{"id":917541,"date":"2026-10-06T00:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917541\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:06:17","slug":"quaking-in-his-boots-the-upcoming-queen-elizabeth-ii-film-project-threatening-to-dredge-up-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-tiaragate-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917541\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Quaking in his boots&#8217;: The upcoming Queen Elizabeth II film project threatening to dredge up Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s &#8216;tiaragate&#8217; incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A film detailing the longtime friendship between Queen Elizabeth II and her trusted dresser Angela Kelly is in the works &#8211; and it could shed light on some of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s most controversial moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Royal expert Richard Eden first revealed news of the project to the Daily Mail and claimed that Jeremy Brock &#8211; who wrote the 2024 TV series A Very Royal Scandal about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s bombshell Newsnight interview &#8211; is working on the script.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, while Kelly&#8217;s involvement in the film is not yet known, it is widely believed her role in the &#8220;tiaragate&#8221; scandal will be included in the project and shed light on what really happened in the lead-up to the Sussexes&#8217; wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eden sat down with Palace Confidential to discuss the controversial project as well as its subject, dubbing Kelly, 68, &#8220;a fascinating figure&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Queen described her as like a sister&#8230; but she was also very combative. She had the nickname among some courtiers of AK-47. AK for Angela Kelly, but a bit like the submachine gun,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Eden went on to reveal that, when Queen Elizabeth passed away in September 2022, Kelly was moved out of her &#8220;grace and favour&#8221; cottage on the Windsor grounds, which she &#8220;wasn&#8217;t very happy about&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added of the film: &#8220;There are whispers that it&#8217;s going to be a very accurate portrayal. It&#8217;s a big deal&#8230; you might remember she had some really lively rows with Harry and Meghan, and Harry is particularly unpleasant about her in his book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/422e8dd7da709257308a10a71231f90a.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018Embarrassing\u2019: Royal Family\u2019s \u2018dirty laundry\u2019 aired to the public\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the Duke of Sussex&#8217;s 2023 memoir Spare, he described Kelly as a &#8220;troublemaker&#8221; and claimed that she was obstructive in the lead-up to his nuptials when Markle requested access to her chosen wedding tiara, Queen Mary\u2019s Diamond Bandeau.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not only the &#8220;tiaragate&#8221; incident that could be dredged up in the film, according to Daily Mail&#8217;s Charlotte Griffiths<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Speaking of Spare, the stuff Angela saw during tiaragate. Apparently there&#8217;s another incident from around that time that they are praying does not come out in this drama,&#8221; she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>She adds that Harry should be &#8220;quaking in his boots&#8221; as the controversial film looms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was appointed as one of the Queen&#8217;s dressers in 1993 and, in 2001, gained the official title of personal assistant, adviser and curator to Her Majesty the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>She quickly became a close confidante of the Queen and was even present at Balmoral Castle during her final days.<\/p>\n<p>However, an insider told the Daily Mail that Kelly&#8217;s close relationship with the monarch over the years is sure to be a concern to the Royal Family if she&#8217;s planning a tell-all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She knows everything you ever wanted to know, including the Queen&#8217;s real views on Meghan,&#8221; the source told the publication, adding: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think the Palace has a leg to stand on if she wants to tell her story. 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