Monday 19 September 2022 10:47 PM The Queen's funeral: Karl Stefanovic's one-word verdict on Meghan Markle's ... trends now

Today show host Karl Stefanovic couldn't resist taking a swipe at his least-favourite member of the Royal Family in the aftermath of the Queen's funeral on Monday.

He made the baseless suggestion that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wasn't actually crying when she was pictured wiping away a tear at the sombre service.

Stefanovic made clear his verdict on Meghan's public display of emotion with just one word - 'apparently' - and it didn't go unnoticed by his co-anchor Allison Langdon.

The moment occurred while Stefanovic and Langdon were speaking to royal photographer Chris Jackson outside Buckingham Palace at about 9:21pm local time, or 6:21am on Tuesday in eastern Australia.

Stefanovic noted how several photos from the funeral were open to interpretation, particularly in regard to whether certain members of the Royal Family were crying.

He implied that pictures of Meghan wiping away tears were perhaps misleading.

'There's been lots of photos around and interpretations of photos and reading into photos [meanings] that may or may not be true,' he said.

'There's a couple of Meghan, um, with a tear running down her face - apparently - and also even one of Princess Charlotte that everyone was saying she was crying, and we don't know if it was true or not.'

As Stefanovic cast doubt on Meghan's tearful display with the word 'apparently', Langdon smiled nervously then offered him a knowing look.

Meghan wept as she watched Queen Elizabeth II's coffin being carried out of Westminster Abbey in London on Monday after a remarkable funeral attended by the great and good from across the world. 

The Duchess of Sussex, 41, dabbed her cheek during the emotional moment as she stood beside Camilla, the Queen Consort, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

Earlier, Meghan walked into the abbey in a sombre procession behind the Queen's coffin. In front of her was Kate, the two eldest Cambridge children, and Prince Edward with Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.

Before the service, the duchess stood briefly beside Kate, George and Charlotte as she watched Elizabeth II's coffin being placed on the altar.

She and Harry then took their seats on the second row alongside Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.