Pal reveals what Harry and Meghan are really like behind closed doors
Prince Harry was hailed ahead of his 40th birthday on Sunday by one of his pals who let slip what he and wife Meghan Markle are really like.
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Prince Harry was hailed by one of his pals for being "kind, funny and pretty damn normal" as the duke prepares to hit a major milestone during the weekend.
The Duke of Sussex will turn 40 on Sunday and British journalist Bryony Gordon, who's known Harry since 2016, opened up about what he and Meghan Markle are like behind closed doors.
Ms Gordon claimed that the Montecito couple, who she visited at their home just before the release of Harry's explosive memoir, Spare are "a pretty ordinary couple existing in an absolutely extraordinary situation."
She wrote for the Mail: "I spent an afternoon at the house, the kids running around happily as we drank tea. Harry proudly showed me the DIY photo wall he’d recently created, featuring pictures of his mum.
"When I left, packed off by the happy couple with a jar of their homemade jam (which I then left in the back of a taxi in a jet-lagged stupor; somewhere in Los Angeles, a cab driver has one of the earliest batches of American Riviera Orchard’s produce), I was reminded of the fact that they are a pretty ordinary couple existing in an absolutely extraordinary situation."
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The Duke of Sussex told the BBC: "I was anxious about 30, I’m excited about 40."
Harry added that his mission remains to "show up and do good in the world", echoing his and wife Meghan Markle's Archewell Foundation's motto and said that being a dad to his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet is one of "life’s greatest joys".
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Ahead of the Duke of Sussex's 40th birthday on Sunday, British journalist Bryony Gordon, who's known Harry since 2016, opened up about what he and Meghan Markle are like behind closed doors.
Ms Gordon wrote for the Mail and claimed that she's been in contact with the Duke since the launch of The Heads Together campaign in May 2016 - then spearheaded by Prince Harry and the Prince and Princess of Wales, in a royal first attempt to end the stigma around mental health.
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Prince Harry issues bullish nine-word statement ahead of his 40th birthday this weekend
Prince Harry has issued a new statement as he prepares to celebrate his 40th birthday on Sunday.
The Duke of Sussex told the BBC: "I was anxious about 30, I’m excited about 40."
Harry added that his mission remains to "show up and do good in the world", echoing his and wife Meghan Markle's Archewell Foundation's motto and said that being a dad to his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet is one of "life’s greatest joys".
The statement ended on a positive note: "Bring on the next decade."
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Prince Harry has a 'grumpy look' on his face in most photographs for one simple reason, a royal expert has claimed.
Ahead of the exiled Prince's 40th birthday on Sunday (September 15), royal biographer Ingrid Seward is confident that Harry is happy - despite the fact he might not look it in photos.
This is down to Harry's tetchy relationship with the press, she claims.
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Buckingham Palace has advertised a key interior design role as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former UK home undergoes a makeover, it has been revealed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into the five-bedroom property in April 2019. It soon became Prince Archie's first home after his birth weeks later but last year they were asked to vacate it.
Eager candidates can now apply for the Curtain Maker and Soft Furnishings Upholsterer position that's advertised by Buckingham Palace.
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