In recent years, since Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018, hisrelationship with the rest of the British royal family has become quitestrained.
But the Prince has always maintained that his relationship with hisgrandmother, Queen Elizabeth, has never suffered!
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The Duke of Sussex celebrated his 38th birthday a few days ago. But in thecurrent situation, there probably won’t be much celebration. The Duke, who wasin England on work-related matters, discovered his grandmother’s ill healthjust before performing at an awards ceremony with his wife Meghan Markle.
The young couple canceled their previous commitments, after which Harry flewto Scotland to see his grandmother for the last time. Unfortunately, PrinceHarry’s flight landed only a short time after the Queen’s death and he wasunable to have a final conversation with her.
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While preparing for the Queen’s funeral, the family has little time tocelebrate the Duke’s 38th birthday.
Message from the Queen
On his birthday, the royal family’s official account on Twitter uploaded fourimages of the Duke from different times and events in his life, with abittersweet birthday message from the late Queen to him: “Happy Birthday tothe Duke of Sussex today! ”
It is an emotionally difficult time for the family as they recently took partin the Queen’s coffin procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. TheQueen’s son, King Charles III, led the procession, closely followed by hissons the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex.
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The family stood in a predetermined formation facing the coffin and thepurple-covered catafalque.
Prince Harry was seen wiping tears from his eyes during the ceremony,seemingly emotional as he said goodbye to his beloved grandmother.
Prince Edward and Sophie, the daughter of the Countess of Wessex, Lady LouiseWindsor, were also among the members of the royal family who got emotional andwiped their tears.
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After it was the turn of the Sussexes to bow and bow to the queen’s chest,they held each other quite tightly. According to body language expert JudiJames, this was a good sign, she said: “Within the service, the women joinedtheir husbands, but again, the large spatial distances seemed intentional tocreate an air of formality.”
“As the couples walked away, they seemed to stick to this formation, apartfrom Harry and Meghan, who came closer and stretched their arms across the gapto hold hands in a mutual gesture to reconnect,” she continued. .
Building on her thoughts, she said: “They used their clasped hands as a methodof offering each other support, comfort and reassurance and, as they walkedbehind Prince William and Kate and presumably were about to talk, linked back.turned out to be extremely important to them.”
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Harry is having a hard time with this loss. The Duke of Sussex paid a movingtribute to his late grandmother with some lovely words. He said: “As wecelebrate the life of my grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen – and in mourningher loss – we are all reminded of the guiding compass she was to so many inher dedication to service and duty.”
“Grandma, although this last goodbye brings us great sadness, I am forevergrateful for all our first encounters – from my earliest childhood memorieswith you, to the first time I met you as my commander in chief until thefirst moment you met my lovely wife and embraced your beloved great-grandchildren,” he finished.
The royal family has had some ups and downs in the recent past, buthopefully this loss will bring them closer together again.
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