Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wed more than seven years ago, but a new book claims that the senior royal made an x-rated comment as the ceremony ended.
Prince Philip didn’t hold back his true feelings after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, according to a new book.
The Sussexes married in a grand ceremony at Windsor Castle back in May 2018 in front of the whole Royal Family, including the late Queen and her husband.
The ceremony at St George’s Chapel had all of the hallmarks of a royal wedding, as well as the addition of a performance of Stand By Me by a gospel choir as well as a 14-minute sermon by Bishop Michael Curry. Once the service concluded, the newlyweds went on a carriage ride around Windsor and the rest of the royals filed out of the chapel to head to the castle for a formal reception.
And as Harry’s grandfather Philip turned to the Queen and said, “Thank f*** that’s over,” said former royal butler Grant Harrold, as they left the church.
His claim comes in his new book, out later this month. Harrold worked for King Charles at his Highgrove estate for seven years between 2004 and 2011.
Before he and his partner Jack Stooks were invited to watch the royal party leave the chapel and welcomed the royal staffer as his guest, Harrold had been providing punditry for a broadcaster the day of the wedding.
According to The Telegraph, in his upcoming book, called The Royal Butler: My remarkable life of Royal Service, he writes: “Once all the formalities were over, we watched as the happy couple, and then the other members of the Royal family, filed out of the chapel.
“When Prince Philip came out, he turned to the Queen and said, ‘Thank f*** that’s over.'”
The former Duke of Edinburgh had hip replacement surgery prior to Harry and Meghan’s engagement. According to the time, he claimed to have set himself the goal of arriving on time and walking by that day.
Meanwhile, during his time at Highgrove, Harrold got to know both Princes William and Harry, who were in their late teens and early 20s.
In a new interview, the former butler also reveals that he first met Harry as a 19-year-old, with their first encounter coming when Harry hit him with a water balloon during a playfight. He says the pair even shared a takeaway in the time before the Duke of Sussex went off to Sandhurst Military Academy.
Harrold’s Highgrove days also coincided with Charles and Camilla’s engagement announcement and marriage.
Harry and his now-divorced brother William begged their father not to marry their then-wife in his bombshell memoir Spare. We support you, he told, “We said it.” We said we support Camilla. Just a reminder, don’t marry her. Pa, just be together. He didn’t respond. But she responded. Right away .
And he claims that Harry’s memoir, which he saw, was a far cry from what he saw. He stated to The Telegraph, “The four of them, I promise you, got along so well. And that’s why I really don’t understand what Harry has said.
“because I saw them,” I said. I witnessed them having dinners together, drinking drinks together, and attending parties with others.
He also recalls that neither the royal family and the King used to act as a puppet for William and Harry, laughing and giggled.
Source: Mirror
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