When Prince Harry called his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, once during the Covid pandemic, there was reportedly a "stony silence," said to be a direct result of tensions in the Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth II felt "really upset" by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over plans for their royal wedding, according to the late monarch's cousin. Lady Elizabeth Anson wrote that the late queen was "not at all content" and noted an incident in which Harry was "rude to her for ten minutes."

Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith got details about Elizabeth and Harry’s alleged dynamic from the monarch’s cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson.