Meghan Markle’s wedding day act that didn’t sit well with Queen Elizabeth

It’s no secret that Meghan Markle has put the Royal Family offside on more than one occasion. However, a particular move on her wedding day reportedly left the late Queen Elizabeth less than impressed.

The wedding day drama started when Meghan’s father announced he would not be attending his daughter’s nuptials due to health issues, leaving her with nobody to walk her down the aisle.

Fortunately, Meghan’s future father-in-law, a then Prince Charles, stepped up and took on the important role. While Charles was more than happy to step in, Queen Elizabeth was not overly supportive of the move, according to royal biographer Ingrid Seward.

“The Queen was not comfortable with the Prince of Wales standing in for Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, and was similarly concerned about a 96-year-old Prince Philip walking down the aisle without a stick, having had a hip replacement only five weeks before,” Seward wrote in her book My Mother and I.

The wedding day decision was among the first of many that have not been well received by the Royal Family and the broader public.

Not long after tying the knot, Harry and Meghan stepped away from their royal duties in 2020 and after an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, in which they candidly discussed their struggles within the royal institution, the pair have remained estranged from their family across the pond.

The controversies continued, with the couple’s most recent backlash stemming from their upcoming visit to Colombia.

Although many in Colombia will eagerly anticipate the couple’s visit, royal author Angela Levin recently criticised the pair after Harry’s insistence on the dangers posed to his family should they return to the UK, citing specific threats that he believes make it too risky for Meghan to travel back to his homeland.

Levin questioned how he reconciles this concern with a trip to Colombia, where the UK Foreign Office currently advises against all but essential travel to certain areas of the South American country.

“It is dangerous there [Colombia] at the moment”, she told GB News.

“There is a lot of people being taken away and money being demanded for them to be returned.

“It is really ridiculous and it conforms to my long term suggestion that they tried to manipulate the King.

“To have three court cases on the Home Office and saying security is why he won’t bring his wife and children when really it’s a nonsense.

“He would be well looked after with good protection, but not the very top of the tree which is just for Camilla, Charles, William and Catherine.”