{"id":2354918,"date":"2026-04-02T00:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2354918"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:56:30","slug":"i-met-late-queen-one-brutal-comment-made-her-feelings-on-harry-clear-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-met-late-queen-one-brutal-comment-made-her-feelings-on-harry-clear-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I met late Queen &#8211; one brutal comment made her feelings on Harry clear&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 2021, it was declared that Harry would relinquish his role as Captain General Royal Marines and surrender all other military titles as he &#8220;stepped back from royal duties&#8221;. He has since authored his explosive memoir <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2188223\/Duchess-Sophie-dress-sale-fashion-latest\">and featured in a slew of Netflix projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Now, Hugo Vickers, author of the book Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History, has disclosed what Elizabeth thought about her grandson&#8217;s decision to abandon his role as a working royal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking on the Palace Confidential podcast, he shared: &#8220;Well, I do remember what the queen said at one point was, you know, one I&#8217;m not sure she&#8217;s use these exact words, but basically, you know, sort of, &#8216;One minute he&#8217;s captain general of the Royal Marines and the next minute he&#8217;s just a childminder&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This revelation comes as Vickers confesses he can &#8220;never forgive&#8221; Harry and Meghan for the &#8220;stress&#8221; they caused Elizabeth. He continued: &#8220;One thing I will never forgive the Sussexes for is the stress they caused the Queen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Vickers further expressed his belief that the Queen felt Harry &#8220;could have done more&#8221; and had &#8220;deserted the ship&#8221;. He added: &#8220;He was doing a good job before he left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I have lived through a certain amount of chaos and I suddenly found a copy of Hello magazine and there&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince Harry<\/a> smiling. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Good heavens, what&#8217;s this? And then I looked at the date, 2015, pre-Meghan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan has previously disclosed she found the public attention challenging as a Royal Family member. In the 2019 documentary, Harry and Meghan: An African Journey, she spoke candidly about adjusting to royal life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She said: &#8220;I never thought that this would be easy, but I thought it would be fair. And that&#8217;s the part that&#8217;s really hard to reconcile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;If things were fair &#8230; If I&#8217;d done something wrong, I&#8217;d be the first one to go &#8216;Oh my gosh, I&#8217;m so sorry. I would never do that&#8217;. But when people are saying things that are just untrue and they are being told they&#8217;re untrue but they&#8217;re allowed to still say them &#8211; I don&#8217;t know anybody in the world who would feel like that&#8217;s okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She characterised the press attention she encountered as a &#8220;different beast&#8221;, disclosing her friends cautioned her that media scrutiny would &#8220;destroy her life&#8221;. Meanwhile, Harry is said to be hoping his father King Charles will extend an invitation to Sandringham this summer to enjoy &#8220;family time&#8221; with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An official invitation from the King would ensure that Harry is entitled to &#8220;a package of security&#8221;. A friend of Harry&#8217;s told the Sunday Times said: &#8220;If he was invited by the King, he would get a package of security that automatically kicks in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;d like an invite to Sandringham. Would he go? It would depend who was there. If the King was to say, &#8216;Come up and spend some time with the family&#8217;, he&#8217;d love that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, it was declared that Harry would relinquish his role as Captain General Royal Marines and surrender all other military titles as he &#8220;stepped back from royal duties&#8221;. He has since authored his explosive memoir and featured in a slew of Netflix projects. 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