Philip and Queen Elizabeth II both attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. But according to former royal butler Grant Harrold, Philip muttered to the Queen after leaving the chapel, “Thank f–k that’s over.”

In January 2020, Harry and Meghan announced that they were stepping back from royal duties and later moved to North America, where they now live with their children: Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.

Philip reportedly refused to take a role in advising Harry and Meghan about their decision, telling Queen Elizabeth that he would “be soon out of it.”

According to the US Sun, although Philip did not agree with the couple’s choices, he believed that “people have to lead their lives as they think best.” Royal biographer Gyles Brandreth also wrote that Philip described Harry and Meghan’s widely publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey as “madness.”

During the 2021 interview, Meghan said life within the royal family had become “almost unsurvivable.” She also revealed that she had experienced suicidal thoughts.

Additionally, Meghan told Winfrey that members of the royal family had once raised concerns about “how dark Archie’s skin might be when he was born.”