Prince William ordered an RAF plane to leave without Prince Harry as he and other royals rushed to be at the Queen's bedside on the day she passed away.
After hearing the Monarch's health was fading, senior members of the royal family took an RAF jet from London to Scotland in a race to be with her at her Balmoral home.
By chance, Harry and wife Meghan Markle were in the UK conducting charity visits when they received the call that Harry's grandmother was in her final hours.