The Duke Of Sussex has said he wants to make sure the Queen is "protected" with the "right people around her" during an interview with a US TV network. Speaking about his recent meeting with his grandmother he added she was “on great form.”
Harry and wife Meghan visited the monarch and met with the Prince of Wales in Windsor on Thursday, having flown in from their home in California before jetting on to The Hague in the Netherlands for the Invictus games. It is the first time the couple had been seen together publicly on this side of the Atlantic for two years.
Speaking to NBC’s Today show about his encounter with the Queen, Harry said “Being with her it was great, 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 that she’s protected and got the right people around her."
He added: “Both Meghan and I had tea with her, so it was really nice to catch up with her. Home for me now, for the time being, is in the States and it feels that way. We’ve been welcomed with open arms and have such a great community up in Santa Barbara.”
The couple moved to Montecito, California, following their decision to step down as senior royals in 2020, saying they wanted a new life of personal and financial freedom. Harry flew back from California, without Meghan who was heavily pregnant at the time, to attend his grandfather’s funeral in Windsor in April 2021.
He also returned to the UK to unveil the statue of his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales on July 1, 2021, with his brother the Duke of Cambridge. The televised interview comes days ahead of the monarch’s 96th birthday on Thursday and just over a year after the funeral of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh.
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