In an extract of the book shared with People, he writes: ‘By the next morning, the Sussexes had no idea that Buckingham Palace was already planning for the Queen’s final hours and the first days of the monarchy’s new era \u2014 until the duke’s phone started ringing. An unknown number. He usually ignored those.’<\/p>\n
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Omid Scobie , who is a close friend of the Duke of Sussex , said Harry and his wife Meghan Markle had ‘no idea’ the Royal Family were preparing for his grandmother’s death last year<\/p>\n
Meghan told her husband to pick up the phone and he accepted the call ‘just before it stopped’, the author wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He continues: ‘Harry hadn’t spoken to his father much that year, but this was not the time for any father-and-son tension. Charles told him he and Camilla were about to leave Dumfries House for Balmoral, where Princess Anne was already by the Queen’s side. He told Harry to make his way to Scotland immediately.’<\/p>\n
Harry sent a text message to his brother William asking how he and Kate planned to Scotland and whether they could travel together but got no response, Mr Scobie claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n