Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch in history.
Throughout her extensive royal career, there have been many speculations around hidden
and sometimes not-so-hidden clashes she's had with family members and celebrities alike.
Here are some famous people the queen allegedly can't stand.
Maybe Mick Jagger can impress most of the ladies, but not Queen Elizabeth.
As reported in The Telegraph, he did excite Princess Margaret though, according to Jagger's
biographer, Christopher Andersen.
She was so fascinated with the rock star she built a villa next to him on the magical island
Mustique, where they reportedly indulged in a lot of partying.
However, the queen was apparently not happy about Margaret's untamed behavior, fearing
scandals or just general moral corruption.
As stated by Anderson in the Daily Mail, with Jagger calling the queen "chief witch," their
relationship was bound to become sour eventually.
The queen did not participate at Jagger's controversial knighting ceremony, due to her
knee surgery.
And apparently, she preferred it that way.
As Anderson told The Telegraph, the monarch allegedly told hospital staff,
"I would much rather be here than at Buckingham Palace knighting at a certain party."
While the queen has had reasonably warm relations with several United States presidents, Donald
Trump is not one of them.
This is perhaps not that surprising due to the fact that Trump managed to breach royal
protocol on several occasions on his visit in 2018.
Although the rumors about him being late for his meeting with the queen turned out to be
false, he turned his back on and walked ahead of the queen during their stroll past the
family and officials, reportedly creating a storm of British disapproval.
Whether this protocol breach was intended or just a consequence of his excitement about
meeting the queen, no one knows.
While Trump was reportedly excited about his relationship with Queen Elizabeth II, her
majesty might not have equally shared the fascination.
During Trump's United Kingdom visit in 2018, the queen wore a brooch she got as a present
from the Obamas.
Since it is known she likes to communicate through her jewelry and fashion accessories,
one can only guess what her message was.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly made his first mistake during his very first audience
with Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
Breaking protocol, he told everyone she stated that she does not understand why anyone would
want to be prime minister.
He was consequently told off by palace staff.
Johnson was an outspoken proponent of Brexit, using it as part of his election platform
and his victory speech.
However, there was previous speculation that the queen had subtly expressed her own opinion
on Brexit, making it clear that she was not in favor of leaving the European Union.
Politico reported that Johnson later threw the queen into quite an unpleasant position
by demanding Parliament be shut down for weeks, preventing a veto on a no-deal Brexit.
Many started to speculate whether the queen could save the country and intervene with
the process herself, expecting her to take a stand.
However, the queen stuck to her policy of not getting involved and granted the prime
minister his request as is tradition, disappointing many.
On another occasion, Johnson allegedly insisted he would have his live bi-weekly meeting with
the queen during the pandemic as well, saying, per CNN,
"I'm going to see the Queen [...] that's what I do every Wednesday.
Sod this.
I'm going to go and see her."
Downing Street staff denied such accusations, and Johnson ultimately postponed his visit.
The complicated relationship between the infamous Iron Lady and the queen was depicted many
times on screens and on paper.
The Netflix series The Crown emphasizes the respect the two women developed through the
years, despite the numerous disputes, both personal and official, that they shared.
In fact, Thatcher and the queen were born only six months apart.
Even if they had conflicting views on how to handle Great Britain, they did share some
fundamental similarities, such as gender and age, which is rare in an environment so specific.
According to The Sunday Times, things got very complicated in 1986, when Thatcher refused
to impose economic sanctions on South Africa, opposing other commonwealth members and the
institution itself, which didn't sit well with the queen.
According to the publication, the queen felt Thatcher was destroying everything that was
important to her, including their home country.
However, the queen appears to have softened years later.
After the Iron Lady was pushed out of Parliament by her own cabinet, the queen invited her
to a horse race event to show some support.
Thatcher refused the invitation, but according to The Independent, she felt flattered.
In 2015, Chinese president Xi Jinping's U.K. trip did not quite go as planned.
According to CNN, the queen's complaints were actually caught on camera by a member of her
staff.
She made a remark to a Metropolitan police officer that she found the Chinese officials
quite rude, especially during their talk with British ambassador Barbara Woodward.
Whether the observation was based on personal or cultural differences, it is hard to say.
"They were very rude to the ambassador."
Former British diplomat Kerry Brown told the BBC that it was "striking" the queen still
found it tough dealing with the Chinese, despite her decades of experience, saying,
"In terms of the atmospherics between diplomats in China and the UK, it's not an easy relationship
and that comes through in the freight of emotion that was in her comments."
But, the royal family has never really had a close relationship with the Chinese government.
Following a "golden era," the relationship between the two nations has reportedly worsened
over the years.
Dislike between Queen Elizabeth II and the charming Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was allegedly
reciprocal, with both ladies being suspicious towards each other.
The traditional queen did not appreciate the glamorous American, with her theatrical style
and command of the media.
Problems started in 1961, when the Kennedy couple visited Buckingham Palace and allegedly
made some harsh comments about the appearance of the palace and the queen herself.
Onassis found the queen's attire modest and not in line with the latest fashion, while,
to her, the palace seemed outdated.
According to The Telegraph, Cecil Beaton, well known British photographer and designer,
reported in his diaries that Onassis stated she was simply unimpressed.
But the conflict was stirred before the two women even met, according to Readers Digest.
