Queen Elizabeth’s sad reaction to Meghan Markle refusing to answer wedding question ‘revealed’ by royal expert
New reports suggest Queen Elizabeth II was privately hurt by tensions surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2018 wedding. While the Windsor Castle ceremony appeared flawless publicly, royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith claims the late monarch felt sidelined in planning.
According to Smith’s sources, the Queen was “really upset” when Meghan refused to discuss her wedding dress during a pre-wedding tea. Lady Elizabeth Anson, the Queen’s cousin and preferred party planner, revealed Her Majesty confided her disappointment about being excluded from decisions.
The situation escalated when Harry allegedly told Anson his grandmother approved of excluding her from wedding plans – a claim the Queen directly contradicted. “She is not at all content,” the monarch reportedly told her cousin about these arrangements.
These revelations emerge amid ongoing scrutiny of Harry and Meghan’s royal relationships. The couple’s modern approach to their wedding – featuring celebrity guests and non-traditional elements – reportedly created friction with palace traditions.
The Duke of Sussex has since spoken about tensions with his family, including a physical altercation with Prince William. While Harry claims to seek reconciliation, communication between the brothers remains strained according to recent reports.
The wedding dress incident particularly stung the Queen, who traditionally played an advisory role in royal nuptials. Her reported exclusion highlights the cultural clash between the Sussexes’ independence and royal protocol.
As historians examine this period, the wedding appears as an early indicator of the rift that would eventually lead Harry and Meghan to step back from royal duties – with these new accounts suggesting the fractures began earlier than publicly known.
