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Meghan Markle is a ‘narcissist’: ‘The monarch’s had plenty in her life’

Bombshell drops about what Meghan Markle was starting to become near Queen Elizabeth’s death

Published April 21, 2026
Meghan Markle is a ‘narcissist’: ‘The monarch’s had plenty in her life’
Meghan Markle is a ‘narcissist’: ‘The monarch’s had plenty in her life’

The Queen, late monarch of the United Kingdom and Great Britain had her mind made up about Meghan Markle, near the end of her life, and it involved a psychological assessment of her mental health to boot.

News of this detection that the Queen is said to have made pretty easily comes from commentator Robert Hardman.

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He’s penned Elizabeth II, and it’s in there that many of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s secrets have come to light.

His quote from the book reads, “The Queen had seen plenty of narcissists in her life.”

However that is not where he went into greater detail, that came about later in a chat with Newsweek's The Royal Report podcast.

There he said, “A lot of people around the queen thought the queen thought Megan was, by the end, showing narcissistic tendencies.”

She’s said to have remained tightlipped though because “the queen was famously good at concealing her true thoughts” even though her inner circle soon started seeing the same traits.

The Queen’s effects to give Meghan patronages that aligned with her work were also ‘just sort of torn up’ by the end despite being “initially embraced by the [Sussexes]”.

“It was at first baffling, then frustrating, and then ultimately, in the end, those around the queen felt that she felt she had been let down by both of them but certainly detected narcissistic behavior on the part of Meghan,” the insider admitted.

Still that is not to say Meghan’s behavior was chalked up to narcissism at the start, in fact it was only considered “after things had blown up”.

While explaining the Queen’s efforts to welcome Meghan into the fold Mr Hardman noted, “Early on she was actually delighted [with Meghan]. Don’t forget the queen was sort of bending all the rules to welcome Meghan into the fold. You used to not take your girlfriend or even then-fiancee to stay at royal events until you were married and all this sort of thing. Those sort of rules went out of the window.”

H. Anjum
H. Anjum is a News Editor at The News International (Digital) with over five years of newsroom experience. She is a media graduate specialising in British royal coverage, reporting on monarchies, traditions, and modern royal life. She also writes on fashion, movies and TV shows with contemporary relevance for a global audience.
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