For those who are not already aware, Williams first met Markle met at a charity football game in 2014, and the duo have remained in touch ever since.

Indeed, in a Q&A with Williams posted to Meghan’s (now closed) lifestyle website The Tig, the royal dished on their friendship, saying: “We hit it off immediately, 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.

“So began our friendship […] and she quickly became a confidante I would text when I was travelling, the friend I would rally around for her tennis matches, and the down-to-earth chick I was able to grab lunch with just a couple weeks ago in Toronto.”

Meghan added: “We are both the same age, have a penchant for hot sauces, and adore fashion, but what connects us more than those things is perhaps our belief in exceeding expectations – our endless ambition.”

All hail the power of female friendship, eh?

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