Prince William and Prince Harry have watched Queen Elizabeth their whole lives, and now they’re sharing new insights about their grandmother.
For one, the Queen – who always seems completely self-reliant in public – actually leans heavily on her husband Prince Philip for moral support, according to Harry.
“Regardless of whether my grandfather seems to be doing his own thing… the fact that he’s there – personally, I don’t think that she could do it without him,” says Harry, who was interviewed with his brother by the BBC’s Andrew Marr for an upcoming documentary on the Queen. The prince, 27, says his grandmother would find the task of endlessly shaking hands during public engagements almost unbearable without her husband by her side.
William is very close to his grandmother and is said, by those close to him, to take his lead from her. Both he and wife Kate look to the Queen for guidance about how to lead a public royal life. The prince also praises how his grandmother navigates “a very tricky line” between “private and public and duty.”
“I think she’s carved her own way completely. She’s not had a blueprint,” says William. “I think it’s very important to be able to retreat inside and be able to collect one’s thoughts and collect your ideas, and then to move forward.”
Source: People
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