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.”