PRINCE HARRY ARRIVES IN UK FOR GRANDFATHER PRINCE PHILIP’S FUNERAL

Mon 12 April 2021:

Prince Harry is back in the United Kingdom to attend the funeral of his late grandfather, Prince Philip, the People magazine reports.

The Duke, who has travelled without his wife Meghan Markle, was seen leaving his family home on Saturday and disembarking a BA flight ten hours later, arriving into the UK at 1:15pm on Sunday. He was wearing chinos, a jacket and a black face mask. His wife Meghan Markle, who is expecting their second child did not accompany her husband, People said.

Upon his arrival, Harry was reportedly met by security off the plane and driven to his previous home in Kensington Palace, Nottingham Cottage.

This will be the first time that Prince Harry sees members of the British Royal Family since the notorious Oprah Winfrey interview.

Harry and Meghan kept in touch with the Duke while he was isolating at Windsor Castle with the Queen during the pandemic.

The Prince recently opened up about speaking to his grandparents via Zoom, and joked about how Philip ended the calls by slamming the laptop shut. He said: “He just goes ‘doof’!” He added: “We’ve Zoomed them a few times. They’ve seen Archie running around.”

Queen Elizabeth II’s husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch died on Friday morning at Windsor Castle at the age of 99.

Buckingham Palace confirmed Prince Philip’s death in a statement on 9 April, which read: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will be made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss.”

The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will take place in Windsor on April 17 and there will be no state funeral and lying-in-state.

A royal source told The New York Post that Prince Philip wanted to die peacefully in the comforts of his own home, not in a hospital bed a last wish that came true on Friday. According to UK media reports, the Queen was at her husband’s bedside when he died.

In February, the Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the hospital for heart surgery, after which he was released in mid-March.