Prince Harry reveals he 'misses the UK and his weird family gatherings'

PUBLISHEDThu Dec 15 2022 12:27 GMT

UPDATEDThu Dec 15 2022 15:54 GMT

Prince Harry has revealed he misses the UK and his 'weird family gatherings' in the sixth episode of his and Meghan's bombshell Netflix series.

The Duke of Sussex was speaking in the last of three episodes that were released this morning.

Asked what he misses about being a working royal, he said: 'I miss the weird family gatherings, when we are all sort of brought together under one roof for certain times of the year.'

He then added that 'being part of the institution meant I was in the UK. So I miss the UK, I miss my friends', and he admitted he has 'lost a few friends as well'.

Prince Harry has revealed he misses the UK and his 'weird family gatherings' in the sixth episode of his and Meghan's bombshell Netflix series

The final three Netflix episodes also reveal:

He and Meghan stepped down as working royals in 2020 and bought a $14million home in Montecito, California.

Harry also claimed he and Meghan came to the US because he had 'outgrown' the UK.

He added that his late mother, who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, would have probably chosen to eventually live in California.

Speaking while driving, he said: 'I came here because I was changed. I changed to the point that I had outgrown my environment.

When Harry and Meghan lived in the UK, they attended family events including the traditional royal Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk. Pictured: The couple attend it in 2017 with Prince Philip, William and Kate

Another happy moment was when the Queen and Prince Philip were pictured with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland as they met Archie shortly after he was born

'Therefore this was the most obvious place to come. This is one of the places where I think my Mum was probably going to end up living, potentially.'

When Harry and Meghan lived in the UK, they attended family events including the traditional royal Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, in 2017.

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Footage in the final episode of Harry & Meghan apparently filmed by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shows them preparing for Archie's first birthday.

The couple are seen making a balloon arch and baking, followed by a picture of the toddler in his highchair, wearing a party hat and surrounded by his mother, father and grandmother, Doria Ragland.

'We were there for six weeks and no-one knew,' Harry said, referring to Tyler Perry's house.

'My family still thought I was in Canada.'

Footage filmed by Meghan on the day of Archie's birthday shows Harry sitting outside the house in front of an impressive sunset.

Meghan can be heard saying: 'And it's not our home, but we're grateful.'

Harry then says: 'But there's a world in which it could be our home.'

He then laughs before Meghan turns the camera around to film them as they share a kiss.

They were pictured smiling alongside Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales.

In the third episode of the Netflix series, released last week, Meghan recalled that year's Christmas and said it was 'amazing'.

'I remember so vividly the first Christmas at Sandringham,' Meghan said. 'Calling my mum, and she's like, "How's it going?". And I said, "Oh my gosh, it's amazing."

'It's just like a big family like I always wanted,' she added. 'And there was just this constant movement and energy and fun.'

Another happy moment was when the Queen and Prince Philip were pictured with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland meeting Archie shortly after he was born.

The final episode of Harry and Meghan's Netflix series also reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from William with his wife amid the fallout from their 'truth bomb' interview with Oprah Winfrey.

In footage filmed in the days after the bombshell discussion with Winfrey in March last year, Harry is seen showing his wife his phone, before Meghan says: 'Wow, H just got a text from his brother.'

She is speaking on the phone to actor Tyler Perry when the message comes through.

After Meghan ends the call with Perry, Harry puts his arms above his head and says: 'I wish I knew what to do,' before his wife comes and hugs him.

The episode also footage from days before, when William was asked by reporters if he had spoken to his brother following the Oprah interview, and he said: 'I haven't spoken to him yet, but I will do.'

William also insisted: 'We are very much not a racist family.'

Earlier in the episode, Harry accuses the Palace of 'institutional gaslighting' and likens his and Meghan's experience to that of his mother, Princess Diana.

The episode opened with a video selfie in which the Duke of Sussex says 'we are on the freedom flight' as they travel from Canada to Los Angeles in March 2020, after they split from the Royal Family.

The final episode of Harry and Meghan's Netflix series also reveals the moment Prince Harry shared a text from his brother Prince William with his wife amid the fallout from their 'truth bomb' interview with Oprah Winfrey

Elsewhere in the final three episodes, Harry accused Prince William of having 'screamed and shouted' at him in front of his father and grandmother when he tried to thrash out a deal to leave the UK.

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Near the end of the final episode of the documentary, Harry and Meghan talk about their children Archie and Lilibet.

Meghan said: 'A part of what's beautiful here is the freedom to have family moments out in the world.

'And I want our kids to be able to do that and to be able to travel and to fall in love. I just want them to be happy.'

Harry said: 'The world that they see is how I would love the world to be.

'They don't worry about, they don't need to worry about the things that we worry about.'

In episode five, Harry also accused his father of lying to his face and Her Majesty saying nothing at the now infamous 'Sandringham Summit'.

He said: 'It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that just simply weren't true. And my grandmother, you know, quietly sit there and take it all in'.

The Duke of Sussex also claimed that the royal institution 'blocked' Harry from seeing his grandmother, the Queen, after they decided to step back.

And in episode four, Meghan said it was 'really important' for the King to walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Harry.

The Duchess recalled thinking about taking her own life, saying: 'It was like "All of this will stop if I am not here".'

Harry also said it was 'heartbreaking to see his brother's communications office 'copy' the behaviour of their father's by 'trading' stories with the Press.

The Duke also opens up about his grandfather Prince Philip's funeral in the sixth episode.

He says: 'I was actually really happy for my grandfather. He went quietly. He went peacefully. He went happily.'

Asked about what it was like returning to the UK for the funeral, Harry adds: 'It was hard, especially spending time having chats with my brother and my father who just were very much focused on the same misinterpretation of the whole situation.

'So none of us really wanted to have to talk about it at my grandfather's funeral, but we did.

'I've had to make peace with the fact that I'm probably never going to get genuine accountability or a genuine apology.

'You know, my wife and I, we're moving on. We were focused on what's coming next.'

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