The late Queen offered Meghan a suggestion on how she could learn the ropes (Image: Getty)
When first joined the Royal Family , the late Queen offered help as to how Meghan could learn the ropes of life within the Firm, but she was taken aback by the .According to the book ‘Our King: Charles III The Man and the Monarch Revealed’ by Robert Jobson, the author claims Meghan sat down with for a private chat and said she was “so pleased Harry had at last found love”.In addition, she advised Meghan to turn to Sophie, the now Duchess of Edinburgh, for navigation into royal life, to which Meghan reportedly replied with a curt three-worded response: “I’ve got Harry”. So far this month, Sophie has carried out 37 engagements, but she for her ability to conduct engagements with poise – so she is often regarded as a safe pair of hands.
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Queen Elizabeth reportedly sat with Meghan for a private chat when she joined the Firm (Image: Getty)
The situation is also described in Gyles Brandreth’s book, ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’, who writes the late Queen understood “Harry’s girl might find adjusting to Royal life ‘challenging to begin with'”. He further adds: “To help Meghan, the Queen suggested that her daughter-in-law, Sophie Wessex, would be an ideal mentor. ‘Sophie can help show you the ropes,’ said the Queen. But Meghan made it clear that she did not feel she needed Sophie’s help. She had Harry.”
Duchess Sophie, who grew up in a middle-class family and founded a PR firm before joining the , has been compared with Meghan – as they both underwent a huge transition upon joining the family.
. At the time, he was dating her friend – with the pair reconnecting in 1993, when they were both single. The couple dated for six years before Edward proposed in December 1998 and the couple wed in June 1999, at St George’s Chapel.
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The late Queen wanted Duchess Sophie to be a guide for Meghan (Image: Getty)
According to The Times, Sophie had a close bond with Harry and Meghan as she was the first member of the to visit the Sussexes following the birth of Archie in 2019.In an interview with The Sunday Times, and she compared Meghan and Harry’s experience to hers with Edward.She commented: “Remember I’d had five years to adjust [to royal life]. And for our six-month engagement, I was even staying at Buckingham Palace. Not that you necessarily know how it will pan out.”
Despite her non-aristocractic background and was even rumoured to be the late Queen’s favourite daughter-in-law.
Sophie and Edward live , although their eldest daughter Lady Louise Windsor is currently away studying English Literature at St Andrews University.