The late Queen Elizabeth II was left “cross” at the sight of Meghan Markle’s dress at the royal wedding, according to a royal author.
Angela Levin joined Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster on GB News to discuss a new book claiming the Queen felt Meghan’s dress was “too white”.
The Duchess of Sussex wore a Givenchy wedding gown as she married Prince Harry on May 19, 2018.
Ingrid Seward’s new book, My Mother and I, sees the royal author suggest Queen Elizabeth II did not approve of Meghan’s wedding attire.
Angela Levin says the Queen was 'cross' at Meghan's wedding dress
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Levin told GB News that Meghan’s dress made the monarch “cross”, also claiming she was left frustrated by the hefty sum shelled out by taxpayers to fund the day at St George’s Chapel.
Asked what the Queen’s “problem” with the white colour was, Levin said it suggests a “virginal” persona.
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“It suggests you’re pure and you haven’t been married before or anything”, she said.
“Meghan was dressing up as if she was very virginal. She didn’t like it because she knew it wasn’t too true.”
Asked how we know the Queen was not approving of Meghan’s dress, Levin said “you could see it in her face”.
“She always expressed herself very clearly”, she added.
Angela Levin spoke to GB News
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Meghan Markle and Prince HarryPA“She didn’t like it. She also didn’t like it that the then Prince Charles walked her down the aisle. She thought that was completely unnecessary and wrong.
“She did not want it to be made as this proper royal wedding, I think.”
Meghan has previously claimed that the marriage formalities were completed days before the grandstand event as she did not want a “huge fuss”.
Levin said Meghan’s comments are bogus, and the great expense afforded is evidence of that.
“Of course she did want a huge fuss”, she said. “£31 million was spent on the wedding.”
According to Seward, the Queen laid bare her reservations about the dress to one of her closest confidantes, Lady Elizabeth Anson.
The late Queen reportedly felt uncomfortable at seeing a divorcee getting remarried in a church while wearing a traditionally white dress.