{"id":186983,"date":"2026-04-06T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186983\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:12:32","slug":"meghan-markle-caused-drama-over-queen-elizabeths-tiara-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186983\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Caused Drama Over Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Tiara \u2014 Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new royal book claims there was tension between Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II over the latter\u2019s tiara. The upcoming book by Robert Hardman, titled \u201cElizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story,\u201d details the conflict the couple had with the late monarch before their wedding. Apparently, the Queen would offer a piece from her tiara collection to the royal bride as a sweet gesture of welcoming her. However, since Markle and the Queen didn\u2019t have enough time to bond \u2014 allegedly because Prince Harry accompanied his then-fianc\u00e9e \u2014 Markle\u2019s request to get the tiara went unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle\u2019s demand for Queen Elizabeth\u2019s tiara was not met with enthusiasm, claims author<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15704395\/meghan-queen-tiara-wedding-robert-hardman-book-elizabeth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Mail <\/a>report suggests that there was some tension between Queen Elizabeth II and Meghan Markle over the tiara. Robert Hardman has explained in detail about the incident in his upcoming book.<\/p>\n<p>The author claims that giving a piece from her tiara collection to a royal bride was something that the late monarch truly enjoyed. This was her way of \u201cbonding\u201d with the new member of the royal family.  The author claims, \u201cIt was her lovely way of bonding with the bride. She did it with Sophie [Rhys-Jones] and with Catherine [Middleton]. But there wasn\u2019t that bonding with Meghan because she turned up with Prince Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author further adds that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/06\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-acting-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Prince Harry<\/a> mentioned in his memoir, \u201cSpare,\u201d that it was a joint invitation. However, insiders told him otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Markle loved Queen Mary\u2019s diamond bandeau. And so, when Harry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/02\/author-claims-queen-elizabeth-wary-meghan-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Markle<\/a> called the palace and requested Angela Kelly, the Queen\u2019s dresser and curator, to send over the tiara, they were met with silence. The Duke of Sussex also considered confronting his grandmother but decided otherwise, as he wasn\u2019t sure whose side she would take.<\/p>\n<p>According to the author, when the late monarch came to know that Harry and Markle were demanding the tiara immediately, she allegedly became upset, saying that the tiara is \u201cnot a toy.\u201d Despite all the tension, Markle ultimately wore Queen Mary\u2019s Diamond Bandeau for her royal wedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new royal book claims there was tension between Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II over the latter\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[232,1440,489,9,24,63,490,1312,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-186983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-lifestyle","9":"tag-lifestyle-news","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}