He looked ashen as he was finally led through the gates of Balmoral Castle on Thursday night and was the first to leave just after 8am on Friday. It comes after the Duchess made a series of unusual claims in an interview with US magazine The Cut. Meghan suggested their royal wedding was celebrated in South Africa in the same way as Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, claiming she would never have been able to go to school in Britain “without being a royal photo with a 40-point pen of people taking pictures’, and claimed that the British media had called her child the ‘n-word’. Meanwhile, the family await the publication of Harry’s memoir with a sense of impending doom. The king is said to be heartbroken by the breakdown of relations with his son. By expressing his love in such a historic speech, broadcast around the world, he will no doubt hope that bridges will be built during his reign.
