It was a searing quote for a searing week. “The problem is that Prince Harry is neither bright nor strong... and Meghan is both.” Scorchio. A blistering take on Megxit in 15 dust-dry words. They’re attributed to one of the late Queen’s lifelong confidantes, Lady Elizabeth Anson, who was close to Her Majesty for decades.

Speaking in 2018-19 to the widely respected royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith, Lady Anson (who died a year later) was deeply revealing about what Queen Elizabeth’s inner circle really thought of Harry and Meghan as a couple. “We hope, but don’t quite think, that (Meghan) is in love... we think she engineered it all.”

The Queen, she claimed, feared Harry was “besotted and weak” and was being manipulated by his then bride-to-be.

In another blunt conversation, Lady Anson said: “I don’t trust Meghan an inch... Meghan could turn into nothing but trouble.”

Neither the Palace nor the Sussexes have commented on the remarks, released this week on Sally’s Royal Extra feature on publishing platform Substack. But then, they don’t really need to, do they?