Eamonn Holmes slams Prince Harry for the ‘sneaky nature’ in which he visited Queen during secret UK trip and says family tensions ‘haven’t gone away’
Eamonn Holmes has slammed Prince Harry for the ‘sneaky nature’ in which he visited the Queen during his secret trip to the UK last week.
The presenter, 62, spoke about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on his GB News breakfast show on Wednesday morning where he added that family tensions between Harry and his wife Meghan and the rest of the royals ‘haven’t gone away’.
The pair visited the Queen for supposed ‘olive branch’ talks at Windsor Castle last week and met with Charles for just 15 minutes before flying out to Holland for the Invictus Games, marking the couple’s first public appearance in Europe together in two years.
Having his say: Eamonn Holmes has slammed Prince Harry for the ‘sneaky nature’ in which he visited the Queen during his secret trip to the UK last week
Eamonn said of the former senior royals: ‘People hear that Harry is going to write a book in which he’s going to slag off his dad and his step-mum as well, so it all hasn’t gone away.
‘And also the sneaky nature with which they got into the country last week and they go and see the Queen whilst his brother is away on a skiing trip.
He continued: ‘The funny thing is, I noticed Harry during an interview at the Invictus Games Harry was so like his father.
Busy: The pair visited the Queen for supposed ‘olive branch’ talks at Windsor Castle last week and met with Charles for just 15 minutes before flying out to Holland for the Invictus Games
‘He doesn’t want to be like his father, but he sits there and he says ‘I think what is happening here, it’s extraordinary, extraordinary.’
‘He keeps using the word extraordinary, which is a favourite word of Prince Charles, when he talks about things. He is more like his father than he would probably like to be.’
On Monday, the Prince Harry broke his silence about the couple’s meeting with the Queen while speaking to the BBC, saying that it was ‘great to see her’ and adding that she ‘would have loved’ to have attended the Invictus Games alongside him.
Harry, who founded the event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women in 2014, said the 96-year-old monarch ‘had plenty of messages for Team UK’ when he met her at Windsor Castle last week.
Candid: The presenter, 62, spoke about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on his GB News breakfast show where he added family tensions between the royals ‘haven’t gone away’
He added he had passed these onto the team, telling the broadcaster: ‘So, it was great to see her and I’m sure she would love to be here if she could.’
There were reports Harry and Meghan had promised the Queen she would meet her great-grandchildren Archie and Lilibet ‘in the near future’ during the ‘very cordial’ secret meeting on Thursday.
According to The Mirror, senior royal sources described the meeting as ‘very cordial’ and ‘incredibly warm and good natured’.
One royal biographer has claimed the meeting was a way for Prince Harry to ‘slowly starting to rebuild some bridges’ with his father Prince Charles.
Oh no: Eamonn said of the former senior royals: ‘People hear that Harry is going to write a book in which he’s going to slag off his dad and his step-mum as well, so it all hasn’t gone away’
Harry and Meghan reportedly also opened the door to a return from their $14.5 million mansion in California for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and told her of their plans to visit again so she can spend time with their children.
While the Queen had the opportunity to meet Archie – who was born while Meghan and Harry were still living in the UK and serving as senior working royals – she has not yet met her great-granddaughter Lilibet, who is named after her.
Meghan gave birth to Lilibet Diana in June of last year at a hospital near the couple’s Montecito home and they have yet to bring their daughter over to the UK.
Indeed, the couple’s brief trip to the UK last week marked the first time that Meghan has returned to Britain since she and Harry sensationally quit the royal family in March 2020 – a move that has become widely known as ‘Megxit’.
Family: On Monday, the Prince Harry broke his silence about the couple’s meeting with the Queen while speaking to the BBC, saying that it was ‘great to see her’
Prince Harry has made just a handful of visits to the UK since the couple relocated to California in the wake of Megxit but he chose not to attend Prince Philip’s memorial service, which took place last month – just over two weeks before the Sussexes made their trip to see the Queen.
His decision to skip the emotional event was met with severe criticism from royal insiders, with Prince Philip’s former protection officer describing Harry’s absence as ‘pathetic’.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex remained at their mansion in Montecito while the rest of the royal family, including the Queen despite recent health issues, gathered in London for the poignant event.
Honest: He added: ‘And also the sneaky nature with which they got into the country last week and they go and see the Queen whilst his brother is away on a skiing trip’
Harry’s absence at the event came amid an ongoing battle about his security.
He is currently pursuing a legal challenge against the Home Office in the UK after being told he would no longer be given the ‘same degree’ of personal protective security when visiting from the US, despite offering to pay for it himself.
It is unclear exactly what agreement was reached with regards to security before Meghan and Harry returned to the UK last week.
Kind: Harry, who founded the event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women in 2014, said the 96-year-old monarch ‘had plenty of messages for Team UK’ when he met her at Windsor Castle last week
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