Philip’s apprehensions about his soon-to-be granddaughter-in-law are recounted in royal expert Ingrid Seward’s early 2024 book, My Mother and I. “One of the few wary of succumbing to her charm offensive, however, was Prince Philip,” Seward wrote. “While the Queen continued to champion Harry’s new love, he warned his wife to be cautious. It was uncanny, he told her, how much Meghan reminded him of the Duchess of Windsor.”She continued: “He wasn’t simply referring to the fact that both were pencil-slim, dark-haired and glamorous American divorcees. There was a wealth of subtext in his barbed remark.”Seward further observed how the late Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9, 2021, 1.5 years before Elizabeth II, “detected her apparent similarity to Wallis, he referred to her as DoW (short for Duchess of Windsor).”
