After the death of Prince Philip, who died Friday at the age of 99, Stéphane Bern believes on Europe 1 that a coming of his grandson Harry and his wife Meghan to the funeral would be synonymous with "grimace soup in the Saint-Georges Chapel ”, after the controversial interview given by the couple about the royal family. 

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"When asked how he intended to celebrate his 100 years, he said: I see this thing as the worst that can happen," says Stéphane Bern about Prince Philip, who died Friday at the age of 99.

After the death of the queen's husband, which arouses great emotion across the Channel, a small funeral should take place.

"The prince said: 'no fuss', 'no fuss', he did not want a national funeral," recalls the host of Europe 1, a specialist in the royal family.

But will Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle be? 

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"Soup with a grimace in the Saint-Georges chapel"

"Harry will undoubtedly do everything to return, that's what he said", answers Stéphane Bern, a month after the interview in which the grandson of the queen and his wife, exiled in the United States and who withdrew from the royal family, have multiplied the accusations against the latter, between racism and insensitivity.

"Meghan, who is expecting a little girl, is awaiting the advice of her doctors to know if she comes home," adds the specialist.

A return which would be, according to him, synonymous with "soup with a grimace in the chapel of Saint-Georges in Windsor".

"I do not think that we will reserve the best reception for them within the royal family", continues Stéphane Bern.

"But all the same, the queen loves Harry a lot, he's probably her favorite grandson. Anyway, he can't imagine not being there for a private funeral…"

"She knew he was a grave"

Support all the more important with the death of Philip, "it is the queen's rock that has just fallen and people are worried about their sovereign by wondering how she will hold up", specifies the specialist.

"Prince Philip was the only person she spoke to, to whom she told about her day, to whom she confided. You can imagine that a sovereign like the Queen of England cannot tell her thoughts, what she has at the bottom of his heart. But he, she knew that he was a grave, that he would never publish his memories. "

The whole history of the United Kingdom "was built around this royal family", in which the queen assumed her role as sovereign, while Philip was "the head of the family, three steps back, but really in ahead of its time, ”concludes Stéphane Bern.

"This is something the French have a hard time understanding."