Kelly Rowland says Meghan Markle was 'royal before' marrying into 'that family'

27 October 2023 , 06:42

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Meghan Markle rubbed shoulders with Kelly Rowland at a gig in LA last month

American hitmaker Kelly Rowland has said that her new found friend Meghan Markle was "royal before" marrying Prince Harry and before "that family".

The Duchess of Sussex attended Beyoncé 's Renaissance World Tour in the summer. She rubbed shoulders with the likes of Destiny's Child star Kelly, with them both in attendance at the show that took place at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Kelly Rowland has recalled her meeting with Meghan Markle at a gig last month (WWD via Getty Images)

Meghan Markle attended a Beyoncé concert on September 4 (Getty Images)

Asked about her friend Meghan and their meeting at the show-stopping concert on September 4, 2023, Kelly has opened up about the former actress-turned-Duchess. And the former Destiny's Child star has even addressed Meghan's Royal status.

Speaking to Hello! Magazine, Kelly said of Meghan: "She was royal before she was in that family. I think that we are royalty before anything. And we have to hold ourselves in that regard as humans, as people."

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Meghan married into the British Royal Family in May 2018 after meeting her now-husband back in 2016. Getting engaged in 2017, their wedding then took place the following spring in Windsor.

The couple have since stepped down as senior working Royals, with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex even moving across the pond. Setting up new lives for themselves and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, the couple now rub shoulders with famous faces in the Montecito neighbourhood.

Elsewhere in the chat, Kelly noted how it was her first time meeting Meghan, with her even dubbing their run-in as "nice". She also shared details from meeting the Duchess since the gig, along with American actress Kerry Washington.

Meeting in Brooklyn, New York at a recent event - likely when Meghan was in the Big Apple with her husband Prince Harry for Mental Health Week - the trio of women bonded over their shared love of Kelly’s bandmate Beyoncé, as well as the fact that they are all mothers with two young children.

The Duke and Duchess were in Manhattan earlier this month for their Archewell Foundation's Parents’ Summit: Mental Wellness in a Digital Age. At the time, the couple were seen in the Big Apple with a seven-car convoy, seemingly trying to avoid another "near catastrophic" car chase.

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