While every statement from Queen Elizabeth II at the time of the couple moving overseas to America made clear that she still considered Harry and Meghan “loved” family members, it has been reported that the late monarch did not always speak so favourably behind closed doors.

In all of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s criticism of the royal family, Elizabeth II was the exception. “The queen has always been wonderful to me,” Meghan once gushed, calling her “warm and inviting.