How Queen Elizabeth Struggled Between Her Royal Duties, Role As Grandmother To Harry

Queen Elizabeth struggled to make an important decision years ago because of her grandson, Prince Harry. Her Majesty was conflicted between her role as a grandmother and her role as the head of the monarchy,

In the book “Harry: Conversations With the Prince,” royal author Angela Levin said that the Duke of Sussex repeatedly asked for the Queen’s permission to allow him to be sent into a warzone. Meghan Markle’s husband already completed his training at that time, but the Queen was still worried about her grandson’s safety.

“As Queen, she was Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and could sort out a posting, but she was also the grandmother of a young man she wanted to protect who was desperate to fight for his country on the front line. What was the right thing to do?” Levin said.

Since the 93-year-old royal couldn’t make a decision, she asked General Sir Richard Dannatt to help her out. The former chief of the general staff allowed Prince Harry to go to a warzone and the Queen was left with no other choice but show her support.

But after releasing a statement about the new dad’s deployment in Iraq in 2007, the news was quickly revoked by the palace. Even before Prince Harry went overseas for his duty in the military, he was already receiving countless threats. Abu Zaid, commander of the Malik Ibn Al-Ashtar Brigade, dubbed the Duke of Sussex as a “spoiled prince with bated breath.”

Other threats claimed that Prince Harry will be spied on the minute he arrives in Iraq. The Duke of Sussex was reportedly devastated when he learned that he will no longer be going to the warzone. His former private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, said that the royal was boiling mad at that time.

“It was a terrible blow that having given his all during the training it looked as if he wouldn’t be able to put his skills into practice,” Levin said.