We spent all of last week eagerly awaiting Prince Harry and Meghan Markleโs Buckingham Palace balcony moment at Trooping the Colour and while we didnโt get an iconic fairytale kiss, we did get a wonderful moment between Meghan and Kate Middleton. The sisters-in-law were snapped grinning at each other amidst the fanfare and weโre totally here for this friendship.
The duchesses both joined their other halves on the terrace for the traditional Trooping the Colour flyby, when jet planes streaming with coloured smoke zip past the Queenโs royal residence. While they posed and looked serene for the inevitable photo opp, they also took a couple of moments to chat warmly with one another and weโd die to be a fly on the wall for that conversation.

Kate and Meghanโs friendship seems to be a sweet one, as itโs said that Kate actually helped introduced Meghan to her favourite fashion brands based locally. Meghan also repaid the gesture in kind by allegedly giving Kate an actual friendship bracelet at her own wedding to Prince Harry. It was a gold Zofia Day bracelet โ they go hard in the Royal Family evidently.
Trooping the Colour was one of Meghanโs first public outings with the entire royal family and she looked every bit the part. While her off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress drew some criticism for breaking royal protocol, clearly nobody on the balcony seemed to mind as she joked around with Prince Charles, Prince William and Camilla.

A royal photographer previously said that snapping a photo of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle alone was impossible because theyโre inseparable and constantly making eyes at each other. While theyโve mostly reined it in, we did catch one sweet moment between the newlyweds. Harry, who stayed glued to his wifeโs side the whole time, made Meghan lose her regal composure with some wisecrack โ forcing her to turn away from the cameras as she burst into giggles.
Trooping the Colour was the gift that kept on giving year, as the young Phillips sisters both stole the show. Savannah, Islaโs older sister, took it upon herself to keep her cousin Prince George in line and scolded him with a stern finger. When the unruly royal didnโt listen to her, she then put her hand over his mouth to shut him up while her sister Isla was in stitches the whole time.

Itโs great to see that Meghanโs being welcomed into the quintessential British family with open arms, as we can imagine itโs an incredibly daunting prospect. However with her massive CV of humanitarian and Hollywood work as well as Harry by her side, we bet sheโll do just fine.
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