Prince Harry wasted no time calling his wife Meghan Markle after completing a daring skydive in Canada on Friday.
The Duke of Sussex, 42, jumped from a plane outside Toronto in honor of 102-year-old Second World War veteran Ed Marshall, fulfilling a promise he had made after the pair met last year.
And the moment Harry was safely back on solid ground, his thoughts turned to the Duchess of Sussex.
“We noticed you called your wife, the Duchess, immediately afterwards,” a CTV interviewer told Harry, before asking whether he had needed to convince Meghan to let him take part in the skydive as a father of two. “I didn’t have to convince her, but she was relieved once we were down,” Harry revealed.
“It took quite a while to get up, so I think she was like, ‘Are they down yet? Are they down yet?'” Harry then jokingly blamed Ed for persuading him to take on the challenge in the first place.
“I’ve just been blaming Ed anyways,” he joked. “I said, ‘I can’t, I don’t want to do it, I wish I could get out of it,’ but Ed is very persuasive!”
Harry fulfils his promise
Harry first met Ed during a visit to Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans center in Toronto in November 2025, where the pair bonded over their military backgrounds.
And despite the potentially nerve-racking nature of the challenge, the Duke explained why backing out was never really an option.
“Ed’s been really excited about this. There’s no version where you can let a 102-year-old veteran down,” Harry said after completing the jump.
Ed, a former paratrooper who trained during the Second World War, had hoped to jump alongside Harry but was unable to take part following a medical evaluation.
Instead, his grandson Bailey stepped in and completed the skydive with the Duke while Ed joined them for the flight. “He was devastated that he couldn’t jump, but it was great to have him in the back,” Harry said.
“They did put a parachute on him. We did think that he was probably going to jump by himself – glad he didn’t and he’s still here! And he’s going to be 103 in a few months’ time.”
© HELLO!For Bailey, taking his grandfather’s place and making the jump alongside Harry made the experience particularly poignant.
“You would never assume that somebody with your schedule would do something to put yourself on the line for one, and just to take the time to take interest in what he’s done and his service – and your service – has been surreal for our family,” Bailey told Harry.
“But just as my grandfather said, I mean, he’s just a normal guy. And that’s really the feeling that we get.” The event raised funds for Sunnybrook and True Patriot Love Foundation, which supports Canada’s military community.
© InstagramHarry and Meghan’s family life
The revealing phone call comes after Harry and Meghan recently returned to the UK with their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five.
Harry spoke exclusively to HELLO! about how the family was settling into their new chapter at the inaugural Invictus Spirit Awards. “The last two weeks have been… it’s been eventful,” he told HELLO!.
“But, you know, we’re getting stuck into the work. Kids are in school. We’re happy.”
Harry added: “And as I said, it’s great to be back on British soil, and looking forward to Birmingham next year for the Invictus Games that’s coming up.”
The Duke founded the Invictus Games in 2014 to support wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women through sport, making his latest adventure with Ed another particularly meaningful connection to the military community that has remained an important part of his life.
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