Queen Camilla sends personal letter to author who called Meghan Markle 'unmaternal'

Emily Griffin received a personal letter from the royal after the pair were introduced at a literary event earlier in the year.

Giffin, author of the 2005 New York Times bestselling novel, Something Borrowed, has revealed to her social media followers that she had received a personal letter from the Queen in July.

In an image of the note posted to the author's official Instagram account on August 28, Camilla thanked Giffin for sending her a copy of her new novel, writing that she would "much look forward to reading in the peace and quiet of Scotland".

The Queen told the author it was a "great pleasure to meet you" during her second annual Queen's Reading Room literary festival at Hampton Court Palace earlier in the summer, and that she hoped "our paths will cross again in the near future".

It is not known whether Camilla was aware of Giffin's past comments about her stepdaughter-in-law, Meghan, at the time of writing the letter.

GB News has approached Buckingham Palace and representatives for Meghan Markle and Emily Giffin for comment.

Giffin faced backlash in 2020 after uploading a series of critical posts to her Instagram account directed at Meghan, after the duchess marked the first birthday of her son, Prince Archie, by releasing a video of herself reading him a story.

The Save With Stories initiative released the video, a collaboration between Save The Children and No Kid Hungry set up during the Covid pandemic to support children's physical and educational needs during the nationwide school closures.

A text exchange Giffin posted to her Instagram stories in response to the video labelled Meghan "unmaternal" and "such a phoney."

In a separate post, she described the video of Archie as being "the [Meghan] show" and questioned why the duchess had not let Harry read on camera.

The posts earned swift backlash from fans of the royal couple who had stepped back from the monarchy just months earlier and relocated to the US.

Giffin issued a swift apology to Instagram, posting an old image of herself posing with cardboard cutouts of Harry and Meghan.

In the caption, she said she regularly posts in an "unfiltered way," and that she is "very interested in the British monarchy."

"To be clear, I absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family," she wrote.

"It seemed a wonderful, happy thing for everyone. I celebrated their wedding by hosting a gathering here at my home and posting many, many photos. Further, I was appalled by any signs of racism against her.

"Over recent months my feelings about BOTH Harry and Meghan changed. But I can say from the bottom of my heart that my criticism of Meghan has never had anything to do with her race.

"Further, I understood why she wanted to leave the monarchy and carve out her own path. I do, however, find fault with the way BOTH she and Harry handled things, and those feelings bled over in later posts, including the ones today.

"I can see how some of my posts may have felt mean-spirited and could be construed as having racial undertones. It was not my intent, but I understand that intent and impact are two very different things. And I am truly sorry for that negative impact."

At the time, Meghan did not publicly respond to Giffin's criticism or apology.