Meghan Markle and Hillary Clinton Secretly Spent the
Afternoon Together at Frogmore Cottage
Joelle Goldstein ,People Fri, Nov 15 12:07 AM CST
Meghan
Markle had a special guest drop by her Windsor home this week.
On Tuesday, Hillary
Clinton paid a visit to Frogmore Cottage and met Meghan, 38,
for the very first time after being secretly invited to the London residence by
the Duchess of Sussex, The Daily Mail reports.
A source confirmed to the outlet
that the women shared a hug before spending the afternoon together, where they
hit it off and even discussed a letter Meghan wrote to Clinton when she was 11
demanding to remove a “sexist” dishwasher soap advertisement.
“Both women have a lot of admiration
for each other and it was a very sweet, warm meeting,” the source said. “They
are mutual fangirls!”
Prince
Harry and the royal couple’s seven-month-old son Archie also
joined the ladies, with Clinton, 72, reportedly getting in some cuddles with
the infant, while she chatted about her own grandson, Jasper, who made his arrival in July.
News of their meeting comes a few
days after Clinton raved about Meghan while discussing the relentless attacks she’s been receiving from the British
tabloids on BBC Radio 5 Live.
“Oh my God, I want to hug her!” Clinton told host Emma
Barnett on Tuesday. “I feel as a mother I just want to put my arms around her.
I want to tell her to hang in there, don’t let those bad guys get you down.
Keep going, do what you think is right.”
The 2016 Presidential candidate —
who is on a publicity tour for The Book of Gutsy Women, co-authored by
daughter Chelsea, 39 — added that Meghan should be given a
break because all she’s done is fall in love and look to raise a family.
“She has made her own way in the
world,” Clinton told the BBC. “Then she falls in love, and he falls in love
with her, and everybody should be celebrating that because it is a true love
story. You can just look at them and see that.”
Clinton added, “You know, it’s not
easy. And there are some techniques that can be learned along the way, some
humor, some deflection, whatever, which I’m sure she will come to. But it is
tough what she is going through. And I think she deserves a lot better.”
Having been in the spotlight for
decades, Clinton knows better than most what it’s like to have every aspect of
your personal life raked over in public.
In Meghan’s case, the grandmother of
three said she believes the criticism has been driven by a combination of sexism
and racism, which she called “heartbreaking and wrong.”
“It takes some getting used to
having your every move scrutinized and analyzed and, frankly, things made up
about,” Clinton said. “I really wish her and her husband the very best because
they are struggling to have a life of meaning and integrity in their own terms
— and that’s hard enough if you’re just walking around in today’s world, but if
you’re on that big a platform it’s really difficult.”
Clinton added: “You know, people
don’t choose who they fall in love with — they fall in love. And she is an
amazing young woman. She has an incredible life story. She has stood up for
herself.”
The former Secretary of State
also echoed her sentiments in an interview with The Sunday
Times last month, noting that “the way she’s been treated [by
the British media] is inexplicable.”
“If the explanation is that she’s
biracial, then shame on everybody,” she added, noting that she personally
believed the Duchess of Sussex’s race is “certainly part of it.”