Prince Harry said he found out Prince Phillip died when police went to his house

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The Duke of Sussex was told his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, had died after police were called to his California home in the middle of the night, it has emerged.

Prince Philip, 99, died at Windsor Castle on the morning of April 9, prompting a series of urgent calls across the Atlantic shortly before 3am local time, 11am in the UK.
Buckingham Palace aides contacted the US embassy in London, which in turn called the Santa Barbara sheriff’s office. An officer was then sent to the Sussexes’ home in the wealthy enclave of Montecito, around 10 miles away

Prince Harry, 36, is understood to have been asleep at the time.

It is not known whether family members tried to call him to break the news before police were alerted, but aides will have been acutely aware of the need to inform the Duke before the media were alerted.

A spokesperson for the Santa Barbara Sheriff's office told the Telegraph that they sent officers to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's home at 3am on April 9.

The purpose of the visit was to tell the Duke his grandfather had passed away, after it had not been possible to contact him in any other way, they said.
The deputy charged with relaying the news spoke to a security guard and the message was passed on.

"We did go to the house on the ninth at 3am on the request of Buckingham Palace,” they said.

"The call note says it was a call for service from the US embassy in London."

The spokesperson confirmed that the purpose of the visit was to inform the Duke that his grandfather had died.



Why are we sending police to his house when he doesn’t want to be royalty anymore. If the family couldn’t contact him and doesn’t want to talk to the family, I wouldn’t send the police to his house. I would let him find out on tv or social media.