Meghan Markle & Serena Williams
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She claimed to have been contemplating suicide during her time as a working royal and complained of a lack of protection for her and her son while being part of the royal institution. In December 2021, three senior appeal judges upheld the judgement of the High Court against ANL, prompting Meghan to call for reform of the tabloid industry. In the same month, ANL's The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline published a front-page statement on Boxing Day acknowledging Meghan's victory, adding that there had been an agreement on "financial remedies". In addition to covering a portion of Meghan's legal costs, the outlet agreed to pay her £1 in damages for invading her privacy and a confidential sum for infringing her copyright. They were also banned from naming Meghan's friends, who had spoken to People magazine about the letter in 2018.
I kind of think the Beckhams leaked the story about the Sussexes being invited to Brooklyn’s wedding, but that whole wedding drama was chaos from start to finish, so who even knows . That’s a pretty harmless leak, if that was even what happened. Anyway, this just serves as a reminder that the British media is desperate for sources close to the Sussexes and the Beckhams too.
The couple's six-part documentary series premiered on the streaming platform last December, while Harry's own Heart of Invictus' documentary is due to hit screens next month. "Prince Harry and Meghan's 'secret wedding' an exchange of vows and not legal ceremony". Sources within both the Church of England and those working for the Sussexes moved to clarify that the vows presided over by the Most Rev Justin Welby in the garden did not constitute a legal marriage. Instead, the "marriage" was merely a personal and private exchange of vows between the couple.
Captured by the cameras court-side during Williams’ final match against Canada’s Bianca Andreescu on Saturday in New York City, fans immediately started rooting for the display of friendship between the royal and the tennis monarch. Tennis royalty Serena Williams supported her close friend Meghan Markle after the Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down fora shocking, tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey about the royal family. Tennis GOAT Serena Williams supported her close friend Meghan Markle after the Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down for a shocking, tell-all interview with Oprah about the royal family. We all looked on as Meghan spoke candidly about contemplating suicide, shared experiences of racism from with the royal family, and relayed that it had actually been Kate Middleton that made her cry. She had pleaded with “the institution” to get help for her mental health and check into a facility, only to be told that it wouldn’t be good for optics.
Fortune magazine estimated that she was paid $50,000 per episode, amounting to an equivalent annual salary of $450,000. She identifies as mixed race, often answering questions about her background with "My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white." Her parents separated when she was two years old and divorced four years later. Thomas Markle Sr. worked as a director Generational wealth of photography and lighting for General Hospital and Married... With Children, and Meghan occasionally visited the set of Married... She has been estranged from her father and paternal half-siblings, Samantha Markle and Thomas Markle Jr. While the future remains uncertain for the couple, Meghan seems determined to make her mark in Hollywood, with her sights set on bigger opportunities.
However, whatever friendship the Beckhams and Sussexes did have seems to have dwindled. Meghan and Harry were not guests at the wedding of the Beckhams’ son Brooklyn to US heiress Nicola Peltz in April last year. According to reports the pair weren’t even invited, but Prince William was. Neither of the Sussexes were present at one of the biggest celebrity events of the year last weekend, when Lionel Messi made his debut for David’s Inter Miami soccer team. Kim Kardashian, tennis legend Serena Williams and a host of other big names partied in the VIP boxes.
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To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. But Prince Harry wasn’t far from the mind of Duchess Meghan as she sat courtside for the tennis tournament. The proud wife and mom showed off a Mini Mini necklace with the letters ‘H’ and what’s believed to be an ‘M’ (not an ‘A’). Getty ImagesTo complete her casual daytime ensemble, Meghan added a Juliette collarless sweater blazer also by J.Crew.
The sports icon told PEOPLE that Meghan hasn't changed one bit — despite juggling her busy role as a duchess, while being pregnant for the first time with their son Archie Harrison. Williams later reminisced about preparing for the the big day during an interview with Vogue, breaking down her royal look. She revealed she had several stylists braiding her hair and the process took "all night." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "We hit it off immediately," Meghan wrote on her former lifestyle blog The Tig. "Taking pictures, laughing through the flag football game we were both playing in, and chatting ... Not about tennis or acting, but about all the good old fashioned girly stuff."
In a newly resurfaced video being shared online, retired tennis pro Serena Williams, 41, is seen performing a curtsy for Queen Elizabeth when the monarch visited the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in London. Meghan described being asked to curtsy to the queen by Prince Harry ahead of her first introduction to Elizabeth in 2017 in the couple's Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, which debuted in December. Prince Harry also made an appearance on his wife’s first podcast episode, just before her interview began. Meghan and Ms. Williams can be heard saying hello to Harry in British accents. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, formed an audio-first production company with her husband, Prince Harry, with an eye to making podcasts.
Her first guest on the podcast, which debuted on Tuesday and is called “Archetypes,” was the tennis superstar Serena Williams, who recently announced her retirement from the sport in a splashy Vogue cover story. In the first episode of her new Spotify podcast, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, explored feminism and the double standards faced by women, and she recounted her young son’s brush with danger while on an official tour in South Africa. The duo also noted that they always have a great time when they hang out, in part because they're always in stitches. "And I love that you are someone who always laughs at my jokes. Either we’re the only two people in the world who find each other funny or we're genuinely funny. But I mean, most of our time chatting is just laughing." "We became such fast friends," Meghan said of Williams during the inaugural episode of her "Archetypes" podcast in August 2022. Following Meghan's emotional March 2021 interview on CBS, the Olympic gold medalist championed her friend's strength.