<p id=”par-1_41″>More drama between <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-harry/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Prince Harry</a> and the royal family played out before the Duke of Sussex even arrived in the U.K. It was reported that after an offer for the prince to stay at <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/king-charles-says-no-way-living-buckingham-palace-even-after-costly-renovations.html/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Buckingham Palace</a> was made, it was rescinded.</p>
<p id=”par-2_46″>The Palace says that’s because Harry didn’t respond to the invite by the deadline. However, the duke’s camp claims the former working royal did accept the offer, but it was withdrawn..That led to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/prince-harry-royal-familys-relationship-effectively-over-duke-blew-last-chance-make-amends.html/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>a back-and-forth of he said she said</a>, and ultimately Harry stayed elsewhere. </p>
<p id=”par-3_36″>Now, someone who used to work for the royals is defending the Palace’s decision not to allow the prince to stay there at the last minute and why it would have been a logistics nightmare. </p>
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<p id=”par-4_48″>Darren McGrady was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-british-monarch-dies-96.html/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Queen Elizabeth II</a>‘s personal chef at <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rodents-and-asbestos-are-a-few-reasons-some-royals-dislike-buckingham-palace.html/”>Buckingham Palace</a> for more than a decade before he was transferred to Kensington Palace in 1993, becoming <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/princess-diana/”>Princess Diana</a>’s chef at Kensington Palace. He cooked for the princess and her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, up until <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/can-remember-when-princess-diana-died.html/”>Diana’s death in 1997</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-5_92″>Speaking on behalf of <a href=”https://www.smoothspins.co.uk/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Smooth Spins Casino</a>, Stanton told Showbiz Cheat Sheet, “It’s been reported that Harry’s not going to Buckingham Palace. It got me thinking back to when I was there cooking, and we’d get a phone call saying that Prince Charles was flying back from Highgrove to London by helicopter and he wanted lamb for lunch. We’d have to call Harrods and get them to send over a rack of lamb. They’d put it into a freezer bag in a backpack and get it sent to us by motorbike. </p>
<p id=”par-6_56″>“Everything that the royal wanted, we had to provide. Princess Anne would decide to stay the night and would want overripe bananas, so we had to make sure we had them for her to put in her fruit bowl. We were there to cater for every single member of the family, even if it was unexpected.”</p>
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<p id=”par-7_54″>Stanton then commented on why Harry couldn’t just turn around at the eleventh hour and decide he wants to stay at the royal residence, explaining, “I got thinking about how Buckingham Palace is going through its major restoration — no one is there, and all the chefs, for the most part, have gone. </p>
<p id=”par-8_56″>“It would be a major operation to suddenly, at the very last minute, bring in a team of chefs and prepare the food. It wouldn’t just be chefs, but also bringing in the maids, security, and footmen. I do see the point in what they’re saying with regards to Harry coming and staying at the Palace.” </p>
<p id=”par-9_80″>The former royal chef also gave his take on what he thinks Princess Diana would have made of the ongoing family rift, opining, “Princess Diana would have loved to have seen William and Harry back together as friends. Will it happen? I don’t know. I was only a chef there. Would I like to see it happen? I would love for King Charles to see his family … From a personal view, I would love to see them together again.”</p>