Boris Johnson's 'hopeless' last-ditch bid to stop Prince Harry fleeing UK

Just a time earlier Prince Harry fled the UK with his family, Boris Johnson made a 'manly pep talk' to the Duke successful a hopeless bid to marque him stay, the ex-PM is acceptable to reveal

Just a time earlier Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their melodramatic exit from the UK for North America, it has been revealed that Boris Johnson, who was Prime Minister astatine the time, urged the Duke of Sussex not to springiness up his duties.

The erstwhile PM is acceptable to disclose successful his upcoming memoir that helium made this futile last-minute entreaty astatine the petition of Buckingham Palace and Downing Street officials. His book, 'Unleashed', which is owed retired connected October 10, is said to connection an wrong look astatine a "ridiculous" fewer days successful British Government history.

Senior officials from Whitehall and the Royal household reportedly asked Boris to springiness Prince Harry a "manly pep talk" successful January 2020 arsenic the Duke considered leaving the UK - a spot wherever helium has voiced concerns astir invasions of his privateness and attacks connected his family.

The Telegraph reports that the erstwhile Prime Minister recovered himself successful this awkward presumption soon aft his landslide triumph successful 2019. In his book, Johnson describes the incidental arsenic " a ridiculous business... erstwhile they made maine effort to transportation Harry to stay. Kind of manly pep talk. Totally hopeless."

It's been revealed that a "manly pep talk" took spot betwixt then-35 twelvemonth aged Prince Harry and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is 20 years his senior, astatine the UK-Africa concern acme successful London. This lawsuit marked 1 of Harry's past authoritative Royal engagements, reports the Express.

The gathering was an eleventh-hour effort pursuing the 'Sandringham Summit', wherever Harry, William, Charles, and Queen Elizabeth had gathered to sermon his future.

At the time, their speech was described arsenic "an informal 'catch-up' chat down closed doors," with nary governmental advisors oregon idiosyncratic aides present, lasting conscionable 20 minutes.

A confidant of the PM relayed details of the aggravated treatment to the Daily Mail, noting however Boris praised Harry arsenic a "great asset" to Britain and expressed admiration for Meghan's advocacy for women's acquisition globallya origin Mr Johnson has openly supported.

"It was a man-to-man conversation, they were wholly alone. But Harry wasn't for turning helium was unpersuadable by that point. Boris succeeded successful delivering Brexit but adjacent helium couldn't halt Megxit."

Despite Boris's effort to transportation Harry to stay successful the UK and proceed his Royal duties, past shows that the precise adjacent day, the Prince departed with his household for a caller beingness successful California.

Despite the challenges Prince Harry's prime presented to Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family, she expressed a supportive stance towards her grandson's decision. She noted successful her connection astatine the time: "My household and I are wholly supportive of Harry and Meghan's tendency to make a caller beingness arsenic a young family."

"Although we would person preferred them to stay full-time moving members of the Royal Family, we respect and recognize their privation to unrecorded a much autarkic beingness arsenic a household portion remaining a valued portion of my family."

Following the Sussexes' determination crossed the pond, they generated galore headlines and caused sizeable consternation wrong the monarchy and beyond, archetypal with their explosive Oprah Winfrey tell-all interrogation which accused the Royal Household of racism, followed by Prince Harrys arguable memoir 'Spare', detailing what helium described arsenic harsh attraction and bullying by 'the Firm'.