Jane Goodall reveals Prince Harry hinted at Megxit last summer when he said Archie ‘isn’t going to grow up like a royal’ during an interview for Meghan Markle’s issue of Vogue
- Dr Jane Goodall, 86, spoke about her close friend Prince Harry in a new interview
- Pair spoke last summer when Harry interviewed Dr Goodall for Meghan’s Vogue
- At the time, Dr Goodall made a comment about Archie growing up as a royal
- But Prince Harry, 35, reportedly responded: ‘No he’s not growing up like that’
Dr Jane Goodall told how her friend Prince Harry hinted at leaving the royal family months before his bombshell ‘Megxit’ announcement.
Dr Goodall, 86, who is in lockdown in Bournemouth, recalls a comment made by the prince, 35, during a conversation last summer.
Speaking to the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine, Dr Goodall said Harry had told her he didn’t want Archie growing up with the airs and graces of a royal – suggesting he and Meghan, 38, already had other plans for their future.
Dr Jane Goodall told how her friend Prince Harry hinted at leaving the royal family months before his bombshell ‘Megxit’ announcement. Pictured, the pair at an event last summer, around the same time Prince Harry is thought to have made the comment
‘At the end [of the conversation] Meghan came in to listen with Archie,’ Dr Goodall recalled.
‘He was very tiny and very sleepy – not too pleased to be passed from his mummy. I think I was one of the first to cuddle him outside the family.’
Dr Goodall continued: ‘I made Archie do the Queen’s wave, saying, “I suppose he’ll have to learn this”. Harry said, “No, he’s not growing up like that.”’
The exchange took place at the end of an interview Prince Harry conducted with Dr Goodall for Meghan’s September issue of British Vogue.
The interview is thought to have taken place when Harry joined Dr Goodall at an event to raise awareness of her Roots & Shoots programme at St George’s House, Windsor Castle, in July last year.
Six months later Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they would be stepping back as senior working royals.
Dr Goodall said she spoke to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and met their son Archie. Pictured, the couple with their son in South Africa in September last year
They officially gave up their HRH titles at the end of March.
The couple are in isolation with 11-month-old son Archie in California, where they are busy setting up their post-royal life.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced this week they are launching a new charitable foundation named Archewell.
Prince Harry and Meghan have said they ‘look forward’ to getting started with the Archewell foundation, which will replace their Sussex Royal brand.
The pair also have plans to include their own charity as well as a website, as part of their new venture.
Harry and Meghan revealed the Greek word in the project Arche – meaning source of action – was the inspiration behind the name of their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.