Think of a favorite queen, in the last years of her life, privately pining over her former favorite grandson. That is the heartrending tale that Lady Elizabeth Anson, first cousin and lifelong confidante of Queen Elizabeth II, is spilling out.
In a bombshell interview, Anson has drawn the curtains on the great divide between Prince Harry and his grandmother, and it was all the fault of his marriage to Meghan Markle.
The announcement has rocked the royal world, with supporters and critics alike criticizing Harry over his treatment of the family, which they have called cold.
Anson says that the trouble began brewing before the wedding of Harry and Meghan in 2018. The Queen loved Harry, but she saw a radical change in him when he met the American actress.
Harry transformed, Anson reportedly said in interviews with a new royal biography. She argued that Harry was turned into a weak and besotted person who was frequently rude and rude in stressful phone conversations concerning wedding plans.
The Queen was left feeling upset after an incident when Harry snapped at her over traditions such as Meghan wearing a particular tiara, and this left the Queen upset to the tune of ten minutes.
The hurt had gone deeper. Anson said that the Queen was also left feeling “betrayed beyond belief” when Harry and Meghan walked away from royal duties last year (2020) and relocated to California.
Her Majesty was allegedly concerned that Meghan was not getting along with Prince William and Kate Middleton, and she was considered a troublemaker who was disrupting family peace.
Anson said the jury was still out on whether she liked Meghan, and the Queen was increasingly disappointed. The Queen was heartbroken in her final years, telling people how Harry broke her heart, until she died in 2022.
The society is not shy. The backlash against Harry is spreading like wildfire on social media as people are accusing him of being cold and unforgivable.
There was one viral post that read, “How could he do that to his grandma? She had done all she could for him!” Critics say he put fame before family, and supporters say Meghan is the victim of palace prejudice.
Even those people who are inside the palace are heard to say that the last words of the Queen were a regret of the separation.
This scandal revives the eternal argument: Was Harry ruined by Meghan, or was the royal system too strict?
With the dust clearing, one thing is definite: that the underlying grief of the Queen brings a tragic edge to the already ongoing family drama. Will Harry ever patch these up? With a heavy heart, the world looks on.
