complained. Harry also claimed to love his brother, Prince William, and remembered the “hell” they went through together when they lost their mother. But now, in his words, they are “in different ways.”
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This departure, further highlighted by his grandfather’s farewell, does not prevent the Duke of Sussex from expressing “enormous compassion” for both his brother and his father, Prince Charles, whom he considers “caught.” in the institution, as he confessed. to Oprah. “I can’t leave. I was also trapped. I didn’t see a way out, you know? I was trapped, but I didn’t know I wasHarry said something had changed when he met his wife, Meghan, and “their worlds collided in the most amazing way.”
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During the ceremony, officiated by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby with Dean of Windsor David ConnerHarry also coincided with his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, who played in a long-awaited image, while the Duchess of Cambridge’s name appeared in the explosive interview with Oprah. It should be remembered that the Duchess of Sussex revealed that it was not she who made Kate cry when she was finishing preparations for her wedding to Prince Harry, but “quite the contrary.” “A few days before the wedding, she (Kate) was upset about something about the girls’ dresses and made me cry, it hurt my feelings. I thought that, knowing what was happening to my father, there was no point in not supporting me “. Later, “he sent me flowers and a note apologizing. He did what I would have done if I knew I had hurt someone: to take responsibility.”
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When the British press told the story back on Monday, it was a surprise for Meghan to see that no one in the royal family denied it. “If you love me, you don’t have to hate her. And if you love her, you don’t have to hate me. They want a narrative in which there is a heroine and a villainShe said, adding that it was not a “confrontation”, that it would not be “correct” for Kate to go into details and that it is “difficult to pass” being blamed for something she did not do. I think the story I made Kate cry was the beginning of killing a real character. And they knew it wasn’t true. I began to understand that not only were they not going to protect me, but that they were even willing to lie to protect the other members of the family, “he concluded.
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After the religious serviceThe Queen, members of the British royal family and relatives of the Duke of Edinburgh left St George’s Chapel through Galileo’s portico. Already abroad, Guillermo and Harry had a brief approach. They were seen walking together and talking. Prince Charles, in turn, was a few steps ahead of his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge, a few steps behind her husband and brother-in-law as they chatted with Sophie of Wessex and Lady Louise Windsor.
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The farewell to the Duke of Edinburgh took place in Windsor Castle, the same enclave where Harry and Meghan sealed their love almost three years ago. On May 18, 2018, the British Royal Family celebrated the happiness of the newlyweds. No one suspected then that the couple whose celebration would have provoked one of the greatest institutional crises of the British monarchy.