Prince Harry would have been "distraught" to get to Balmoral after the Queen's death and it was made harder by making the journey alone, according to a source close to him, reports The Mirror. Grieving Prince Harry, once one of the most popular royals, departed Scotland the morning after his grandmother's passing alone, with no brother to lean on, no father to share a hug with, and no wife at his side.
One of the most poignant moments captured as the royal grief was when the prince boarded a BA flight to Heathrow in a black suit, his only words of comfort come from an airport worker in a hi-vis jacket, one of the ordinary members of the British public he was once so ready to leave behind.
The scene mirrored his solitary dash to get to Balmoral on Thursday. "Despite everything that's happened over the past few years, Harry was incredibly fond of his grandmother," says a source. "It would have been all the harder for him that he was making those sad, fateful journeys alone, with only his memories of his gran to keep him company."
