It is no longer a secret that Duchess Meghan made more than just best friends during her time in Great Britain. But she is also said to have rejected the help of a highly valued family member – against the wishes of the Queen.
Duchess Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, left the Royal Family with a bang in 2020 – and it still resonates today. New details from their time as senior royals keep coming to light, and dark secrets keep being revealed. Same now. In his biography “Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait” about Queen Elizabeth, †96, who died in September 2022, Gyles Brandreth, 75, a good friend of the Royal Family, writes that Meghan refused the Queen a heartfelt wish.
Duchess Meghan gave Duchess Sophie a basket
An extract from the book, obtained by the Mail on Sunday, says: “To help Meghan, the Queen suggested that her daughter-in-law Sophie Wessex could be an ideal mentor. ‘Sophie can show you the ropes’ said the queen.” However, “Meghan made it clear that she didn’t feel like she needed Sophie’s help. She had Harry.” The Queen is said to have been “a little worried” about this, as Gyles Brandreth claims to have learned.
After all, the experienced monarch was aware that adjusting to royal life would be “difficult at first” for the Californian. For this reason, she suggested that Meghan be supported in her early days by another member of the royal family who also married into the family as an “outsider”.
Despite the “Sophie Tapes”: Duchess Sophie was one of the Queen’s most important confidantes
Duchess Sophie, 58, became a member of the royal family in 1999 when she married the queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, 59. For the first few years of her marriage, she kept her job as managing director at her PR firm, but after the so-called “Sophie Tapes” in which she made derogatory comments about the Queen, Tony, 70, and Cherie Blair, 69, as well as details After announcing her married life caused a media scandal, Sophie gave up her career. Since then, she has worked full-time as a senior royal for the “company” and was considered one of her most important confidants until the queen’s death.
Sources used: dailymail.co.uk, “Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait”