Boris Johnson writes there was “a ridiculous business … when they made me try to persuade Harry to stay."WPA pool photo by Stefan Rousseaul/Getty Images

Boris Johnson pleaded with Prince Harry to stay in the UK – POLITICO

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LONDON — Boris Johnson tried to persuade Prince Harry to remain a senior member of the Royal Family and not quit the U.K.

The former prime minister disclosed that he was asked to have a “manly pep talk” with the duke of Sussex to argue it would be wrong to leave the U.K. for a new life in America with his wife Meghan Markle, the duchess of Sussex.

The disclosure comes in Johnson’s forthcoming memoir, in which Johnson says Buckingham Palace and Downing Street officials thought the then-PM could talk Prince Harry out of his decision.