Queen Elizabeth II once tried in vain to persuade Meghan Markle to mend fences with her media-vocal father, a royal expert has claimed.
Author Kate Nicholl writes in her upcoming book The New Royals the late monarch used to be reportedly heartbroken at the Duchess of Sussex's fraught relationship with her dad, Thomas Markle and tried to intervene.
Nicholl claims the Queen – who died aged ninety six on September 8 – wanted to help Meghan heal their public rift and even concept Prince Harry must travel to Mexico to meet his father-in-law.
"The Queen ought to see how detrimental the state of affairs was once between Meghan and her father and she did communicate to Meghan about it and tried to inspire her to talk to Thomas," Nicholl wrote.
A royal source informed the author the Queen concept "the total factor used to be quite badly treated with Thomas Markle and if it had been completed differently, it would have come out better".
The monarch's intervention reportedly got here after Markle, 78, cancelled plans to walk Meghan down the aisle at her 2018 royal wedding to Harry, citing fitness reasons.
Markle additionally admitted to secretly orchestrating a paparazzi photoshoot in the days before the nuptials, which has been a factor of tension between him and the Sussexes ever since.
Nicholl stated the Queen wanted Harry to go and meet with Markle at his home in Mexico to diffuse the situation.
"I think she felt that Harry surely have met Thomas Markle and it used to be unlucky that that had to happen," Nicholl added.
As fellow royal biographer Tom Bower wrote in Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors, Meghan politely "rejected" the Queen's guidelines to make up with her estranged father.
Bower claims King Charles III used to be concerned by Markle's media appearances and steady commentary in the press.
As the e book states, Charles asked: "Can't she just go and see him and make this stop?"
This, Bower claims, led to Charles and the Queen making the request in a call with Meghan and Harry.
In response, Meghan reportedly advised them they "fundamentally do not understand" the situation with her father.
The Queen's desire for family problems to be healed additionally extended to Harry's strained relationship with his brother Prince William and father, King Charles.
Royal writer Robert Hardman advised People the Queen "adored" Harry and wanted nothing extra than for her household to happily reunite.
"The Queen cherished Harry right to the end, and Harry loved her," Hardman said.
"I think she was once one of the conduits between Windsor and California and it would have been one of her dearest wishes that they patch things up."
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