The Queen’s funeral: Karl Stefanovic’s one-word verdict on Meghan Markle’s tearful appearance

At this time present host Karl Stefanovic could not resist taking a swipe at his least-favourite member of the Royal Household within the aftermath of the Queen’s funeral on Monday.

He made the baseless suggestion that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wasn’t truly crying when she was pictured wiping away tears on the sombre service.

Stefanovic made clear his verdict on Meghan’s public show of emotion with only one phrase – ‘apparently’ – and it did not go unnoticed by his co-anchor Allison Langdon.

The second occurred whereas Stefanovic and Langdon have been chatting with royal photographer Chris Jackson exterior Buckingham Palace at about 9:20pm native time, or 6:20am on Tuesday in jap Australia.

Stefanovic famous how a number of images from the funeral have been open to interpretation, notably in regard as to whether sure members of the Royal Household have been crying.

He implied that photos of Meghan wiping away tears have been maybe deceptive.

‘There’s been a number of images round and interpretations of images and studying into images [meanings] that will or is probably not true,’ he stated.

‘There’s a few Meghan, um, with a tear operating down her face – apparently – and in addition even one in all Princess Charlotte that everybody was saying she was crying, and we do not know if it was true or not.’

As Stefanovic forged doubt on Meghan’s tearful show with the phrase ‘apparently’, Langdon smiled nervously then supplied him a figuring out look.

Meghan wept as she watched Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin being carried out of Westminster Abbey in London on Monday after a exceptional funeral attended by the nice and good from internationally. 

The Duchess of Sussex, 41, dabbed her cheek throughout the emotional second as she stood beside Camilla, Queen Consort, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her youngsters Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

Earlier, Meghan walked into the abbey in a sombre procession behind the Queen’s coffin. In entrance of her was Catherine, the 2 eldest Cambridge youngsters, and Prince Edward with Sophie, Countess of Wessex.

Earlier than the service, the duchess stood briefly beside Kate, George and Charlotte as she watched Elizabeth II’s coffin being positioned on the altar.

She and Harry then took their seats on the second row alongside Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

On the entrance row alongside Charles and Camilla have been the Princess Royal and her husband Timothy Laurence; Prince Andrew; Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex; the Prince and Princess of Wales with George and Charlotte; Peter Phillips; and Zara and Mike Tindall.

Later, at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, Meghan and Harry have been directed to their seats by the Princess of Wales as she, William and Charlotte stood apart to guide them into their stall.

The Queen made her closing journey from Westminster Corridor to the church the place she married and was topped, as Britain mourned its longest-serving monarch and the royals stated goodbye to a beloved mom, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Her coffin was positioned near the altar along with her crown, orb and sceptre on its prime surrounded by flowers chosen by King Charles III from gardens she beloved.

A card within the flowers on prime of the coffin learn merely: ‘In loving and devoted reminiscence. Charles R.’

The Sussexes stay in California however have remained within the UK for the reason that Queen’s loss of life on September 8. They occurred to be within the nation for the WellChild awards when the information was introduced.

The couple are with out their youngsters Archie, three, and Lilibet, 15 months, who’re believed to have remained in California with Meghan’s mom Doria Ragland. 

Earlier than the service, the Duke of Sussex put apart his feud along with his brother Prince William to stroll alongside him behind the Queen’s coffin. 

Harry was carrying a civilian go well with somewhat than uniform as a result of now not being a senior royal.

The At this time hosts are not any followers of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who’re divisive figures within the Commonwealth as a result of their very public criticism of the Royal Household.

Only a day earlier than the Queen’s loss of life earlier this month, the pair referred to as out Meghan for utilizing a soundbite of Langdon talking in 2018 throughout an episode of her Archetypes podcast.

Within the context of the podcast, the American former actress used Langdon’s quote as proof of sexism within the media, accusing shops of claiming she was fortunate Prince Harry had ‘chosen her’ to be his spouse after they turned engaged in 2017.

Langdon’s precise quote, from an episode of 60 Minutes Australia, was: ‘The pleased couple has enchanted the world with their real-life fairytale.’

Talking on the At this time present on September 7, the journalist insisted she had by no means as soon as steered Meghan was ‘fortunate’ to have bagged herself a prince.

‘[I’m blowing] steam out my ears! What a part of that was saying, “Harry [chose you]… oh, my gosh,”‘ she scoffed.

Stefanovic was additionally livid, saying that the most recent episode of Archetypes ‘makes my head explode’.

‘No matter aspect of the fence Ally is on on this story, she will get smashed by Meghan,’ he added, rolling his eyes.

‘You inform me, in something I simply stated… was me saying she was fortunate due to Prince [Harry]!’ Langdon exclaimed.

‘All I do know is I had lots of mates who appreciated Meghan for a very long time, and none of them do anymore,’ she added.