Prince William and Duchess Kate Dodge Question About Queen Elizabeth II Needing Protection After Prince Harry’s Interview

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Brushing it off? Prince William and Duchess Kate were asked about Prince Harry‘s recent comment about Queen Elizabeth II‘s inner circle — but the couple seemingly didn’t give it a second thought.The Duke, 39, and Duchess of Cambridge, 40, dodged a question from a reporter while leaving the headquarters of the Disaster Emergency Committee in London shortly after Harry, 37, sat down for an interview with Today‘s Hoda Kotb.

William and Kate silently made their way to their car as a reporter shouted, “Sir, does the queen need protecting?”The awkward interaction followed the Duke of Sussex’s candid conversation at the 2022 Invictus Games, which took place in the Netherlands.

While attending the sporting event, Harry opened up about how his life has changed two years after leaving his senior royal role — and spoke about his recent visit to see the queen, 96, with wife Meghan Markle.“Being with her, it was great.

It was just so nice to see her,” the former military pilot gushed about his grandmother during the Wednesday, April 20, broadcast. “She’s on great form. … I’m just making sure that she’s, you know, protected and got the right people around her.”Harry noted that his relationship with the monarch is “really special,” adding, “We talk about things that she can’t talk about with anybody else.”Prince William was asked by a female reporter if the “Queen needs protecting” as he and Kate left the London Headquarters of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) on Thursday morning.The couple did not respond when asked the question.