What Harry said in the Abbey: Lip-reader reveals Duke shared heartfelt moment with Princess Eugenie
Prince Harry shared a “happy conversation” with his cousin Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank at Westminster Abbey yesterday, a lip reader has revealed.
Jacqui Press, watching the coronation proceedings, told FEMAIL the Duke of Sussex, 38, was amazed at his glowing nephew, who is due to give birth to her second child this summer.
Jacqui said the conversation between the cousins, who share a close bond, seemed lighthearted as they waited for the historic occasion to begin and Harry caught up with his beloved relatives on a 28-hour layover before returning to California to celebrate Prince Archie’s fourth birthday.
As he entered the abbey, Harry said to Jack and Eugenie, “Wow, that bump is amazing!”, using his hands to point to the belly of a heavily pregnant Eugenie.
“I know,” her husband Jack replied with a smile as he walked to his seat.
Lip reader Jacqui Press revealed what she thought the prince, who arrived in the UK from California on Friday morning, said to Princess Eugenie and her husband
Prince Harry shared a heartfelt moment with his cousins at Westminster Abbey yesterday, as the Duke of Sussex took a seat at his father’s coronation
Prince Harry was spotted talking to Jack Brooksbank as he entered the abbey
Mum to one Eugenie, 33, who was dressed in a deep blue smock dress – topped off with a matching overcoat and headpiece, is expecting her second child in the coming months.
Like the other non-working royals, Harry dressed in a morning suit with medals and the KCVO – Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – given to him by Queen Elizabeth around his neck.
Jacqui noted upon entering that the 38-year-old, who was alone at the service without Meghan or their two children Archie and Lilibet, addressed the well-wishers and the congregation and said, “Tomorrow, tomorrow, how are you? ‘
One person in the crowd told him, “You look good,” the press said – referring to the moment the prince walked into the abbey in a suit for his father’s coronation.
On arrival at the abbey, the Duke of Sussex also chatted with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Princess Beatrice’s husband.
The prince sat between the ever-friendly Jack Brooksbank and the elderly Princess Alexandra, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth who has not worked as a royal for a decade.
Before him stood Princess Anne, her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence and the Duke of Kent.
Ahead of the ceremony, the royal family told Mr Brooksbank that he was on a flight at ‘about a quarter to four’ that day.
Harry dressed in a morning suit from Dior with medals and the KCV that the late Queen had given him
On arrival at the abbey, the Duke of Sussex also chatted with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Princess Beatrice’s husband.
‘So fast?’ was the reply, another indication that lines of communication with even friendly relatives are scarce.
Mr Brooksbank also said, ‘Oh really, when?’ to which the duke replied: “I think tomorrow…”
Other than making an oddly comical grimace, Harry kept to himself.
He did pay tribute to his father during the service with the words: ‘God save King Charles, long live King Charles. May the king live forever.’
Harry is now back in California after spending just 28 hours and 42 minutes in the UK to witness the coronation of his father, King Charles, on Saturday.
Prince Harry gave a Hollywood-worthy smile at Heathrow as he prepared to fly back to California after performing at his father’s coronation
After the ceremony, he slipped out of Westminster Abbey – accompanied by a Metropolitan Police escort and four outriders – with only a brief goodbye and headed straight for Heathrow Airport.
The Duke of Sussex was pictured smiling broadly as he arrived at the airport’s Windsor suite for his British Airways flight, still in a morning suit and carrying his medals.
He was already on a plane to California before his father and stepmother, the newly crowned queen, had finished taking their official portraits.
Harry’s British Airways flight from Heathrow direct to Los Angeles landed just before 6:30pm local time.
The idea was that he would be back in time for his four-year-old son Archie’s fourth birthday party, which sources close to the Sussexes said was “low-key.”