Describing being with the staff and drafting the statement, Harry referred to it as a \u201cstrange mission\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also said that he gave the staff members gifts from a Christmas tree at Buckingham Palace as a souvenir of the \u201cmission\u201d they were on.<\/p>\n
Harry wrote: “I went out into the hall. There was a tall, beautiful Christmas tree, still brightly lit. I stood before it, reminiscing. I removed two ornaments, soft little corgis, and brought them back to the staffers. One each. ‘Souvenir of this strange mission\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Duke also said that the staff who helped him and Meghan to draft the statement seemed to \u201cfeel anxious\u201d.<\/p>\n
He wrote: \u201cLate in the day, as we crawled closer to a final draft, the staffers began to feel anxious. They worried aloud if their involvement would be discovered. If so, what would it mean for their jobs?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Duke has never named which staff members were involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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