Prince Harry ‘would take two weeks to placed on trousers’ with out servants

An explosive new book has revealed an unflattering nickname that was given to Prince Harry by royal staffers, who compared the Duke to a hapless character from Blackadder

Prince Harry was given a brutal nickname by royal staff, likening him to a bumbling character from the Blackadder series.

An explosive new book by Tom Quinn, an anonymous insider explained what it was like working with for the Duke.

The insider said: “I remember once in his private apartments I’d muddled something – some of his papers on his desk or something. He was immediately angry and it was out of proportion to the problem, or at least I thought it was.”

The source added that other staff had “experienced similar incidents” and would jest about Harry’s temperament.

In an extract obtained by the Daily Mail, the insider continued: “We thought it was a bit rich complaining about me being muddled given that Harry was probably the most muddled of all the royals of his generation. The joke used to be that Harry was very much like the Prince Regent in the Blackadder television series. People used to say that without a servant, Harry would take two weeks to put his own trousers on.”

The Prince Regent character, portrayed by Hugh Laurie in the series, does indeed take a whole week to put on his trousers in one episode.

The new book also claims that Meghan, Harry’s wife, felt he was being ‘belittled’ due to their residence in Nottingham Cottage, the couple’s first shared home.

One staff member who regularly assisted at the cottage told Quinn: “Meghan felt it was so small that it must be a reflection on how the Royal Family were belittling her husband. She just didn’t understand that real royals don’t care much about houses and material possessions because, having always had them, they take them for granted, said one member of staff who helped out regularly at Nottingham Cottage.”

Quinn continued: “A rather beautiful house in the grounds of a famous palace hardly seemed to Harry the equivalent to being forced to live in a shed at the end of the garden. But for Meghan things were more complex. She saw Kate and William living just a few yards away in Kensington Palace itself with teams of live-in servants.”

“She also undoubtedly felt constrained by protocol. ‘Meghan quite rightly hated the fact that when she was in Nottingham Cottage, she had to agree well in advance what time she might leave for an appointment or an event and she had to make sure she didn’t leave at the same time as, or clash in any way with, a more senior Royal leaving the palace,’ a former Kensington Palace staffer said.”

The Times reported that Harry and Meghan had their sights set on living within the Castle itself, even going as far as to ask if “living quarters could be made available after their marriage”. At that time, only the Queen and Prince Philip enjoyed the privilege of private apartments within the actual castle, with all others residing elsewhere on the estate.

The monarch considered their request ‘inappropriate’ and “politely but firmly suggested” Frogmore Cottage as their residence instead.

Harry and Meghan moved out of Nottingham Cottage in 2019, setting up home in Frogmore Cottage in the grounds of Windsor Castle ahead of the birth of their first child, Archie.

The book, called Yes, Ma’am – The Secret Life of Royal Servants, is set to be released later this month.