2024 - Prince Harry: his moments of dread when he met Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham

Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday April 8, 2022 at the age of 96, intimidated the greats of this world such as members of the royal family. This was explained by Prince Harry in a documentary on the role of his grandmother within the Commonwealth, Queen of the World.

Died on April 8, 2022 alongside her son Charles and her daughter Anne, Elizabeth II was far from an ordinary woman, and there is plenty of evidence. Even for his family, the sovereign might seem inaccessible, surrounded by an aura made up of protocols and historical facts that made it difficult to approach. This is in any case what seems to feel Prince Harry, who had entrusted in a documentary for the American channel HBO in 2018. The documentary in question, Queen of the Worldwas particularly interested in the role of Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth.

In a video clip from the documentary, Prince Harry could be seen addressing a group of hospitality professionals from the Caribbean staying at Buckingham Palace. In order to make their stay as pleasant as possible, Prince Harry gave some advice to guests of the palace. And in doing so, he was also revealing thathe always panicked when he met Queen Elizabeth II in the hallways of the palace, despite his family relationship with her. It must be said that the young prince is not a regular at the palace, as he had explained. “You’ve already spent a lot more time at Buckingham Palace than I have – and you’ve only been there two weeks“.

Prince Harry freaked out when he ran into Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Harry then asked the group if they had ever met the Queen, before adding, “if you run into her in the hallway, don’t panic. I know this will freak you out, it freaks us all out!”. An appropriate reaction for almost anyone, but weirdest coming from prince harrywho had, however, already explained that he saw the queen as his “boss“. In a BBC documentary, the young man had also said that he was seeing Queen Elizabeth II “more like the queen than like [sa] Grandmother“, which could explain his little moments of panic.