Prince Harry has revealed how his wife Meghan ‘bonded’ with his late grandmother the Queen by telling her how much she wanted to be a mother.
The sweet moment happened during Meghan’s first joint engagement with the late monarch, which saw them travel to Cheshire on June 14 2018, the Duke of Sussex revealed in his explosive memoir, Spare.
The Duchess of Sussex came home and told Harry that she and the Queen had strengthened their bond thanks to their love of dogs, and that she had told the monarch she wanted to be a mother.
Harry recounts that his grandmother told Meghan that the best way to induce labor was a ‘bumpy car ride’.
Meghan talked to the Queen about her desire for children during their first joint engagement on June 14 2018, pictured
Writing about Meghan’s first engagement with the Queen, Harry says that his wife was ‘glowing’ when she returned from the trip and told him: ‘We bonded.
‘We talked about how much I wanted to be a mum and she told me the best way to induce labor was a good bumpy ride! I told her I’d remember that when the time came.’
The conversation happened a month into Harry and Meghan’s marriage, and marked a moment of renewed hope for the couple, Harry admits in the book.
Five months later, the couple announced they were expecting their first child, first to the King and the Prince of Wales, and then to the rest of the family during a drinks reception for Princess Eugenie’s wedding in October 2018.
The Duchess of Sussex announced her pregnancy to the Royal Family five months after her engagement with the Queen and gave birth to her son Archie on May 6 2019 (pictured at the Natural History Museum in February of that year)
Their son Archie was born at Portland Hospital on May 6 2019, with Harry saying he doesn’t remember if the couple tried his grandmother’s recommended method of inducing labor with a bumpy ride.
In contrast, Harry said the pair felt ‘safer and calmer’ going into Lilibet’s delivery two years later.
The Duke of Sussex made the intimate revelations in his memoir, which was released today.
The royal also made several TV appearances to promote the book ahead of its release, including on ITV in the UK and CBS in the US.
Meghan enjoying a walk at Frogmore Cottage in the late stages of her pregnancy with Archie in 2019
Prince Harry recalled that the couple ate Nando’s, listening to Sanskrit music and that he hogged the laughing gas during Meghan’s first delivery (pictured with their son Archie and Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland in 2019)
Harry has also done a pre-recorded interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which will be broadcast in the US overnight tonight. In the interview, the presenter mocks the book and the Royal Family ahead of the segment.
The comedian compared the prince’s life to Harry Potter and joked that the new book is available as a royal commemorative plate.
The Duke of Sussex was also seen downing tequila shots during the interview in New York after being swept into the studio by armed bodyguards yesterday.
After playing a clip where Harry describes his pain at William trying to avoid him at Eton, the Late Show presenter said to roars of laughter: ‘That’s heartbreaking. To be rejected by his older brother at school even though that magic has sorted them into the same house. What do you think? Hufflepuff? Gryffindor?’
In another tease Colbert said Spare is available in hardback, audiobook and ‘commemorative plate’ – a joke at the expense of Harry and other royals whose weddings and anniversaries are marked with limited edition tableware and crockery.
In a further joke at the Royal Family’s expense, Colbert says: ‘Stock up on corgis and steal a priceless cultural treasure from one of your colonies because The Late Show is going imperial.
Harry recalled the birth of their daughter Lilibet, which took place on June 4, 2021 in California, which was much calmer than Archie’s
After a series of serious TV interviews – which some critics claim failed to properly question contradictions in his book – the prince looks set to be made a figure of fun on The Late Show.
Fans in attendance for the recording at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City told DailyMail.com the Duke of Sussex answered a series of questions from the host in his Colbert Questioner segment.
The quiz is 15 questions that the host says ‘cover the full spectrum of human experience’.
Among the questions guests get asked are what their favorite sandwich is, what app they most use on their phone and even what number Colbert is thinking of at that moment.
It is not known what the prince’s answers were but those at the studios managed to film a glimpse of the segment which showed two tequila shots on the table next to Harry, which he later drank.
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