Queen Elizabeth’s brutal one-word remark describing Meghan at Balmoral drinks reception

A source close to the Royal Family has claimed that Queen Elizabeth II “saw through” Meghan Markle.

The late Queen allegedly called Meghan Markle ‘evil’ (Image: GETTY)

Queen Elizabeth II allegedly referred to Meghan Markle as “evil” during a Balmoral drinks reception weeks before her death in 2022.

A source close to the Royal Family has controversially claimed that the late Queen “saw through” Meghan, who officially joined the Royal Family in 2018.

The alleged comments came in a time that saw tensions rise between Meghan and Harry and the Firm, especially after the couple insinuated that someone in the family had subjected her to racism.

Speaking to the Spectator, the source claimed that “everybody’s eyebrows hit the ceiling” when the late Queen allegedly made the remark about Meghan.

The source added: “It was out of character for the Queen to use such a word as ‘evil’ to describe Meghan, but she saw straight through her. It was a startling sentence to hear from the most forgiving woman on earth.”

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The source added: “At the drinks before the dinner, a small group were talking to the monarch and she explained that Harry meeting Meghan had become a complete catastrophe and described her as evil.

“By this point, we all knew the Queen’s health was in decline and she had months left, she seemed regretful about how things had panned out.”

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had stepped back from royal life and moved to the US in 2020. The pair had planned to pursue a number of media ventures and charity projects in an event dubbed Megxit.

After the Sandringham summit in 2020, where senior members of the Royal Family sat down to discuss Harry and Meghan Markle’s future, the late Queen made a sad statement in which she said that while Harry and Meghan Markle were no longer going to be working members of the family, they were still “valued members” of her personal family.

Meghan and the late Queen pictured in 2019 (Image: GETTY)

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She wrote at the time: “Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family. My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family.

“Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives.

“It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK. These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days.”