Boris Johnson was not asked by Buckingham Palace to try and persuade Prince Harry to stay in the UK, according to new claims. The former Prime Minister claims in a new book that he was asked to give the Duke of Sussex a “manly pep talk” to convince him not to step back from his royal duties.

Sources close to Buckingham Palace have denied that Boris Johnson was asked to give Prince Harry a “manly pep talk” to convince him not to step away from royal duties in January 2020. The former prime minister claimed in his new book Unleashed that officials from the palace and Downing Street had asked him to intervene,