Prince Harry makes rare admission about ‘bemused’ Queen’s last meet with Archie, Lilibet: ‘She’d expected them to be…’

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, recalled Queen Elizabeth’s last meeting with “Sweetest children” Archie and Lilibet.

As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have maintained distance from the Royal family, their children have had little opportunity to interact with their grandparents and cousins in the United Kingdom. However, the Duke has recalled the demise of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth and her encounter with Archie and Lilibet.

While Royal fans enjoy seeing Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on special occasions like Trooping the Colour, they surely miss the absence of Queen’s great-grandchildren Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Harry and Meghan stepped down from their position as senior royals in 2020 and moved to California with their son Archie. With the exception of the revelations made in Harry’s memoir Spare, the family has maintained their privacy. In the US, the Royal couple reside in a magnificent $14 million Montecito mansion with their kids.

In a rare admission, Prince Harry stated that Queen was “bemused” by Archie and Lilibet’s conduct and that she had anticipated them to be “more American”.

“For days and days we couldn’t stop hugging the children, couldn’t let them out of our sight – though I also couldn’t stop picturing them with Granny. The final visit. Archie making deep, chivalrous bows, his baby sister Lilibet cuddling the monarch’s shins.

Kate, who usually attends Wimbledon as the patron of the AELTC, was unable to do so this year due to her ongoing chemotherapy. She customarily presents trophies to Wimbledon champions.

Kate’s love for tennis goes back to her childhood days. She missed Wimbledon only in 2013 when she was pregnant with her first child, Prince George. In a 2017 BBC documentary, Catherine told Sue Barker that Wimbledon “was very much part of my growing up” and it inspired her to be involved in the game. “It hasn’t changed either, I think that’s what’s so wonderful,” she mentioned.