Queen Elizabeth II reportedly struggled with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's exit from The Firm. According to royal biographer Hugo Vickers, the years before Her Majesty's September 2022 death were filled with anxiety due to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex leaving and then publicly bashing the monarchy. "What I find unforgivable is the stress that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle put on the queen in the last years of her life," the writer told Fox News Digital. Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II attend the Young Leaders Awards Ceremony in 2018.