‘Sad’ Prince Philip’s advice to Harry and Meghan

According to a friend, Prince Philip was “saddened” that his family had become a “soap opera” and would have told Harry and Meghan Markle in reaction to their Oprah interview that “nobody is interested.”

Gyles Brandreth, 73, Prince Philip's friend and biographer, had extensive discussions with the Duke of Edinburgh about changes in the Royal Family that have irritated him in recent years.

Following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, has described much of their candid discussions.

Mr Brandreth, 73, speculated that Philip was unhappy with the way the Royal Family was being presented and that the Sussexes should have kept their opinions to themselves rather than give Oprah Winfrey an incendiary interview.

The controversial came after the pair left the UK for America and resigned their duties as Senior Royals.

Mr Brandreth told Dame Esther Rantzen and Adrian Mills on the That's After Life! podcast that he believes the duke would have responded to the interview bluntly, considering one of the lessons he preached to his children and grandchildren.

Philip was fascinated by Carl Jung's theory, the Swiss physician and pioneer of analytical psychology who discovered that his happiest patients were those that looked outwards rather than inwards.

When asked about Philip's feelings on Harry and Meghan, Mr Brandreth said the Duke was “saddened” that the Royals had devolved into a “soap opera.”

When asked about Meghan and Harry on the new episode of Dame Esther Rantzen's podcast, That's After Life!, Gyles said he hopes “that it all ends happily,” before sharing the Duke's thoughts.

He said: “My hope is that it all ends happily.

“But having interviewed the Duke of Edinburgh and written about him a great deal, I know that one of his rules, a piece of advice he gave to his own children, and I imagine would have given to his grandchildren, is ‘Don't talk about yourself'.

“That's the general rule in life, he was interested, the Duke of Edinburgh, surprisingly, in so many different things than you'd expect – from the caricature view that people have of him.

“But he was interested, for example, in the work of [Carl] Jung, he was interested in wellbeing and mental health the Duke of Edinburgh.

“And he read a lot of Jung, and Jung looked at the history of his patients towards the end of his career and came to the conclusion that the happiest of his patients were people who were outward looking people, who didn't look down in, but up and out.

“And the Duke of Edinburgh's philosophy is, look up and out, take an interest in the world around you, and an interest in art, and nature, and science.

“Don't think too much about yourself, don't brood about yourself.

“Nobody's interested'.

“And though he pioneered interviews, he was the first member of the Royal Family to be interviewed on television for example, as he said he was always talking about what he was doing not about who he was.”

“So I think he would see risks in talking about yourself, both for yourself, and also because it then begs the next question once you begin talking about yourself – where does it end?

“And I know because he told me that he regretted in recent years that the way the Royal Family had become they were portrayed as a bit of a soap opera and that saddened him.”

More on Prince Philip's advice for Prince William, Harry

An expert has finally uncovered Prince Philip's surprising piece of advice for all younger royals including Prince William and Prince Harry.

This point was made by royal analyst Nick Bullen, who discussed one of his encounters with the late Prince Philip and the golden tips he had for younger royals like Prince William and Prince Harry during an interview with Fox News.

Mr. Bullen said, “I made a program with the duke for his 90th birthday. He talked a lot about just getting on with things. Stop obsessing with trying to enjoy things. Stop obsessing over the emotion of a situation. Just do it, just get on with it. That's what he said multiple times.”

“A lot of young people, not just the young royals, could learn from the Duke of Edinburgh. He described how it was important to stop worrying about what others thought of you and just do it. Just get on with it.”

“Get on with the job. You know the Nike phrase, ‘Just do it?' I think that was a mantra you could apply to Prince Philip's life very easily.”