Prince Harry texted Prince William as Queen's health declined but didn't receive a reply, author claims

A Royal author has shed new light on the private exchanges between Prince Harry and his brother Prince William during the Queen's final days. In the poignant period leading up to Queen Elizabeth II's passing, it is claimed that Prince Harry reached out to his brother via text but did not receive a reply.

The Duke of Sussex, who was in London for an awards ceremony with Meghan, almost missed an urgent call from his father, then Prince Charles, alerting him that their grandmother's health had seriously deteriorated, as revealed by Royal commentator Craig Brown.

In his book "Voyage Around the Queen," Brown details how Prince Charles delivered the worrying news: "Granny's health has taken a turn". Harry promptly sent a message to William inquiring whether he and Princess Kate were planning to travel to Balmoral. According to Brown: "There is no response."

Harry relates this silence in his own words in his autobiography "Spare." He writes about messaging William: "I immediately texted Willy to ask whether he and Kate were flying up. If so, when? And how? No response. Meg and I looked at flight options," reports the Express.

Brown continues, King Charles suggested Harry visit Balmoral without Meghan, explaining he didn't wish for a crowd around the ailing monarch. Allegedly, Harry replied sharply once informed that Kate would not attend, saying: "Then that's all you needed to say."

The unfolding narrative also touches on the travel arrangements made by the Royal family as they rushed to be by the Queen's side. While Princes William, Edward, his wife Sophie, and Prince Andrew reportedly departed RAF Northolt by plane at 2.39pm on the 8th of September 2022, Harry managed to arrange his own transportation, flying out from Luton Airport aboard a chartered Cessna jet.

Harry's plane was nearing Aberdeen Airport at 6.40pm when he got a message from Meghan telling him 'call me the moment you get this'. Unfortunately, before he could respond, the tragic news of his grandmother's passing was broadcast on BBC News, according to author Brown.

An unprecedented memo revealed later that the Queen "slipped away" peacefully at age 96, her final moments free from suffering. The communique from Sir Edward Young, the Queen's most senior aide, now archived, states: "Dougie [Glass] in at 3.25. Very peaceful. In her sleep. Slipped away. Old age. Death has to be registered in Scotland. Agree 3.10pm. She wouldn't have been aware of anything. No pain."

For three decades, Dr Douglass Glass served the Royal Family and was the physician who certified the Queens death.