Published April 04, 2026
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had plenty of grievances with the royals over how they were treated compared to the other members.
The Duke of Sussex was particularly unhappy with how the royal acted towards Meghan and the campaign that was waged against her. The 2018 royal wedding was particularly surrounded by drama, which allegedly have birt of the rift that inflated over the years.
Harry reveals much of the incident in his book Spare, but new details suggest there was a lot more than went down before the royal wedding in 2018.
A trusted aide of Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Kelly, gave an account of events which suggests that Harry may have ruined a relationship Meghan could have had with the royals by his own doing.
After the couple had announced their engagements, they appeared for their formal engagement photographs at Kensington Palace’s garden, followed by the customary television interview. Though, they did not have tea with the press like William and Kate had done for theirs.
Then came the matter of the tiara. The Queen “would pick out a small selection which she thought would suit that bride and ask her round to try them on and choose one,” the former staffer said, via Robert Hardman’s book.
“It was her lovely way of bonding with the bride. She did it with Sophie [Rhys-Jones] and with Catherine [Middleton]. But there wasn’t that bonding with Meghan because she turned up with Prince Harry.”
Angela claimed no one was quite sure why Harry was present there with Meghan. Even though Harry claimed in Spare that it was a joint invitation, insiders dismissed the notion.
No one was entirely sure why the Prince had to come, too. His memoir suggests that it was a joint invitation; insiders say otherwise.
There was also the matter of the dress trial which did not go as planned. Meghan, who wore Queen Mary’s diamond bandeau, had to practice wearing it to avoid any mishaps on the wedding.
When the Sussexes called Palace to send over the tiara, Angela became unavailable for a while. Harry claimed that it was the Queen’s own advice to try it beforehand but Angela told Harry that “it can’t be done”.
Harry described Angela as a “troublemaker” and knew that his Granny would take her side, Hardman noted this is what happened when the Queen heard of the situation.
“It’s not a toy,” the Queen had told an insider.
When the tiara was delivered to the Sussexes, Meghan was not around and Harry “poked the box and said ‘Is that it?’ Then he stood over Angela and said he did not like her whining to his grandmother.”
A staffer told Hardman that Angela tried to tell him about the history and how the Palace wanted to make sure that there was nothing unsavoury about it, and that it was for their own sake.
But Harry “walked out” and the Queen’s aide decided to put it on pre-wedding nerves.
It is understood that it was Harry's antics that left a sour taste with the royals for Meghan, which could have been an otherwise a delightful experience.