Queen Elizabeth asked Meghan about Donald Trump, ‘spare’ claims

Do you want to hear her thoughts? Queen Elizabeth II once asked Meghan Markle about your feelings for your ex President Donald Trumpaccording to Prince Harrymemoirs, Spare.

In an extract received exclusively Us weeklyHarry, 38 years old remembered the first meeting of his now wife with his grandmother, who died in September 2022. “It was all very nice,” wrote the Duke of Sussex, noting that his “grandmother” wanted to know Meghan’s thoughts on Trump’s first US presidential campaign.

BetterUp’s CIO, who began dating Meghan, 41, in July 2016, brought the Archetypes podcast host to meet the Queen at her Royal Lodge estate in Windsor, England. The withdrawal came shortly before the November 2016 presidential election, in which the 76-year-old Trump defeated his opponent. Hillary Clinton. Since “everyone in the world” was thinking about the impending political race, Harry could understand why Elizabeth wanted an American’s point of view.

However Suits The alums thought that the political conversation with Her Majesty was “no win game” and Harry claimed she changed the subject to discuss Canada instead. Meghan lived in Toronto where she filmed. Suitsduring her early romance with Harry.

“Grandma looked pleased. Commonwealth. Good, good,” the Invictus Games co-founder, who married the former actress in May 2018, recalled in his memoir, before revealing that the queen announced 20 minutes later that “it’s time for her to go.”

Prince Andrew – Elizabeth and the second son of the late Prince Philip – led the queen out of the room as their daughter. Princess Eugenie followed his example. “Before reaching the door, the grandmother looked back to say goodbye to connector [Brooksbank]and Fergie’s friend,” Harry recalled, referring to Eugenia’s husband, whom she married in October 2018, and her mother, Sarah Ferguson. She met Meg’s eyes, waved her hand, and smiled warmly. ‘Bye.'”

Meghan, who has children Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 19 months, with the Duke, has often spoken of a special bond with the late Queen.

“There was no important moment like “Now you will meet my grandmother” – former Teague blogger explained in pairs Harry and Megan documentary series that premiered on Netflix last month. “I remember sitting in the car and [Harry] was like, “You know how to curtsy, right?” I just thought it was a joke.”

She added: “Americans will get it, we have a medieval dinner and a tournament. [My first curtsey] it was like this. Like, I curtsied like I was [bowing down to the floor]”.

Meghan, who showed off her first bow in the documentary, also told the Queen, “Nice to meet you Your Majesty.” In her mind, however, she wondered if her curtsy had been satisfactory.

To the California native’s relief, Eugenia, 32, Brooksbank, 36, and Ferguson, 63, told her that she “did a great job” after dinner.

Elizabeth died last September at the age of 96, and Harry and Meghan attended her official state funeral later that month, along with the rest of the royal family. Bench the author even put on a pair of pearl earrings donated by the Queen.