Despite the late going “above and beyond” to welcome into the when they began dating in 2017, the couple eventually quit as senior working royals in 2020.The moment the relationship first seemed to show cracks was when a row broke out over Meghan’s tiara an expert has claimed.Meghan and the late Queen’s dresser, Angela Kelly, reportedly disagreed about the tiara. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for The Times, said in an extract in his new book, Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown, that thought the
Mr Low claims that Harry “put pressure on Kelly to bend the rules” and used “some fairly fruity language” when addressing her.Speaking on , the Daily Mail’s diary editor, Richard Eden said: “Harry felt that Meghan wasn’t being treated as she should. Everyone should show her great respect, and here was a servant, who was being quite difficult and obstructive. It set a bad tone for the marriage and relationship with the Royal Family.”The expert added that the “heart of the problem” was and Meghan’s hairdresser, which Harry details in his memoir Spare. He claims the dresser and team were difficult to contact.
Meghan famously chose the Queen Mary bandeau tiara on her wedding day. It featured a centre stone comprised of diamonds, which was once a brooch of Queen Mary’s, made into an Art Deco bandeau-style tiara in 1932.THIS IS A LIVE BLOG…. READ BELOW FOR UPDATES..
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There were signs of trouble in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s big day an expert claims. (Image: Getty)
Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘peaceful’ Christmas before bitter royal exit
The couple – who welcomed in May 2019 – spent their son’s first Christmas tucked away in a Vancouver Island hideaway.
Just weeks later, Harry and Meghan announced their plans to step down as senior working royals – before permanently moving to the US shortly after.
Footage captured from Archie’s first Christmas was shown in the couple’s docuseries, which aired in late 2022.
Meghan and Harry spent Archie’s first Christmas in Canada (Image: Getty)
King Charles ‘banned’ Meghan Markle from visiting late Queen’s deathbed
on the day of the late Queen Elizabeth’s death in 2022.
Despite having quit the Royal Family two years earlier in 2020 and moving to America, and his wife Meghan, 43, were already in the UK when news broke that the late Queen was unwell
While King Charles – the then Prince of Wales – was already in Scotland, along with Queen Camilla and Princess Anne, other senior royals raced to travel to Balmoral to say goodbye, including and Prince Edward.
King Charles reportedly told Prince Harry not to bring Meghan Markle to see the late Queen (Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
Meghan Markle’s three-word response when asked what meeting Princess Kate was like
Seven years ago, , and the pair sat down for an official interview and photocall at Kensington Palace – the former home of Harry’s late mother, .
In a simple three-worded response describing her first interaction with , Meghan gushed: “She’s been wonderful.”
Harry added of his father that they’d had “a handful of teas and meetings and all sorts of gatherings over at his place” to get to know the family.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their official engagement (Image: Getty)
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