Boris Johnson tried to persuade Harry to stay in UK with 'manly pep talk'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBoris Johnson had a “manly pep talk” with the Duke of Sussex to try to persuade him not to leave the UK and move to the United States.
According to the then-prime minister, Downing Street and Buckingham Palace asked him to talk to Harry in January 2020, hours after his speech announcing that he and his wife Meghan planned to step away from royal life.
Mr Johnson writes in his forthcoming memoir that there was “a ridiculous business … when they made me try to persuade Harry to stay.
Kind of manly pep talk. Totally hopeless”, The Daily Mail reported, ahead of a serialisation of the book. READ MORE: Mum-of-two loses job following 'appalling and deplorable' scenes The men met for 20 minutes on the sidelines of a UK-Africa investment summit in London’s Docklands, according to the newspaper.
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