Queen Elizabeth really didn’t trust Meghan Markle or ‘besotted, weak’ Harry

Maybe Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have given up on trying to convince the world that they perpetually enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth II even after they suggested on global TV that she ran an archaic -year-old institution that harbored racist family members If the Montecito-based Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven t let go of such notions the ever critical British media is around to remind them otherwise This week journalist and royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith revealed that Harry blew his relationship with his special relationship grandmother by being rude and demanding in the run-up to his May royal wedding the Daily Mail revealed Meanwhile the queen was initially charmed by Meghan s intelligence and natural ease in populace but she also became very worried that the American former TV actor was becoming increasingly bossy Bedell Smith also wrote this week on her Royals Extra Substack TOPSHOT - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on during the wedding ceremony of Britain's Prince Harry Duke of Sussex and US actress Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel Windsor Castle in Windsor on May Photo by Jonathan Brady POOL AFP Photo credit should read JONATHAN BRADY AFP via Getty Images Moreover people in the queen s inner circle notably her first cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson began to wonder if the Suits actress was really in love with Harry or had engineered the relationship according to Bedell Smith The queen also was growing increasingly concerned about apparent tensions between Harry and his older brother Prince William For her Substack Bedell Smith recounted her conversations with Anson a close personal friend who was known as one of the U K s party planners before she died five years ago at age Anson reported Bedell Smith that Meghan appeared natural intelligent and thoughtful after she became engaged to Harry in But as the wedding approached Meghan s alleged bossiness put the queen off and the jury is out on whether she likes Meghan Anson commented In Anson s view Harry is besotted and weak about women We hope but don t quite think she is in love According to Bedell Smith Anson also stated It s worrying that so a great number of people are questioning whether Meghan is right for Harry The challenge bless his heart is that Harry is neither bright nor strong and she is both LONDON ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex leave Westminster Hall London after the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was brought to the hall to lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday on September in London England Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is taken in procession on a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where she will lay in state until the early morning of her funeral Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September and is succeeded by her eldest son King Charles III Photo Danny Lawson - WPA Pool Getty Images In February three months before the big day Anson narrated Bedell Smith that Harry wrote her and mentioned his grandmother was pleased with the way that wedding preparations were coming along Anson certainly knew about putting on big events having organized A-list parties for Margaret Thatcher Mick Jagger Tom Cruise and former President Bill Clinton She also planned Sting s wedding to Trudie Styler and a special party for royal guests attending William s wedding to Kate Middleton But Anson heard something different from the queen herself about preparations for the latest royal wedding For one thing the queen was dismayed that Harry had barreled ahead and petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury to perform the wedding amenity in St George s Chapel at Windsor Castle without first requesting permission from the church official posted at Windsor Castle Given that the queen also served as the head of the Church of England Harry s breach of protocol left her really upset I was shocked when the queen described me this how she was so saddened Anson explained Bedell I had no idea about the conversation that he was rude to her for ten minutes The queen also demanded details about Meghan s wedding dress presumably needing to be assured that it would be appropriate for a globally televised royal wedding Anson reported Harry and Meghan had tea with her She was trying to find out about the wedding dress and Meghan wouldn t tell her Towards the end of April the queen and her grandson had patched things up but the queen was concerned about whether Meghan was helping her father Thomas Markle prepare to come to the wedding Anson had heard that Thomas Markle was frightened to come because of Meghan being bossy while the wedge between Harry and William had become really bad History has since shown that Thomas Markle a former Hollywood lightening designer living in Mexico needed to be hospitalized for a heart condition in the days leading to the wedding The hapless Markle had ignited a outrage by cooperating with a paparazzo who requested to stage photos of him preparing to excursion to England to walk his beloved daughter down the aisle Meanwhile William and Harry s once-close bond had began to break over William s wariness around Meghan and the growing conflicts between Kate and Harry s bride Anson revealed the queen narrated her that Meghan and William and Kate were not working well together adding that it was mostly the two girls who didn t get on Despite the queen s apparent reservations about Harry s choice of bride she went out of her way to welcome her into the royal family casting aside a number of royal conventions to do so Daily Mail columnist Richard Eden also communicated The queen gave Meghan the Duchess of Sussex title and invited her granddaughter-in-law to accompany her on a solo visit to an official event in Chester just weeks after the royal wedding prompting Meghan to tell Oprah Winfrey in her famous interview The queen for example has inevitably been wonderful to me But the fact that Meghan quit royal duties two years later but continued to use her royal connections to bolster a career in the United States as a media mogul and lifestyle influencer shows how astute the queen was to have private reservations about her Eden commented