Prince Harry has spoken about his special relationship with his grandmother in a new interview, claiming she can speak to him about things she can't discuss with anyone else.
The Duke of Sussex said he can always make her laugh and revealed she was on "great form" when he and Meghan Markle joined her for tea during their secret UK visit.
After the Today show interview aired, host Hoda Kotb revealed what happened behind the scenes and shared some of the things he told her away from the cameras.
She said: "He's [the Queen's] closest confidant. She tells him things that she doesn't tell anyone else."
In the interview Harry also lifted the lid on his private tea with the Queen during his flying visit to Windsor en-route to the event, which is taking place in The Hague.
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Recalling last week's visit, he said: "I haven't had a chance to go back to the UK for a couple a years apart from those times, once for my grandfather's funeral and once for unveiling a statue of my mum.
"Being with her, it was great.
"It was great, it was really nice to see her in some element of privacy, which was nice.
"It was just so nice to see her … She’s on great form. She's always got a great sense of humour with me and I'm just making sure she's protected and got the right people around her.
"We have a really special relationship, we talk about things that she can't talk about with anybody else."
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His comments about ensuring she's protected have raised eyebrows, with the Mirror's royal editor claiming the comments were "insulting" and could have been a dig at his family.
He said: " Prince Harry ’s comments about ensuring the Queen is ‘protected’ are deeply damaging and insulting to his grandmother and senior royals around her.
"Prince Charles and Prince William, as senior members of the family, are doing all they can to make sure the Queen and the Monarchy are in good hands. Harry chose to abandon his duty in favour of earning millions of dollars as a private citizen, and yet he feels it’s his business to interfere in family matters while living on the other side of the world - and then broadcasting it to American media."
He adds: "Senior royals and aides will have their heads in their hands over Harry’s willingness to once again discuss private family conversations in yet another TV interview.
During the interview, NBC TV host Hoda Kotb told Harry it was common knowledge he has a habit of making the Queen laugh and asked if he was able to again.
With a smile on his face, he nodded as he responded: "Yes, I did. Both Meghan and I had tea with her and it was really nice to catch up with her."
When asked the best thing about her, he said: "Her sense of humour and her ability to see the humour in so many situations."
