‘And as it comes to first meetings, we now honour my father in his new role as King Charles III. Thank you for your commitment to service. Thank you for your sound advice.
‘Thank you for your infectious smile. We, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.’
Harry’s statement comes two days after the Prince and Princess of Wales teamed with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for a weekend stroll at Windsor Castle.
William and Harry have a well-documented strained relationship, but upon the passing of their grandmother, the competitors set aside their disagreements as they admired flower tributes made for the late Queen with their spouses.
It is believed that the prince urged his brother to join them in greeting well-wishers outside the castle, and a royal source said that William believed it to be a “important show of unity.”
The last time William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan appeared in public together was on March 9, 2020, at the Commonwealth Day church ceremony.
William and Kate were joined by Harry and Meghan for their first engagement under their new titles on Saturday, when they examined flowers and balloons before to a walkabout around the palace.
According to a royal insider, the Prince of Wales invited his brother and his wife to witness the tributes with him.
According to the source, the Prince of Wales asked the Duke and Duchess to join him and his brothers early.
In April of last year, William was last seen in public with his brother at Windsor Castle for the burial of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The engagement, which lasted more than forty minutes, concluded with both couples leaving in the same car. They were all clothed in black as they passed through the castle’s gates.
As William and Kate, together with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, stopped to meet with each individual in front of the barricades, the throng could be heard enthusiastically conversing and snapping pictures.
William and Kate conversed with folks on one side of the road, while Harry and Meghan conversed with people on the other side.
Today, vast crowds are anticipated in Scotland as King Charles III prepares to lead the royal family in a parade behind his mother’s coffin as it journeys to an Edinburgh church for public viewing.
The Queen will be transported from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the neighbouring St Giles’ Cathedral, where her family and a congregation from all sectors of Scottish society will attend a memorial ceremony in her honour.
There are rumours that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who on Saturday presented an unified face during an appearance at Windsor Castle, would be among the royal mourners.
Charles will lead on foot the Duke of York, Earl of Wessex, Princess Royal, and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, while the Queen Consort and other members of the royalty will follow in vehicles.
The public will have 24 hours to pay their respects by seeing the coffin before it is transported to London to lay in state.
Later that evening, the King and other members of his family, most likely his siblings, would attend a vigil for the Queen in the cathedral.
Before departing for the Scottish capital, Charles and Camilla will visit Westminster Hall, where both Houses of Parliament will offer their condolences to the new king and his wife, and the King will reply.
During his day in Edinburgh, the King will review the honour guard at the Palace of Holyroodhouse before attending the ceremonial of the keys on the forecourt.
The King will conduct audiences with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Parliament presiding officer Alison Johnstone at the Palace.
The Scottish Parliament will express its condolences when Charles and Camilla come to receive a motion of condolence, to which the King will reply.
Ms Johnstone told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that parliament will ‘come together to express through a motion of condolence our deepest condolences to His Majesty the King and to the royal family’.
She added: ‘The tone will be respectful. This afternoon gives us an opportunity to reflect on the life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, to pay gratitude for that life and to ensure that the royal family have the support… the heartfelt sympathies of the Scottish people.’
Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day said on Monday the city is expecting large crowds.
‘We’re expecting tens of thousands of people to be up and down the high street as Her Majesty comes up to St Giles’ and then onwards from there tomorrow,’ he told BBC Radio Scotland.
‘Our advice to people is to get to the city centre as quickly and early as you can (and) use public transport because the city has diversions or road closures.
‘We are looking forward to welcoming tens of thousands of people to give Her Majesty the send off that the city will give her.’
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said: ‘The Queen loved Scotland and Scotland loved the Queen and I think we showed that yesterday.
‘I think we’ll see that again today with the service of thanksgiving, and I think it is a fitting tribute to the late Queen that Scotland is able to play this role at this early part in the national mourning,’ he told BBC Radio 4.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the King’s appearance in Parliament will be a moment of ‘reflection’ and ‘great sadness’.
‘It’s a part of Westminster which is resplendent with history,’ he told Sky News. ‘I think we’ll all be very proud – proud of our country, proud of our amazing monarchy.’
Meanwhile, former head of the British Army, Lord Dannatt, said the armed forces have a ‘special bond’ with their monarch.
‘Much has been made of the fact that when we join the Army, Navy, Air Force, whatever, we sign, we swear an oath of allegiance.
‘Seamlessly, when the Queen breathed her last last Thursday, our allegiance as soldiers of the Queen, we immediately became soldiers of the King. And that’s a very special link that the military have.
‘We carry out operations at risk of life and limb, not in the name of the Government or the Prime Minister or the Secretary of State for Defence, we do it in the name of the sovereign and the people of this country.
‘That’s a very special link, a very special bond. Actually, I think it makes the British armed forces themselves pretty special as a result.’