‘Police informed Harry of Prince Philip’s death’ | Royals

entertainment">It was three o’clock in the morning when a police officer from the Santa Barbara sheriff’s office knocked on the door of Harry’s villa in the enclave of Montecito. He had been sent by the American embassy in London after being approached again by Buckingham Palace. In England it was eleven o’clock in the morning, on the other side of America it was the middle of the night and Harry was sleeping like a prince until the moment he was called out of bed.

entertainment">It is not known whether family members have already tried to inform him. In any case, the palace staff would have been convinced that Harry needed to hear the news of the death of his grandfather Prince Philip from them before it reached him through the media. According to the sheriff’s office, they hadn’t managed to speak to Harry any other way. An hour later, the news was officially announced by Buckingham Palace.

entertainment">The agent also couldn’t speak to Harry himself; he passed the news to a security guard. Spokespersons for Harry and the US embassy in London declined to comment on the news.

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