PRINCE Philip believed Harry was a “good man” but didn’t believe he and Meghan Markle were right to leave the royal family, a pal claims.
The Duke of Edinburgh is said to have felt “sorry” over the fallout from the Megxit saga and regretted his grandson’s decision to step down.
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But according to a friend of Philip, he ultimately accepted Harry’s decision, saying: “It’s his life”.
Gyles Brandeth told the Daily Mail: “The Duke of Edinburgh was not pleased, nor did he believe that Harry and Meghan were doing the right thing either for the country or for themselves.”
But it seems Philip was also sympathetic to Harry’s desire to “do this own thing in his own way”, adding “people have to lead their lives as they think best”.
The royal biographer also revealed Philip, who died on Friday aged 99, thought Harry and Meghan’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview was “madness”.
Mr Brandreth said the fact the interview was aired while Philip was is in hospital “did not trouble him”.
But he added: “What did worry him was the couple’s preoccupation with their own problems and their willingness to talk about them in public.
“Give TV interviews by all means,’ he said, ‘but don’t talk about yourself’.
“That was one of his rules. I know he shared it with his children. I imagine he shared it with his grandchildren, too.”
It comes after Harry arrived back in the UK after flying 5,400 miles from Los Angeles to attend Philip’s funeral.
The Duke of Sussex was seen getting off a British Airways flight from Los Angeles that arrived at Heathrow at 1.15pm.
The 36-year-old, wearing chinos and a jacket plus a black face mask, was met by security staff with police cars also on the tarmac.
He was put into a black Range Rover and whisked away.
Sources had earlier confirmed he was due back imminently to quarantine in time for the Duke of Edinburgh’s farewell at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, on Saturday.
It was thought Harry was driven to Kensington Palace, where he could stay at Nottingham Cottage — the home he and Meghan once shared.
Harry, sixth in line to the throne, was at his £11million Montecito mansion in California when he was told the news of Prince Philip’s death on Friday morning.
Sources close to the couple said Meghan, 39, wanted to join her husband but was advised against travelling by her doctor as she is pregnant with their second child.
