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Jennifer Newton

Prince Harry admits he misses his family - but refuses to talk about William or Charles

Prince Harry has admitted he misses his family - but dodged a question about missing his brother Prince William and dad Prince Charles in his latest TV interview.

Harry sat down for a tell-all chat with NBC TV host Hoda Kotb, which has been broadcast today on American morning show Today.

In the interview, filmed during the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, Harry talked about the competition as well as about his secret meeting with his grandmother the Queen and life with wife Meghan Markle and their children in California.

Harry has lived in the United States for more than two years now and has only made fleeting visits back to the UK in that time.

During the chat, Hoda asked Harry if he misses his family, who are all in the UK.

He told her: "Yes I think especially over the last two years, everybody has missed their family and that ability to get home and see them, of course.."

However, when she followed up by asking if he specifically missed his brother Prince William and dad Prince Charles, he quickly changed the subject, before talking about missing his children Archie and Lilibet back home in California.

He responded by saying: "Look I mean for me, at the moment, I'm here focused on these guys and these families and giving everything and giving 120 per cent to them.

Harry with Prince William and Prince Charles at the Invictus Games in London in 2014 (Getty Images)

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"Giving them an event of a lifetime is my focus here and when I leave here, when I go back, my focus is my family, who I miss massively, they are two little people."

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the interview, he was asked if he planned to return to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which take place in June, with his wife Meghan and children Archie and Lilibet.

But he said: "I don't know yet. There's lots of things: security issues and everything else.

"So this is what I'm trying to do, trying to make it possible that, you know, I can get my kids to meet her."

He also said that it felt great being back with his grandmother but insisted the US was now his "home" - for the time being.

Harry also talked about the Queen in his interview (TODAY)

He told Hoda: "It was great, it was really nice to see her in some element of privacy, which was nice.

"I haven't had a chance to go back to the UK for a couple a years apart from those times, once for my grandfather's funeral and once for unveiling a statue of my mum.

"Being with her, it was great.

"It was just so nice to see her … She’s on great form. She's always got a great sense of humour with me and I'm just making sure she's protected and got the right people around her."

Harry and Meghan with the Queen (Getty Images)

Hoda went on to tell Harry how it's common knowledge he has a habit of making the Queen laugh and asked if he was able to again.

With a smile on his face, he nodded as he responded: "Yes, I did. Both Meghan and I had tea with her and it was really nice to catch up with her."

When asked the best thing about her, he said: "Her sense of humour and her ability to see the humour in so many situations.

"We have a really special relationship, we talk about things that she can't talk about with anybody else."

The prince went on to tell Hoda how the United States now feels like his home and he praised the community in which he is currently living.

He continued: "You know, home — home for me, now, is you know, for the time being, is in the states.

"We've been welcomed with open arms and it's got such a great community up in Santa Barbara."

Harry and Meghan met the Queen at Windsor Castle last week on a secret stop-off before the Invictus Games in the Netherlands.

They also saw Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall in a closely-guarded visit to Windsor Castle.

However they did not meet Prince William, who is believed to have been on a skiing holiday in the French Alps last week with wife Kate and their three children – although they were aware of Harry and Meghan’s visit.

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