Lizzie Cundy avoids awkward reunion with former friend Meghan Markle after ‘ghosting’ scandal

Lizzie Cundy and Meghan Markle were reportedly adjacent friends aft they began chatting astatine an lawsuit successful London backmost successful 2013, but the Duchess of Sussex dropped the erstwhile WAG erstwhile she met Prince Harry

Lizzie Cundy narrowly avoided an awkward reunion with her erstwhile person Meghan Markle astatine a caller foundation lawsuit successful the US.

The 56-year-old socialite struck up a friendship with the Duchess of Sussex backmost successful 2013, erstwhile they began chatting astatine a foundation lawsuit successful London. Lizzie claimed Meghan had asked her for details of “famous men” she could acceptable her up with, but the WAG admitted she was “ghosted” by Meghan erstwhile she met Prince Harry.

The women escaped a frosty reunion astatine the 2024 Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Gala connected Saturday, and Lizzie - who is successful Los Angeles moving connected respective projects - was astir near red-faced arsenic she was besides wearing a akin reddish formal to Meghan. However, the mother-of-two near the lawsuit aft the reddish carpet photocall, leaving Lizzie to hitch shoulders with A-list celebs specified arsenic Jamie Lee Curtis and Demi Lovato.

A root told The Sun that Lizzie was “relieved” Meghan near the lawsuit early, arsenic she was inactive “hurt” aft being brutally dropped by the royal erstwhile she met Harry. “It would person been incredibly awkward, fixed Lizzie didn’t adjacent get an invitation to the wedding,” the insider explained.

Lizzie has openly spoken astir her relationship with Meghan, and recalled hitting it disconnected with the erstwhile Suits prima astatine a foundation meal successful 2013. “We were having a girly chat and past she said, ‘Do you cognize immoderate celebrated guys? I’m azygous and I truly emotion English men.' So I said, ‘We’ll spell retired and find you someone,’” she shared, adding that conscionable 3 months earlier gathering Lizzie, Meghan had divorced her archetypal hubby Trevor Engelson.

In her autobiography, Tales From The Red Carpet, Lizzie revealed who she was readying connected mounting Meghan up with connected a date. “I was reasoning astir immoderate of the Chelsea batch and I thought of Ashley Cole arsenic he’d divided from Cheryl. I showed her a photograph of Ashley and she was like, ‘Oh yeah, he’s cute. Does helium person a reputation?’ I was like, ‘Well, yeah, but you’re lone present to person a spot of fun,’” Lizzie wrote.

The women met up the pursuing time astatine different gala successful London, and she said Meghan “liked a drink” and was large fun. “I retrieve her asking astir my boys. She was precise funny and asking tons of questions. Usually you find actresses conscionable speech astir themselves. She was truly fun, truly sweet. I liked her,” she confessed.

However, Lizzie was cruelly dumped by Meghan erstwhile she started dating Harry, and she recovered retired astir their narration online. “I texted saying, ‘Oh my god, I heard astir Harry.' And she was like, ‘Yeah I know. We’ll effort and hook up,’” Lizzie recalled, arsenic she sadly added that Meghan past chopped each ties with her. “She was astir apt told by the Palace to extremity interaction with radical she befriended successful the media. I was virtually ghosted by her,” she shared.

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