Expert reveals what the late Queen really thought of Meghan Markle

Queen Elizabeth II, who died astatine Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, successful 2022, warmly welcomed Meghan Markle into the Royal household aft the histrion began dating Prince Harry

The precocious Queen believed Meghan Markle would beryllium "a enactment of caller air" and "a large plus to the Monarchy," a royal adept says.

Prince Harry and Meghan named their girl Lilibet arsenic a tribute to her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who warmly welcomed Meghan into the household aft she met Harry.

Meghan was allowed to articulation Harry astatine Sandringham for Christmas 2017, 5 months earlier the mates tied the knot astatine St George's Chapel. This was an unprecedented determination by the Queen as, successful the past, different women who had joined into the Windsors, specified arsenic Kate Middleton and Sophie Rhys-Jones, had to hold until aft their weddings to beryllium invited for Christmas.

And Richard Eden, a royal reporter, wrote connected Thursday: "Courtiers accidental the Queen believed that Meghan – a divorced, mixed-race American histrion – would beryllium a enactment of caller aerial and a large plus to the Monarchy.

"The Queen fast-tracked her introduction into the Royal Family, inviting Meghan to articulation her astatine a work to people Commonwealth Day – her archetypal authoritative engagement with the Queen – 2 months earlier the wedding. It was different wide denotation that Her Majesty valued Meghan and wanted her to beryllium seen arsenic a portion of the household without delay."

But little than 2 years aft exchanging vows, Meghan and Harry announced their volition to permission the UK for a caller beingness successful the US - and extremity their royal duties arsenic a result. The bombshell shocked fans crossed the world and began a series of events which has presented the Royal family with important challenges.

And Mr Eden says these whitethorn beryllium adjacent much deep-rooted arsenic Meghan's behaviour successful the build-up to the May 2018 wedding allegedly acrophobic the Queen. Writing for the Daily Mail, helium added: "First, she (the Queen) was said to beryllium amazed that the caller accomplishment rejected her proposition that Prince Edward's wife, Sophie, connection her guidance connected joining "The Firm".

"Her Majesty was besides taken aback astatine the divorcee's prime of a achromatic bridal gown for what was her 2nd wedding - but it was Meghan's cognition towards her headwear that gave the Queen much superior origin for concern.

"She had offered Meghan entree to her postulation of tiaras and, during what Harry aboriginal described arsenic an 'extraordinary morning', allowed her to effort them connected successful beforehand of her, her devoted dresser Angela Kelly and a royal jewellery adept successful her backstage dressing room.

"Something aboriginal went severely wrong, however, erstwhile Meghan tried to put a fitting with Kelly, who, it seems, did not similar the mode successful which she was being treated by the bride and groom."

Harry denied successful his memoirs, Spare, helium angrily told Kelly, "What Meghan wants, Meghan gets." He did, however, admit they had been exasperated by the dresser, who "fixed maine with a look that made maine shiver".

Since quitting from the Royal family, Meghan attacked "The Firm" successful her and Harry's Netlfix docuseries, by appearing to mock the heavy curtsy she had performed successful beforehand of the Queen astatine their archetypal meeting. Mr Eden continued: "How bittersweet that the Queen's genuine efforts to invited Meghan during her last years, erstwhile she was successful failing health, were thrown backmost successful her face."

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