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Queen Elizabeth II Questioned Harry’s Wedding Plans in Newly Published Memoirs

Biographer Sally Bedell Smith released Lady Elizabeth Anson’s notes on Royal Extra, prompting renewed reporting on long-buried royal tensions.

Overview

  • Sally Bedell Smith published Lady Elizabeth Anson’s private memoir notes on her Royal Extra Substack, exposing previously unseen discussions.
  • The notes detail Harry’s decision to bypass the Dean of Windsor by enlisting the Archbishop of Canterbury to officiate his 2018 wedding, a move that dismayed the Queen.
  • They recount a ten-minute exchange in which Harry’s brusque remarks left the monarch “really upset.”
  • Excerpts quote the late Queen describing her grandson as “besotted and weak” and questioning whether Meghan Markle was sincere in her affections.
  • Anson reported that Queen Elizabeth II observed friction between Meghan Markle and the Princess of Wales, noting the two women were “not working well.”