The Duke of Sussex hilariously
made the promise, knowing full well that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had
no intentions of running the marathon.
“What’s fantastic is my
brother and his wife will be doing it next year, I think,” he quipped.
Interviewer Sue Barker
replied: “You’ve just said that live on air,” to which Harry said:
“He’s going to have to do it now, isn’t he?”
A spokesman for the Prince
said: “Harry’s remark was light-hearted and tongue in cheek. The Duke and
Duchess have no plans to run the London Marathon.”
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Kate, William and Harry supporting runners at the London Marathon in 2017
Clarence House added that the
comments were made “in jest”.
Fast forward to 2013 and when
a volunteer at the event said: “You challenged your brother to run this
year,” Harry simply put it down to William being “old” and Kate
being “pregnant”.
“I know, but what can you
do? She’s pregnant and he’s getting old. It’s impossible,” he said.
As for himself, another
volunteer said: “We’d like to see you running,” to which Harry said:
“Oh, here we go… My knee’s bad.”
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The trio took part in a race during a training day for the Heads Together team
Good Morning Britain’s Sean
Fletcher said: “I chatted to Prince William, and he has promised that he
will run a marathon in Kenya sometime.”
When Duchess Kate was
informed, her reply was just as priceless: “I’ll believe it when I see
it,” she said.
Despite all the chat about the
royals running the marathon, Kate revealed that it’s not an option due to
“security”, but her sister Pippa has previously taken on the
challenge, as well as Princess Beatrice.
