Prince Harry's outbursts left the late Queen puzzled as she thought he and Meghan Markle were 'quite mad', a new book has claimed. Royal correspondent Robert Jobson wrote in his book 'Our King' that the late monarch had witnessed some 'volatile exchanges' between Harry and his brother William.
The author added that when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex began publicly criticising both the monarchy and members of the Royal Family, the late monarch became 'tired', despite having 'great affection' for Harry. Queen Elizabeth also thought Harry was 'so consumed' by his love for Meghan that it was 'clouding his judgment'.
An extract of the book, serialised by the Daily Mail, reads: 'In truth, by the time his grandmother died, Harry had precious few supporters left in the family. Even the Queen, who had always had great affection for him, eventually tired of his outbursts.' The book adds that the Queen 'felt let down' by Harry's decision to step down from his royal duties, but also considered the Sussexes' departure as 'a missed opportunity'.
Despite that, the Queen hoped Harry would 'find peace and happiness' in his new life. Mr Jobson wrote that Harry regularly phoned his grandmother after moving to California, but she felt 'troubled' when he asked her to voice his grievances, at which point she asked her grandson to speak to his father directly. That, however, did not work out, as Harry himself revealed in the Oprah Winfrey interview that Charles had stopped taking his calls.
The new book also claimed that the Windsor walkabout after the Queen's death was just 'an illusion'. While the Sussexes' biographer Omid Scobie tweeted that William had made the decision 'in the eleventh hour', Mr Jobson revealed that Kate found the walkabout 'hard', as he wrote: 'Catherine later admitted to a senior royal that, such was the ill feeling between the two couples, the joint walkabout was one of the hardest things she'd ever had to do.'
