Even before she met Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was a well-known admirer of London.
The Duchess of Sussex spent a lot of time in London before she fell in love with the monarch. She even left her luggage at the Soho House hotel in the heart of London rather than lugging it back and forth from her home in Canada.
Meghan Markle attended Wimbledon in 2016 while living in London, and in recently surfaced photos, the 42-year-old can be seen mingling with Cressida Bonas, Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend.
As Cressida passes by to get to her seat at the tennis match, Meghan can be seen sitting with friends in the pictures. In contrast to her later Wimbledon appearances, where she sat in the royal box with Princess Kate and Pippa Middleton, Meghan is surrounded by other spectators.
Serena Williams, Meghan’s close friend, won the championship that year, so it’s likely that Meghan attended the event to cheer her on. In July 2016, Meghan and Harry were still in the very beginning stages of their relationship, so it is unknown if she knew who Cressida was.
From 2012 to 2014, Cressida and Harry were allegedly introduced by Princess Eugenie. The Duke of Sussex spoke highly of Cressida and the influence she had on his life, but they ultimately broke up because she abhorred the spotlight. The two women may have already met because Cressida attended Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018.
According to reports, Meghan and Eugenie are also close, so maybe Harry’s cousin introduced the two?
In Spare, Harry wrote about his ex, sharing how their snowy vacations together had a significant impact on him.
After our previous skiing trip in Switzerland, where she had miraculously opened me up, Harry wrote, “Skiing was so sacred for us, so symbolic.
After a long day on the slopes and a good time at après-ski, it happened late one night. As I sat on the edge of the bath, Cress was washing her face and brushing her teeth while we had returned to my cousin’s chalet, where we were staying. As I recall, we were having a routine conversation when all of a sudden she inquired about my mother.
He stated, “I answered her, straight-out, and then started to cry,” before going on to say that he realised his relationship with Cressida was over while on another ski trip.
At some point during that ski trip, Harry reflected, “I’d realised that we weren’t a match.” How strange, I pondered. A revelation every time we go skiing.