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66. I had a long tea with Granny, just before she left for Balmoral. I gave her a recap, all the latest. She knew a bit, but I was filling in important gaps. She looked shocked. Appalling, she said. She vowed to send the Bee to talk to us. Id spent m
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67. Meg and I were on the phone with Elton John and his husband, David, and we confessed: We need help. Were sort of losing it here, guys. Come to us, Elton said. By which he meant their home in France. Summer 2019. So we did. For a few days we sat o
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68. It felt glorious to watch an entire country fall in love with my wife. South Africa, that is. September 2019. Another foreign tour, representing the Queen, and another triumph. From Cape Town to Johannesburg, people couldnt get enough of Meg. We
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69. I rang Granny to tell her beforehand. Pa too. And I sent Willy a text. I also told the Bee, giving him advance notice of the lawsuit, letting him know we had a statement ready to go, asking him to please redirect to our office all the press inqui
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70. I was summoned to Buckingham Palace. A lunch with Granny and Pa. The invitation was contained in a terse email from the Bee, and the tone wasnt: Would you mind popping around? It was more: Get your arse over here. I threw on a suit, jumped into t
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71. Meg and I attended the WellChild Awards, an annual event that honored children suffering from serious illnesses. October 2019. Id attended many times through the years, having been a royal patron of the organization since 2007, and it was always
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72. Meg and I discussed getting away, but this time we werent talking about a day at Wimbledon or a weekend with Elton. We were talking about escape. A friend knew someone who had a house we could borrow on Vancouver Island. Quiet, green seemingly re
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73. I rang Granny on January 3. Were coming back to Britain, I said. Wed love to see you. I told her explicitly that we hoped to discuss with her our plan to create a different working arrangement. She wasnt pleased. Neither was she shocked. She knew
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74. We got word from Sara that The Sun was about to run a story saying The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were stepping away from their royal duties to spend more time in Canada. A sad little man, the newspapers showbiz editor, was said to be the lead re
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75. Days later there was a meeting at Sandringham. I dont remember who called it the Sandringham Summit. Someone in the press, I suspect. On my way there I got a text from Marko about a story in The Times. Willy was declaring that he and I were now s
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76. I jumped into the car and was immediately told that a strongly worded denial had been put out by the Palace, squashing that mornings bullying story. The denial was signed by none other than me. And Willy. My name attached by faceless others to wo
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77. The question was: Where to live? We considered Canada. By and large it had been good to us. It had already come to feel like home. We could imagine spending the rest of our lives there. If we could just find a place the press didnt know about, we
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78. Lloyde was pleading with his superiors at home, trying to get them at least to postpone the date when he and his team pulled out. He showed me the emails. He wrote: We cant justleave them here! The person at the other end wrote: The decision has
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79. We were having a chat with Tyler Perry, the actor-writer-director. Hed sent a note to Meg before the wedding, out of the blue, telling her that she wasnt alone, that he saw what was happening. Now, FaceTiming with him, Meg and I were trying to pu
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80. The house was Xanadu. High ceilings, priceless art, beautiful swimming pool. Palatial, but above all, ultra-safe. Better yet, it came with security, paid for by Tyler. We spent those last days of March 2020 exploring, unpacking. Trying to get our
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