The fresh controversy stems from insights provided by Lady Elizabeth Anson, a renowned party planner and the Queen's cousin. She disclosed that Queen Elizabeth II was deeply dissatisfied with the entire "Megxit" situation and claimed that Prince Harry had been "rude to her [the Queen] for ten minutes".

Queen Elizabeth was upset by a disagreement with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle before their May 2018 royal wedding day, biographer Sally Bedell Smith writes in new Substack.

Queen Elizabeth II felt "really upset" by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over plans for their royal wedding, according to the late monarch's cousin. Lady Elizabeth Anson wrote that the late queen was "not at all content" and noted an incident in which Harry was "rude to her for ten minutes."