September 24, 2021

Royals

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth would ‘chuckle an awful lot’ when things went wrong

Prince William: ‘when things go wrong, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip both chuckle an awful lot’

By Samantha David September 24, 2021
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth would ‘chuckle an awful lot’ when things went wrong 

In the documentary Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers, Prince William and Prince Harry recalled how their grandparents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip would wish for things to not go as planned.

The Duke of Cambridge shared, “My grandfather loved things when they go wrong, my grandparents loved that.”

He went on, “You can imagine, they've lived a life where everything has to go right the whole time, and so when things go wrong, they both chuckle an awful lot. Everyone else gets mortally embarrassed, they love it.”

Harry then added, “There's just sort of that imbalance of, there is everybody doing their absolute best to make sure, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are coming, make sure we get everything absolutely right.”

He added, “Remember, every single year we've done it right, let's keep doing that. Yet the two of them are going 'I wonder if something is going to go wrong this year, how exciting.”