Queen visits Prince Harry after he arrives back in UK for Princess Diana statue unveiling
The Queen drove straight to Frogmore Cottage to visit Prince Harry just 30 minutes after he arrived at his former home ahead of a statue unveiling of his late mother.
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Prince Harry has been welcomed home to Britain by the Queen who was spotted driving towards Frogmore Cottage just minutes after her grandson was whisked inside by security.
Prince Harry was picked up on the Heathrow tarmac on Friday local time after landing back in the UK for next week’s Princess Diana statue unveiling.
But, according to a report in The Sun, just 30 minutes after arriving in Windsor – and before he even had time to unpack – the Queen was pictured driving towards his home.
Harry must now self-isolate at Frogmore Cottage for five days but met his grandmother several times outside when he was back for the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April.
“It is quite something. No sooner had Harry been driven from Heathrow to Frogmore Cottage the Queen was on her way down,” a royal insider told The Sun.
“I’m sure they would have plenty to talk about. The Queen would obviously want to see her grandson after everything that has gone on and could take this opportunity to act as the peacemaker.”
Prince Harry has returned to the UK for the first time since blasting the royal family on his during his Apple TV docuseries with Oprah Winfrey, The Me You Can’t See, accusing them of “neglect”.
He also slammed Prince Charles and his childhood by claiming he moved his family to the US to “break the cycle of pain”.
But Prince Harry and estranged brother, Prince William, have declared a truce and will be at the unveiling of a statue for Princess Diana next Thursday (early Friday AEST).
Prince Harry landed shortly after 12.30pm (9.30pm AEST) after flying first class on American Airlines from Los Angeles.
A dark VW van spotted on the tarmac was later seen arriving at the Windsor estate at 1.25pm (10.25pm AEST).
Only 30 minutes later the Queen left her Windsor Castle apartments driving her green Jaguar in the direction of Frogmore Cottage – where Prince Harry is staying.
The Duke of Sussex’s private US security team had earlier been photographed driving him to LAX on Thursday night.
It is thought that he has also brought his own security to the UK but Frogmore Cottage also receives protection from Scotland Yard protection officers.
He must now isolate and provide a negative Covid-19 test before he can attend the unveiling of a statue for Princess Diana.
Prince Harry and Prince William will be joined only by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley, and garden designer Pip Morrison, at the scaled down event at the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on what would have been their mother’s 60th birthday.
It is understood to be scaled-down from original plans for 100 friends, family and charity workers.
Meghan Markle and their two children Archie, two, and one-month-old Lilibet have remained at the couple’s California mansion.
Frogmore Cottage has been refigured to ensure social distancing from current tenants, cousin Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank.
But his return comes after Prince Harry has continually blasted his family while in America.
Prince Harry was last in Britain when he flew home to attend the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April.
He was seen chatting with Prince William as the brothers walked back from the ceremony at St George’s Chapel and spoke in the Quadrangle after the cameras were switched off.
Prince William and Prince Charles were seen leaving exits near Frogmore Cottage where Prince Harry stayed, two hours after the funeral.
It comes as palace accounts reveal Prince Harry paid five-months’ rent on the cottage and $4.5 million last September.
Palace sources say it represents a “good deal for the Queen and the taxpayer”.
His rent is now paid up until March 2022 when the couple could extend the deal or hand it back to the Queen and potentially Princess Eugenie, Brooksbank and their baby son August.
Buckingham Palace did not comment.
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