General Sir Mike Jackson suggests the Duke of Sussex, 38, would possibly have excellent motive to experience “spare” – the title of his memoir – after conflict in Afghanistan.
The Queen gave the go-ahead to ship Prince Harry to hostilities however it was once decided the threat for William was too great, a royal documentary reveals.
In a dramatic series, the ex-head of the Army says he stored his non-public audiences with the Queen, 96, secret.
But he adds: “I will wreck the rule about not divulging what goes on on this one occasion, when she used to be very clear. She said, ‘My grandsons have taken my shilling, consequently they ought to do their duty’ – and that was once that.
“But it was once decided that for William, as heir to the heir, the threat is too great.
“But for his younger brother, the chance was acceptable.”
Ex-Army captain Harry, 38, served two Afghanistan excursions from 2007 to 2008, and 2012 to 2013, the latter as an Apache pilot. Prince William, 40, was once an officer in the Household Cavalry and later grew to be an RAF Search and Rescue helicopter pilot.
The ITV series, out later this month, also claims Princess Margaret refused to give up listening to the Archers as the late Queen visited her on her deathbed in 2002.
It also says Prince Andrew, 63, used to be embarrassed the royals long earlier than his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein got here to light.
The five-part sequence reveals the private challenges going through the Queen at some stage in her reign.
Some of the key figures interviewed have in no way in the past spoken on camera. Princess Margaret’s former lady-in-waiting says when the Queen’s sister was loss of life after a fourth stroke she refused to quit listening to Radio 4’s the Archers when the late monarch arrived.
Lady Anne Glenconner recalls: “I should hear the Queen going upstairs.
“About two minutes later, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
“So I stated ‘Ma’am, is there something wrong?’ And she said, ‘Yes. Margaret’s listening to the Archers and each time I say something she simply says, ‘Shush’.
“So I went up and said to Princess Margaret, ‘the Queen’s solely obtained a short time’, turning off her wireless, and I delivered them tea and left them.”
Archbishop George Carey was once one of the ultimate human beings to see Margaret, 71, alive. He suggestions she in no way bought over being banned, by the Queen as head of the Church of England, from marrying her first love Peter Towns-end as he was divorced. The cleric says: “I heard she was dying, so I talked to her quietly, said a prayer, anointed her with the oil and she died soon after. A transferring occasion.
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