King Charles Feels 'Betrayed' By Meghan Markle's 'Hurtful' Words In Interviews: Royal Expert

King Charles III may have been hurt by some of Meghan Markle's opinions about royal life, according to a royal biographer.

Journalist and royal expert Christopher Andersen said in an interview with Us Weekly Wednesday that he believes the royal family pays "attention" to the interviews Markle and Prince Harry have been giving since quitting royal duties and moving to California in 2020.

According to the "Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan" author, Markle's comments about Queen Elizabeth II's death in her recent interview with Variety likely put a damper on King Charles' accession to the throne.

"I think — as far as the Charles is concerned, specifically — you know, he feels betrayed," Andersen told the outlet, pointing out that the King "walked Meghan up the last half of the aisle" at her May 2018 wedding in place of her own father, Thomas Markle. "I mean, he really was very fond of her. And I think he's somewhat bewildered."

In her interview with Variety, where she appeared on the cover as one of the honorees of the 2022 class of Variety's Power of Women for her philanthropic and creative works, Markle Quee Queen Elizabeth's death as a "complicated time" for her and her husband.

"There's been such an outpouring of love and support. I'm really grateful that I was able to be with my husband to support him, especially during that time," Markle told the magazine. "I feel deep gratitude to have been able to spend time with her and get to know her. It's been a complicated time, but my husband, ever the optimist, said, 'Now she's reunited with her husband, [Prince Philip].'"

Andersen said that he believes Queen Elizabeth "was used to handling this kind of" behavior from the Sussexes but that King Charles is still finding his footing.

"I don't think it threw her as much as it has thrown Charles, and understandably so, because this is his son and the daughter-in-law who ... [have] said some pretty hurtful things," the royal expert told Us Weekly.

Just days before Queen Elizabeth passed away on Sept. 8, Markle claimed in an interview with The Cut that Prince Harry "lost" his father after they decided to step back from royal duties.

Her comments allegedly caused further tension between the Sussexes and the royal family. When Queen Elizabeth's health deteriorated on Sept. 8, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex initially announced that they were flying to Scotland together to be by the monarch's side, but Prince Harry later arrived alone at Balmoral.

"Tensions were so high and there was no way Meghan could have gone to Balmoral," an unnamed "highly-placed" palace source told Page Six at the time.

Prince Harry, for his part, has spoken about his tense relationship with his father King Charles and brother Prince William in interviews.

During the couple's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, he claimed that King Charles cut them off financially and stopped picking up his phone calls after he informed his father of his decision to step back from public duties.

Prince Harry is expected to share more in his upcoming memoir, "Spare," which will hit bookstores on Jan. 10, 2023.