“And the one thing you don’t do with the Queen is put words in her mouth.
“She’s always been extremely… she was always very clear about you know ‘I did this but I didn’t do that’.”
He recounted one tale that demonstrated what a keen eye for small details Queen Elizabeth had, revealing she changed one word in a speech so it was more sincere.
Mr Hardman said: “I always remember once, I’d been told that she’d been handed a speech and it began ‘I’m very glad to be back in Birmingham’ and she crossed out the word ‘very’ because she said ‘I’m glad to be back’ but she thought it smacked of insincerity.
“Her words were very careful. So when Harry and Meghan’s lawyers were effectively dragooning the Palace into supporting their version of events it was like ‘no’.”
The expert also revealed his thoughts on a possible reconciliation between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and King Charles saying that “the door is always open.” But he feels that a reunion between Prince Harry and Prince William is harder.
Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly very upset over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to name their daughter Lilibet and reportedly voiced her feelings to royal aides.
Lilibet was a nickname that stuck from her childhood after she could never pronounce her own name and was fondly used by her father and then Prince Philip.
Meanwhile there’s been health drama for frontline royals this week – with King Charles needing treatment for an enlarged prostate and Princess Kate recovering from abdominal surgery.
