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Kate, Meghan Appear Together, Blowing Rift Speculations


Sun 14 Jul 2019 | 02:05 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle just appeared in public sitting next to each other, following months of speculations on rift between the duchesses, that even extended to their husbands, brothers Princes William and Harry.

Kate and Meghan settled in to the Royal Box in Wimbledon's Centre Court to watch Simona Halep crowned Wimbledon Champion, after she took down Serena Williams in two quick sets.

The royal pair are big tennis fans - and the Duchess of Sussex is a close friend of the Serena.

New mum Meghan sat flanked by the Middleton sisters, with Pippa on her left, and the Duchess of Cambridge on her right, where the three women looked in high spirits as the final began.

British 'Mirror' quoted Author and body language expert Judi James saying he believes the Duchesses' positioning at the tennis shows any rumoured 'rift' is fading.

[caption id="attachment_65155" align="aligncenter" width="392"] The Royal Pair during the final match[/caption]

"There are echoes of their first Wimbledon together in their body language here, back when there were no rumours about rifts between Kate and Meghan, suggesting that if there has been any coldness, things could just be back on a stronger footing again," she said.

James explained that Meghan’s trait of raising both her cupped hands towards her face as she talks to Kate is a cute, quasi-infantile ritual that implies a desire to show you’re chatting to a best friend and sharing your message behind a partial cut-off.  "Kate is also making an effort here, leaning across to create head-closeness and paying lots of eye-attention to Meghan as they chat," James noted.