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 once reportedly greeted a phone call from Prince Harry with a "stony silence" and the "uncomfortable" reaction was "memorable" according to one former Buckingham Palace staff member

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."