Queen Elizabeth Dealt With Tabloids Drastically Different From Meghan Markle, Prince Harry

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got surprisingly candid about their life thus far in "Harry & Meghan: An African Journey." However, if it were up to Queen Elizabeth, things would have gone a lot differently.

"The queen has always said, 'Never wear private grief on a public sleeve.' She is very much duty first because she's looking at the institution of monarchy, not the individual players," royal commentator Victoria Arbiter told Entertainment Tonight on Monday.

"While I do think she will be sympathetic to what Harry and Megan are going through, I think she would like to offer support from behind the scenes, without airing too much for public appetite," she added.

Although the 93-year-old monarch would have had a different approach to dealing with the media than the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, there is no denying that the tabloids' focus on Meghan and Harry has been intense.

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"I think the queen will agree that the tabloid coverage has been undeniably cruel. There's been harassment, there's been sexist, racist, xenophobic-type coverage, so I think the queen is very aware of that but she's also coming at this from 67 years of juggling the media," Arbiter shared. "The media and the royals, they need each other, so again, it's very, very difficult. How do you combat this negative constant criticism while also maintaining a good relationship?"

One would think that the Queen of England would have some major pull over the British tabloids, but apparently not. Arbiter recalled a time when Queen Elizabeth actually did try to intervene when the same tactics were being used against Harry's mother, Princess Diana.

"Many years ago, while Diana was struggling with something similar, the queen pulled all the newspaper editors into Buckingham Palace. She asked them to lay off," she revealed. "She said, 'Please just give it a break.' They said, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.' A week later, they are taking pictures of Diana on the beach wearing a bikini, so the queen's hands, to a degree, are tied -- but they are trying to offer support behind palace walls."

Queen Elizabeth was worried about Meghan's similarities to Diana when she married into the family. At the time, it was reported that she was "starting to worry over 'Harry’s troublesome behavior' under the influence of his 'opinionated wife,' Meghan Markle."