Prince Harry didn’t get to
see Queen Elizabeth II before she died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland
on Thursday, multiple reports say.
Earlier that day royals had rushed
to Balmoral, the family’s estate, in the wake of the palace’s announcement that
the Queen’s doctors were “concerned” for her health.
But according to several
reports, Harry was still aboard a private jet heading to Scotland’s Aberdeen
airport when Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had died
earlier that afternoon.
The palace made the
announcement at 6:30 p.m. local time.
Harry’s plane landed at 6:46
p.m., flight-tracking data cited by The Daily
Beast and MailOnline shows.
He drove through the castle
gates just before 8 p.m., making him the final royal to
arrive, reported The Guardian’s Severin Carrell, who was outside the
residence at the time.
Harry’s brother, Prince
William, made it to Balmoral shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday. He was
traveling with his uncles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, as well as Edward’s
wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Charles, the Queen’s eldest
son and now the king, arrived at Balmoral by helicopter around noon,
closely followed by his sister, Princess Anne.
