Prince Harry has claimed he received a "really horrible reaction" from his family members on the day the Queen died.
The former monarch passed away just four months ago while visiting her Scottish residence at Balmoral and in her final hours, many of her family members raced to be with her.
Royals including Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex all took the flight to London to Scotland as her health faded, but reportedly did not make it in time before she sadly died.
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Harry, who happened to be in the UK at the same time, also took a separate flight arriving hours after his relatives, reports the Mirror. During his tell-all interview on ITV with News at Ten host Tom Bradby, he reflected on the last time he was with his royal relatives.
The interview, which has detailed the reaction to Harry's relationship with Meghan and lifted the lid on dozens of other revelations, aired on Sunday night, January 8, ahead of the release of his autobiography, Spare.
During the interview he said: "The last moment that we were together was during, you know, our - or the Queen's funeral. And that, in my mind - and I think globally people felt the same, was a really good opportunity to bring the family together.
"Um, but the day that she died was - was - was just a really, really horrible reaction from my family members and then by all accounts, well certainly from what I saw and what other people probably experienced was they were on the back foot and then the briefings and the leaking and the planting, I was like 'We're here to celebrate the life of granny and to mourn her loss, can we come together as a family?' but I don't know - I don't know how we collectively - how we change that."
It came after Tom asked Harry what message he would give his brother William if he was watching the interview. Harry refused to answer the question and also said he 'doubts' that his family will read his book when it is released on Tuesday.
He continued: "And with regard to this interview I - I don't know whether they'll be, you know, watching this or not, but, what they have to say to me and what I have to say to them will be in private, and I hope it can stay that way."
Harry reportedly claims in his book that Meghan was "not welcome" at Balmoral, with the King allegedly telling Harry not to bring his wife. Harry said to his father: "Don't ever speak about my wife that way," according to the Telegraph.
The duke also recounts his final words to his grandmother when he visited her body at Balmoral. "I whispered that I hoped she was happy and that she was with grandfather now.
"I said that I admired her for having carried out her duties until the end: the Jubilee, the welcoming of the new Prime Minister," Harry revealed.
The interview was the first of four discussions about his memoir ahead of its launch. The duke has also spoken to Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes on CBS News on Sunday night, Michael Strahan of Good Morning America on Monday and Stephen Colbert on the Late Show on CBS on Wednesday morning UK time.
Harry's interview with Bradby also detailed how he was unable to show any emotion when meeting mourners following the death of his mother Diana in 1997
He also admits to feeling "some guilt" when walking among the crowds gathered outside Kensington Palace, saying the only time he cried was at his mother's burial.
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