They disputed over the guest list at the protocol dinner.
Onassis wanted to bring her sister, divorcee Princess Lee Radziwill, which did not sit
well with the queen, who opposed any kind of separation between married couples.
Radziwill did attend the dinner at the end, but in retaliation, the queen reportedly withheld
invitations for Princess Margaret and Princess Marina, both of whom Onassis was eager to
meet.
According to Readers Digest, Onassis felt uncomfortable through the dinner, and reportedly
said,
"I think the Queen resented me.
Philip was nice, but nervous.
One felt absolutely no relationship between them."
Regardless of the fact that the queen has had the opportunity to meet almost anyone
who matters during her extensive career, it seems she saves the most poisonous spikes
for the people close to her.
It is no secret how Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall, came into the
royal family.
Initially, Bowles was not a good match for Prince Charles on paper, and the love affair
had to be terminated.
That did not stop Camilla or Charles from keeping their close connection, even while
they were both married to other people.
"Mrs. Parker Bowles is a great friend of mine.
I have a large number of friends I'm terribly lucky to have."
Their love survived, and in 2005, they finally got married.
However, the queen and Prince Phillip did not attend the civil wedding ceremony, although
they did attend a blessing and the reception after it.
Biographer Tom Bower, author of the book "Rebel Prince," claimed in his book on the royal
family that the queen never approved Camilla from the start.
According to Bower, the queen even reportedly called Camilla a "wicked woman" on one occasion,
and stated that she didn't not want to do anything with her.
Obviously, Camilla and Charles appear to be happily married now, but their relationship
has been anything but smooth sailing.
As the complete opposite of Camilla Parker Bowles, Diana Spencer seemed like the perfect
wife for Prince Charles at first.
But no one could have predicted how different she actually was from the rest of the royal
family.
Her emotional and sincere reactions allegedly puzzled the queen, and there were just too
many things the monarch reportedly did not approve of.
One of the things Princess Diana did differently was how she raised her two sons.
Unlike other mothers in the British royal family, she wanted to spend as much time as
she could with the children, which confused the queen and apparently broke royal protocol.
Andrew Morton, a royal biographer, said he observed the queen commenting at one point,
"I don't understand why Diana has to do this.
There are millions of housemaids around."
According to Good Housekeeping, Diana's choice to be involved in the publication of a biography,
"Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words," in 1992, written by Morton, aggravated the
queen a lot.
Revealing too much of one's personal life is never an option for a royal, especially
if you're talking about a flawed marriage or an imperfect relationship with a member
of the royal family.
"Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
There was just too much drama during Diana and Charles' breakup for the queen to curb
her disapproval.
Tragically, Princess Diana died in a car accident in 1997, a year after the divorce was finalized.
According to royal expert and author Ingrid Seward, the first comment the queen allegedly
made after hearing about Diana's death was,
"Someone must have greased the brakes."
Of course, she publicly stated,
"She was an exceptional and gifted human being."
By now one can justifiably ask whether the queen likes any of her daughters-in-law at
all.
While Kate Middleton manages to stay in the queen's good books, this is not true for Meghan
Markle, an American divorcee and actress who, according to the press, seems to have brought
turmoil to the royal family.
According to the queen's strict standards, Markle doesn't tick every box.
For instance, she was married before, her celebrity status added even more fodder to
the British tabloids, and her liberal views are seemingly at odds with the royal establishment's
more hands-off approach.
The fact that Harry and Meghan formally stepped down from their royal roles implies that their
relationship with the rest of the family is fractured at best.
In addition to an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey that caused strife within the
family, the latest faux-pas that Meghan and Harry apparently caused was naming their new
baby Lilibet.
There are conflicting reports on whether the couple asked for the queen's permission to
use her special nickname as a name for their daughter.
The queen's resentment towards her daughter-in-law Sarah Ferguson started in the '90s, just before
the divorce between Ferguson and Prince Andrew.
According to Good Housekeeping, the marriage itself was bound to fail, but with Prince
Andrew reportedly being the queen's favorite son, Ferguson stood no chance.
And when Fergie was photographed on holiday having her toes sucked by her lover, her time
in the royal family seemed all but over.
And, that's not all.
Ferguson was later caught trying to sell access to her former husband to an undercover News
of the World reporter, which cost her an invite to the royal wedding of Prince William and
Kate Middleton.
As she told Town and Country,
"It was always that Diana was portrayed as the saint and I was portrayed as the sinner.
Bad Fergie sold an awful lot of papers."
The queen's refusal to follow the Scottish initiative to cut carbon emissions shows a
blatant ignorance towards climate change issues.
According to The Guardian, she lobbied in secret to achieve exemption from the rules
for her land and estates, which is not a small portion of Scotland, with the queen being
one of the major landowners in the country.
The lobbying took place through a measure called Queen's Consent, which enables the
queen to familiarize herself with the proposed legislation before it is confirmed.
The Queen's Consent has been in practice in numerous cases through the years, revealing
her majesty's reluctance to play by the same rules as the general public, per The Guardian.
But her rejection of the green bill is a step further, a special form of hypocrisy, displaying
a worrying disregard for not only her own grandchildren, but also the future of all
humanity.
Check out one of our newest videos right here!
Plus, even more Grunge videos about the royal family are coming soon.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one.