Royal watchers had been shocked to be taught that Prince Harry had made a fleeting go to to the UK to attend the funeral of his uncle, Robert Fellowes – an look which had been broadly dominated out previous to the occasion.

Simply days after Robert’s unhappy passing was introduced on the finish of July, it was broadly understood that the Prince can be unable to attend the funeral attributable to “safety issues”, amid his ongoing battle with the House Workplace about his UK safety preparations.

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Prince Harry travelled to the UK final week to attend the funeral of his uncle

A lot to everybody’s shock – together with attendees on the non-public funeral, which was held on 28 August in Snettisham, Norfolk – Harry did make it to the funeral with only a few folks figuring out of his plans.

In episode one of many new season of A Proper Royal Podcast, HELLO!’s royal editor Emily Nash tells host Andrea Caamano the rationale why the father-of-two was adamant about conserving his journey a secret from virtually everybody.

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The Duke attended alone, with out his spouse and two youngsters

“This was saved so secret that many individuals near the household had been completely unaware, and lots of people attending the funeral had been actually taken without warning,” Emily says within the new episode, which you’ll take heed to under.

LISTEN: Why Prince Harry saved his UK go to secret

She added that the secrecy surrounding his journey “meant that it would not distract from the funeral itself” and that Harry’s “key motivation” was that he didn’t need the funeral to turn into a spectacle.

“He did not need this to be the main target of, clearly, a really unhappy day for his household,” Emily mentioned.

Elsewhere within the episode, Emily talks about studies that point out that Prince Harry is to return to royal duties in addition to giving a recap on what the royals have been as much as this summer time.

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Within the episode, Emily and Andrea are additionally joined by HELLO! colleagues Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon, Jessica Callan and Sally Morgan, who had been lucky to go to Norway final week to attend the marriage of Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett.

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