Obamas sass Queen, Prince Harry in hilarious Invictus Games ad

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Her Majesty makes her first visit to Wales in five years today. She will officially open the Welsh Parliament building, the Senedd, in Cardiff Bay alongside Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The event was scheduled to take place in May this year, shortly after the Welsh election, but was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The monarch, now 95, is beginning to wind back from royal duties, and Prince William has now become more involved than ever before.

The Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers told ITV’s Lorraine earlier this week the Duke of Cambridge has “come to the fore” as “trusted lieutenant of the Queen and Charles”.

William’s brother, Prince Harry, meanwhile, has been making moves of his own this week. He and Meghan Markle announced a move into finance with sustainable investment firm Ethic.

Harry will not attend an event at Kensington Palace next week honouring his mother Princess Diana. 

The Duke of Sussex gushed over his grandparents in last month’s BBC documentary celebrating the life of Prince Philip. 

He labelled them the “most adorable couple” and has always had an extremely close relationship with Her Majesty.

The Queen proved the strength of the relationship with Harry in a 2016 film cameo which, according to royal author Angela Levin, showed she “would do almost anything for her grandson”.

Ms Levin discussed the cameo in her book ‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’.  She explained Harry called on his grandmother for help, alongside then-President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, to promote the 2016 Invictus Games which were being held in Orlando, Florida.

In a tongue-in-cheek video posted on the Kensington Palace Twitter account, the Queen and Harry responded to the Obamas’ Invictus Games challenge.

Ms Levin wrote: “The Queen and Harry made a great double act, with the Queen showing utter surprise that the President was determined to win.”

Harry said at the time: “I didn’t want to put pressure on her to take part. She’s my boss as head of the armed forces.

“But it seemed appropriate four years after her helicopter exit at the Olympics… And if you have the ability to up one on the Americans then why not.”

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Little did Harry know that he would go on to meet his future wife, an American, just a matter of months later.

In a later interview with Hello! magazine, Harry revealed the Queen thoroughly enjoyed her brief appearance.

He said: “You could almost see her thinking, ‘Why the hell does nobody ask me to do these things more often?’

“She is so incredibly skilled she only needed one take.

“Meanwhile I was like a gibbering wreck. I was more nervous than anyone else!”

The Duke told Ms Levin that he would do almost anything for his grandmother, as she would for him. “I absolutely adore my grandmother,” he explained.

The Queen’s surprise appearance in the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics went down a treat.  In a James Bond spoof, 007 headed into Buckingham Palace to collect her. The monarch, sitting at her writing desk, greeted him with a “Hello Mr Bond” before the pair took a helicopter ride to the Olympic Park.

Gary Connery, the Queen’s stunt double, then skydived out of the helicopter into the Olympic Stadium.

The Mirror revealed at the time the Queen performed her part in one take, as she did in the cameo with Harry.

Despite stepping back from senior royal duties, Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the Queen remains a close one.

Royal expert Katie Nicholl said earlier this year: “It is very important to her [the Queen] that she touches base with Harry.”

She added: “Harry has always seen his grandmother as a mentor.”

‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’ was written by Angela Levin and published by John Blake in 2018. It is available here.

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