Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are now happily married after their spectacular royal wedding in May 2018. However, their relationship with Meghan’s father Thomas Markle Snr became strained just before their marriage, when he became embroiled in a series of staged paparazzi photos. Since then, Mr Markle has made a number of attacks on the royal couple in the media.
His latest barb came this month as he released scans of a personal letter from the Duchess, in a move that has reportedly worried the Queen.
“Royals” podcast, from Australian magazine New Idea, hears from royal experts Zoe Burrell and Angela Mollard.
Ms Mollard said: “The fact that there’s no immediate resolution in sight, I think, would be terribly worrying for the Queen.
“Her apparent comment on it is that it is ‘nightmare’.”
The Queen is said to be "worried" by Thomas Markle's barbs in the press (Image: Getty/ITV)
The comment was reported by well-respected royal correspondent Katie Nicholl, who wrote: "She told them both that the whole thing was becoming a nightmare and that they should try and sort things