The late Queen Elizabeth II was unimpressed with Meghan Markle’s Givenchy wedding gown.
My Mother and I, a new book by royal author Ingrid Seward that chronicles King Charles’s relationship with his late mother, also includes the late queen’s opinions upon the May 19 wedding.
The late Queen, according to Ingrid, believed Meghan, a divorcee, was wearing a dress that was “too white.”
Because her father was unavailable, Queen Elizabeth was likewise “uncomfortable” with the Prince of Wales escorting Meghan down the aisle. She believed Megan ought to have “walked herself” down the aisle. In addition, the queen had other concerns regarding her husband’s health, as he had hip replacement surgery only five weeks prior to the royal wedding.
On June 14, 2018, Meghan and the Queen finally got engaged together for the first time. Later, in the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Meghan mocked her first bow to the queen.
Royal biographer Robert Hardman stated in his latest book, Charles III: latest King, that “one of the most contentious moments, among British viewers at least, was when a smirking Meghan performed a comic repeat of her first curtsey to the queen.” New Court. An Inside Look at the Story.
“The queasy look of discomfort on Harry’s face was that of a man all too aware of the consequences yet unable to do anything about it,” he said.
