Serena Williams was seen enjoying a glass of champagne while supporting Meghan Markle at a charity polo match.
The Grand Slam champion was seen at the event in Miami on Friday, laughing and gossiping with the Duchess on the sidelines of the Sentebale Polo Cup.
The 42-year-old wore a stunning white skirt and black top combo as she hugged Prince Harry, having become closer to the couple since they started dating.
The long-awaited match is held each year in aid of Sentebale, the charity Harry co-founded in 2006 which supports young people and children living in southern Africa.
The Grand Slam champion was seen at the event in Miami on Friday, laughing and gossiping with the Duchess on the sidelines of the Sentebale Polo Cup.
The 42-year-old wore a stunning white skirt and black top combo as she hugged Prince Harry, having become close with the couple since they started dating.
Meghan Markle and Serena Williams (pictured in 2014) met at a Super Bowl party in 2010 and eventually became close friends.
The Duke captained the Royal Salute Sentebale team against the Grand Champions, led by his good friend the Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras.
Meghan Markle and Serena Williams met at a Super Bowl party in 2010 and eventually became close friends.
The Duchess of Sussex and the American tennis champion chatted on the royals’ first-ever Archetypes podcast on Spotify about the double standards women face when they are labeled “ambitious.”
Serena, who has since retired from tennis, explained during the first episode of the series that she is “super loyal, to a fault” after being “friends for so long” with the duchess.
They claimed they had their first ‘real meeting’ in 2014 at the DirecTV Beach Bowl, although they crossed paths briefly in 2010 at the SuperBowl.
Meghan, who was starring in Suits at the time, wrote on her now-defunct blog The Tig: “We hit it off immediately, taking photos, laughing during the football game we were playing and chatting not about tennis or acting but about everything.” ‘old-fashioned feminine things.’ That’s how our friendship began.’
According to Mark Hodgkinson in Serena: A Graphic Biography of Tennis’s Greatest Champion, the friendship between the women evolved quickly through frequent phone calls and text messages.
Titled ‘The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams’, the Duchess of Sussex spoke to the tennis star on the podcast
The Duchess of Sussex, 41, and the American tennis champion (pictured with husband Alexis Ohanian at Meghan’s wedding to Prince Harry), 40, chat in the royal’s first-ever Archetypes podcast, launched today on Spotify, about the double standards women face. when they are called ‘ambitious’
Williams attended Markle’s baby shower in New York City in February 2019, a few months before she gave birth to her son Archie with her husband, Prince Harry.
After becoming Prince Harry’s girlfriend and then a duchess, Markle leaned on Serena for advice on how to handle the paparazzi and international media.
Serena advised him to “stop being so nice,” according to the author.
And when Meghan found out she was pregnant shortly after Serena’s little one was born, Serena offered her parenting advice.
Last year, Williams revealed: “We’ve known each other for a long time, but we’ve been relying on each other a lot lately.”
He added that watching Meghan marry Prince Harry in May 2018 was particularly special.
Serena was one of the first people to defend Meghan following backlash following her explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.
In a statement on Twitter after the interview aired, Williams described her as a “selfless friend” who “teaches me every day what it means to be truly noble.”
“His words illustrate the pain and cruelty he has experienced,” Williams wrote.
‘I know firsthand the sexism and racism that institutions and the media use to vilify women and people of color to minimize us, tear us down, and demonize us. We must recognize our obligation to report malicious and unfounded gossip and sensational journalism.
‘The mental health consequences of systemic oppression and victimization are devastating, isolating and, all too often, lethal.
‘I want Meghan’s daughter, my daughter and yours to live in a society driven by respect.
‘Keep in your memory the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.’
