Jane Goodall reveals that Prince Harry hinted at leaving the royal family last summer
Despite taking the world by surprise when Prince Harry and Meghan announced that they were stepping down as senior royals in January, it seems the couple had been hinting at their exit from the royal family for many months beforehand.
Dr. Jane Goodall, who is friends with Prince Harry, recently opened up about a conversation that she had with him long before the newly weds left the UK and moved to California.
Dr. Goodall, the renowned anthropologist, recalled when Harry interviewed her last summer. "At the end [of the conversation] Meghan came in to listen with Archie. He was very tiny and very sleepy – not too pleased to be passed from his mummy. I think I was one of the first to cuddle him outside the family. I made Archie do the Queen’s wave, saying, 'I suppose he’ll have to learn this.' Harry said, 'No, he’s not growing up like that.'"
The conversation likely happened in July 2019, around the time when Prince Harry attended Goodall's Roots & Shoots Global Leadership Meeting at Windsor Castle. This was six months before the couple announced they would be stepping back from royal life. The prince's statement that Archie isn't "growing up like that" strongly suggests the new father didn't want his then two-month-old son to be beholden to strict royal protocols as he was.
Prince Harry and Meghan are now living in LA and recently announced that their new foundation will be called Archewell, partially inspired by Archie.
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