{"id":367884,"date":"2025-08-23T18:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367884\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:42:19","slug":"prince-philips-scathing-four-word-remark-on-harry-meghans-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367884\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Philip&#8217;s Scathing Four-Word Remark on Harry &#038; Meghan&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pmc-ecomm-disclaimer\">\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile we know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/meghan-markle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a>, the Duchess of Sussex, wasn\u2019t a favorite among her royal in-laws, with some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234910934\/kate-middleton-prince-william-pals-harsh-nickname-meghan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">them giving her horrid nicknames<\/a> and others allegedly trying to ostracize her. However, one of the royals who had the biggest problem with her was allegedly the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/prince-philip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince Philip<\/a>, and a new biography claims he had some choice words about her wedding to Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn his upcoming book <a data-pmc-sp-product=\"5caee48a464fb7480f1711739bbc5ebe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DW4LYB34?tag=skaffiliate-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;language=en_US&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticles%2F1234913092%2Fkate-middleton-prince-harry-formerly-close-bond%2F\" custom-ga-data=\"{&quot;1pd&quot;:true,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;article-page&quot;,&quot;details&quot;:&quot;The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life in Royal Service&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;buy-now&quot;,&quot;event_type_label&quot;:&quot;Affiliate&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:true,&quot;product&quot;:{&quot;dimension1&quot;:&quot;%=href=%&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life in Royal Service&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:&quot;29.95&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;B0DW4LYB34&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Rich &amp; Famous&quot;},&quot;id&quot;:1234915957,&quot;location&quot;:true}\" custom-ga-track=\"click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life in Royal Service<\/a>, Grant Harrold claimed that Philip had a rather harsh four-word response to Harry and Meghan\u2019s 2018 wedding. He claimed that after the ceremony at St. George\u2019s Chapel concluded, he said something to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/7665\/queen-elizabeth-prince-philip-best-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his wife, the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/living\/articles\/3089302\/dorakitten-halloween-catnip-toys\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat-toy.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat-toy.jpg\" alt=\"cat playing with Dorakitten Halloween Catnip Toys\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCats of All Ages Are \u2018Absolutely in Love\u2019 With This $10 Set of Catnip-Stuffed Halloween Cat Toys\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOnce all the formalities were over, we watched as the happy couple, and then the other members of the royal family, filed out of the chapel,\u201d he wrote via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/08\/18\/royal-butler-grant-harrold-charles-william-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Telegraph<\/a>. \u201cWhen Prince Philip came out, he turned to the Queen and said, \u2018Thank f**k that\u2019s over.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-960057302.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-960057302.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - US fiancee of Britain's Prince Harry Meghan Markle (L) in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for her wedding to Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, watched by (middle row L-R) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Page boy James, Viscount Severn, Britain's Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Britain's Lady Louise Windsor, Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, (front row L-R) Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York. in the chapel for the wedding ceremony of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and US actress Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018. (Photo by Jonathan Brady \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN BRADY-\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tUS fiancee of Britain\u2019s Prince Harry Meghan Markle (L) in St George\u2019s Chapel, Windsor Castle for her wedding to Britain\u2019s Prince Harry<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPOOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNow, that wasn\u2019t the first time he made comments about Meghan privately. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/cambridge-v-sussex-is-there-a-rift-between-prince-william-and-kate-and-prince-harry-and-meghan-s3z8qlgq3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sunday Times<\/a>, Philip allegedly drew comparisons between Meghan and Wallis Simpson, warning Harry when he first introduced his future bride to the family. He allegedly said, \u201cOne steps out with actresses, one doesn\u2019t marry them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tBrothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan by Christopher Andersen\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/brothers-and-wives.jpg\" alt=\"Lazy loaded image\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"673\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tImage: Gallery Books<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery Books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe fraught relationship between the Wales and the Sussexes has been heavily scrutinized for the past few years. But we\u2019ve never had quite a clear look at the relationship between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Prince William and Kate Middleton, until now. Longtime royal writer Christopher Andersen takes fans into the intimate conversations and exchanges between these two powerful couples in <a data-pmc-sp-product=\"44c691086c8be8a628dbef11e9286293\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1982159723?tag=skaffiliate-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;language=en_US&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2F%3Fp%3D1234915973\" custom-ga-data=\"{&quot;1pd&quot;:true,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;article-page&quot;,&quot;details&quot;:&quot;Brothers &amp; Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;buy-now&quot;,&quot;event_type_label&quot;:&quot;Affiliate&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:true,&quot;product&quot;:{&quot;dimension1&quot;:&quot;%=href=%&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:&quot;14.08&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1982159723&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Europe&quot;},&quot;id&quot;:1234915957,&quot;location&quot;:true}\" custom-ga-track=\"click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brothers &amp; Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan<\/a>, illustrating what was lost, gained, and what might be found as the next generation of the royal family embraces the future.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBrothers &amp; Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t$13.99\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$27.99\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t50% Off\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\ton Amazon.com\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before you go, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2354654\/royal-tell-all-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to find out which tell-all books expose major royal family secrets. <\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2354654\/royal-tell-all-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2473870 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/REFRESH-These-Royal-Family-Tell-All-Books-Break-Down-Every-Major-Scandal-in-House-of-Windsor-History.jpeg\" alt=\"Finding Freedom, Lady in Waiting\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,11572,7710,519,4566,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-367884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-meghan","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-prince-philip","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-shop","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115079554444994622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}