The Duke of Sussex turned 38 this week which comes a week after the sad passing of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Harry alongside his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex , still remain in London ahead of the state funeral which is set to take place on Monday, September 19. However before her death, the Queen was said to have given Harry a final message.
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As reported by the Daily Star, the family's social media accounts uploaded four pictures of Harry on his birthday, including one with Meghan in Australia in 2018 and another of the Duke with schoolchildren in Botswana.
The Queen's final birthday message to Prince Harry read: "Wishing The Duke of Sussex a happy birthday today!"
Yesterday the Prince joined his brother William - the new Prince of Wales - and their father King Charles III leading the procession behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster.
During the service, members of the Royal Family stood in formation facing the coffin on its purple-covered catafalque and as it continued, an emotional Prince Harry appeared to lose his composure as he was seen wiping tears from his eyes. Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex's daughter, Lady Louise Windsor, were also seen wiping away tears during the service, as was Princess Eugenie of York in what is understandable a very emotional time.
Once the moving service was over and the Queen's relatives left the hall, the Sussexes were one of the few royal couples to hold hands with a tight grip after both had bowed and curtsied to the coffin.
According to body language expert Judi James, their hand holding gesture was needed. She said: "Inside the service the wives joined their husbands, but again the large spatial distances looked deliberate to create an air of formality.
"As they couples filed out they seemed to keep to this formation apart from Harry and Meghan, who moved closer and stretched their arms across the gap to hold hands in a mutual re-linking gesture.
"They used their clasped hands as a method of offering support, comfort and reassurance to each other and, walking behind William and Kate and presumably on the brink of a moment when chat might be near, the re-coupling appeared to be desperately important to them."
After the Queen’s death, the Duke of Sussex said: "In celebrating the life of my grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen—and in mourning her loss—we are all reminded of the guiding compass she was to so many in her commitment to service and duty.
“Granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings—from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren.”
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