Meghan Markle was described as “nothing but trouble” by one of Queen Elizabeth‘s close confidants, an author has claimed. Lady Elizabeth Anson, the former wife of Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, was a first cousin once removed of the late Queen.

Born in Windsor Castle, Lady Elizabeth was the late Queen Mother’s great-niece and also King George VI’s goddaughter. Liza, as she was affectionately called by family and friends, was known for being a high-society party planner and was one of Elizabeth’s closest confidantes later in life.

The aristocrat died nearly five years ago, just two years before Elizabeth’s death in 2022, but now a royal author has shared various glimpses into what the late monarch had confided in her regarding life within the Royal Family, including her views on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Sally Bedell Smith, who famouly introduced King Charles to Queen Camilla, published various conversations with Lady Elizabeth on her Substack ‘Royal Extras’.

She said that all was going really well for the late monarch, with Lady Elizabeth arranging several of her private parties, including a very special one for her 80th birthday in 2006, until the Duke of Sussex met Meghan Markle.

The aristocrat revealed to the author what the late Queen thought of the Sussexes and their behaviour.

She said that Meghan appeared to be “full of charm” and “natural, intelligent, and thoughtful” following her engagement to Prince Harry in 2017. But her “bossy” behaviour closer to the 2018 wedding made the late Queen “very worried.”

Liza allegedly said shortly before the Sussex wedding: “We hope but don’t quite think she [Meghan Markle] is in love. We think she engineered it all.”

The aristocrat, who affectionately called the late monarch Jemima and her Number One Lady, claimed that Meghan wouldn’t initially tell details of her wedding dress to the late Queen and that the late monarch was “so saddened”.

She also revealed at that time that Meghan could “turn into nothing but trouble” as “she sees things in a different way”.

Ms Bedell Smith wrote, as per the Mail: “When we spoke two weeks before the May 19 wedding, Liza had just heard from the Queen. ‘The Number One Lady—I call her Jemima—says the jury is out on whether she likes Meghan,’ said Liza.

“‘My Jemima is very worried.’ In Liza’s view, ‘Harry is besotted and weak about women. We hope but don’t quite think she is in love. We think she engineered it all’.”