This Morning star Alison Hammond called Prince Harry and Meghan’s surprise visit to the Queen a “non-story” during an on-air segment about the ex-royal couple.
The ITV presenter joined co-host Dermot O’Leary on the sofa on Friday’s special Easter show (April 15), where they spoke to royal pundit Camilla Tominey about Harry and Meghan.
It comes after Duke and Duchess of Sussex met the Queen at Windsor on Thursday (April 14) on their way to The Hague in the Netherlands for the Invictus Games – a surprise visit confirmed by a spokesperson for the couple.
The Duke and Duchess failed to attend a London memorial service for Harry’s grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, last month.
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The last time Harry was reportedly in the UK was July, but Meghan is understood not to have visited the country since 2020.
Speaking about Harry and Meghan’s visit on ITV, Alison said:” I feel like this is a bit of a non-story, really. He’s just visiting his grandmother with his wife, that’s all he’s doing.”
Royal pundit Camilla replied: “Well, I mean you’re talking about their being non-royal stories in the newspapers, what do you expect?”
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The expert explained why she thought the couple had decided to visit Harry’s grandmother, mentioning the pair’s ongoing security row.
She said: “It would have been more surprising, frankly, if they had appeared publicly because there’s been this ongoing row hasn’t there? About security and the fact they no longer have Met Police guards, and whether they’re safe here.”
The pundit went on: “I think to see her privately en route to The Hague probably makes sense, equally I think they’re aware that she’s not been particularly well. She’s had to cancel the Maundy service.
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“She’s not going to go to the Easter service tomorrow (April 16), so they’re popping in on her as they make their way to Europe.”
The Queen recently suffered from Covid, which she said left her ‘very tired and exhausted’.
The 95-year-old monarch pulled out of the Maundy Service for the first time since 1970, and also dropped out of the annual Commonwealth Service.
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When asked whether or not the meeting was planned, Camilla said: “Well, you can’t go and pop in on the Queen unannounced, Alison. You’ve got to put it into the royal diary.
“There’s a schedule, even if you’re her grandson, so yes certainly they would have pre-planned it.”
Alison and Dermot have been filling in for regular This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield who have taken time off during theEaster break.
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