{"id":296683,"date":"2025-07-02T22:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/queen-elizabeths-thoughts-on-meghan-markle-revealed-by-cousin\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:30:32","slug":"queen-elizabeths-thoughts-on-meghan-markle-revealed-by-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/queen-elizabeths-thoughts-on-meghan-markle-revealed-by-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Thoughts on Meghan Markle Revealed by Cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/queen-elizabeth\/\"><strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s cousin and confidante <strong>Lady Elizabeth Anson<\/strong>, who died in 2020, reportedly knew details about the late monarch\u2019s relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meghan-markle\/\"><strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Anson, who died at age 79, spoke to royal author <strong>Sally Bedell Smith<\/strong> in a posthumous interview published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/what-the-queen-really-thought-of-meghan-according-to-her-closest-confidante-85vb5dkbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Times of London <\/i><\/a>on Wednesday, July 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c<strong>[Prince] Harry<\/strong> wrote to me and said they were going another way. He said, \u2018I am close to my grandmother, and she is content with this,\u2019\u201d Anson said, referring to Harry, now 40, and Meghan, 43, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/meghan-markle-prince-harrys-wedding-biggest-royal-stories-of-2018\/\">planning their 2018 wedding<\/a>. \u201cWhen I spoke with the queen, she said she is not at all content. Meghan could turn into nothing but trouble. She sees things in a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elizabeth, who died in 2022 at the age of 96, was allegedly \u201cdismayed\u201d that Harry asked the Archbishop of Canterbury to perform the ceremony in St George\u2019s Chapel without obtaining permission from the Dean of Windsor first, according to Anson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-meghan-markles-relationship-with-the-royal-family\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Where-Do-Harry-and-Meghan-Stand-With-the-Rest-of-the-Royal-Family.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Where Do Harry and Meghan Stand With the Rest of the Royal Family\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Where-Do-Harry-and-Meghan-Stand-With-the-Rest-of-the-Royal-Family.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-meghan-markles-relationship-with-the-royal-family\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Where Harry and Meghan Stand With Each Member of the Royal Family<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFollowing their shocking step away from their senior royal duties in March 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have distanced themselves from their relatives across the pond. Nearly one year after their initial step away, Buckingham Palace confirmed in February 2021 that Harry and the Suits alum were not going to return as working royals. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHarry seems to think the queen can do what she wants, but she can\u2019t,\u201d Anson claimed. \u201cOn the religious side, it is the Dean of Windsor\u2019s jurisdiction. \u2026 Harry has blown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harrys-cutest-moments-with-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\">his relationship with his grandmother<\/a>. She said she was really upset. I was shocked when the queen told me this, how she was so saddened.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:76.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4029198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766\" width=\"1000\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Queen-Elizabeth-and-Meghan-Markle-GettyImages-976311766.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harry, who is one of Elizabeth\u2019s grandchildren, is said to have repaired his relationship with his grandmother within months. Anson, meanwhile, spoke to Bedell Smith two weeks before Harry and Meghan tied the knot and claimed that Elizabeth told her that\u00a0 \u201cthe jury is out on whether she likes Meghan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy Jemima is very worried,\u201d Anson said, using her informal nickname for Elizabeth. \u201cHarry is besotted and weak about women. We hope, but don\u2019t quite think she is in love. We think she engineered it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After Harry and Meghan got married, they slowly started distancing themselves from his brother, <strong>Prince William<\/strong>, and wife <strong>Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMeghan and William and Kate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/fab-four-photos-william-harry-kate-meghans-joint-outings\/\">are not working well<\/a>,\u201d Anson recalled to <i>The Times<\/i>. \u201cThat is what the queen said, particularly about the two girls. It\u2019s worrying that so many people are questioning whether Meghan is right for Harry. The problem, bless his heart, is that Harry is neither bright nor strong, and she is both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harry and Meghan ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-meghan-were-forced-to-prematurely-announce-step-down\/\">took a step down<\/a> from their duties as senior working royals in 2020. They moved from London to Montecito, California, to raise their two children: Prince Archie, now 6, and Princess Lilibet, now 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not addressed Anson\u2019s posthumous claims, they were reported to be on good terms with Elizabeth after leaving England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey have kept a great relationship with [Prince] Philip and the queen,\u201d royal expert <strong>Omid Scobie<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-meghan-have-a-great-relationship-with-the-queen\/\">told <i>Entertainment Tonight <\/i><\/a>in 2021. \u201cWe heard Harry talking very warmly about his [grandparents] on <strong>James Corden<\/strong>\u2019s show not so long ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harry appeared on <i>The Late Late Show With James Corden <\/i>in February 2021, noting that Elizabeth even sent Archie a waffle maker as a gift.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy grandmother asked us what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/james-corden-interviews-prince-harry-everything-we-learned\/\">Archie wanted for Christmas<\/a>, and Meg said a waffle maker,\u201d the prince said at the time. \u201cShe sent us a waffle maker for Archie. So [for] breakfast now, Meg makes up a beautiful, organic mix, [puts it] in the waffle maker, flips it, out it comes. He loves it. \u2026 Archie wakes up in the morning and just goes, \u2018Waffle?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harry also revealed that he and Meghan had Zoom video chats with both Elizabeth and Philip, who died later that year at the age of 99.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harry attended Philip\u2019s funeral in April 2021 solo, while Meghan stayed home with Archie amid her pregnancy with Lilibet. The married couple later both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/meghan-markle-wipes-away-tears-at-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral-after-attending-with-husband-prince-harry\/\">attended Elizabeth\u2019s funeral<\/a> in September 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/queen-elizabeths-thoughts-on-meghan-markle-revealed-by-cousin\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s cousin and confidante Lady Elizabeth Anson, who died in 2020, reportedly knew details about the late monarch\u2019s relationship with Meghan Markle. 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