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This December, broadcaster Gyles Brandreth is releasing “the most intimate” biography of Queen Elizabeth, due to his “unique access” to the royal family. Writing in the MailPlus, the biographer has revealed the aftermath of the 2021 Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in which the British monarchy was criticised as an institution.
Mr Brandreth reports that a source close to Prince Philip told him he thought Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview was “madness” and thought that “no good would come of it”.
However, the biographer has also reported that Queen Elizabeth had a more relaxed attitude, dismissing both the interview and Prince Harry and Meghan’s Netflix deal as “this television nonsense”.
Writing for the MailPlus, Mr Brandreth said: “The Queen was devoted to Harry. She loved him, she thought him ‘huge fun’, and she truly wished him well in his new life abroad.
“Whenever Harry called his grandmother from Montecito, he was always put through to Her Majesty immediately.”
Prince Philip apparently once told the biographer that he believed Queen Elizabeth’s greatest quality was her tolerance, and he reportedly said: “She is infinitely tolerant and forgiving”.
The biographer also noted that Prince Philip was “not pleased” about the Oprah interview and did not believe that Meghan and Harry “were doing the right thing” for Britain or themselves.
Mr Brandreth wrote: “The Duke of Edinburgh was not pleased: he did not believe Harry and Meghan were doing the right thing, either for the country or for themselves. ‘It’s a big mistake to think about yourself,’ he told me, more than once.”
According to Mr Brandreth, Prince Philip added: “It’s a big mistake to think about yourself.
“Remember that the attention comes because of the position you are privileged to hold, not because of who you are.
“If you think it’s all about you, you’ll never be happy.”
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After making a personal statement, Queen Elizabeth made it clear she cared about both Meghan and Harry, but “wasn’t going to have a couple of freelance royals roaming the world doing their own thing in any sense in her name.”
Prince Philip apparently “regretted” Harry’s decision but didn’t “get involved in the aftermath”.
The biographer said that during the family meeting at Sandringham, Prince Philip “made himself scarce, deliberately.”
Prince Philip reportedly said: “I’ll soon be out of it, and not before time”
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