Priyanka Chopra is all set to go Markle’s royal wedding and here are pics of her prep
While the entire world will have eyes set on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Saturday, desis back home will be rooting for someone else at the royal wedding.
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is in London and is ready to watch her friend walk down the aisle.
The actor reached London ahead of the royal wedding wearing a plaid pantsuit. Priyanka had earlier confessed that she was ‘stressed out about [wearing] a small hat’ but a visit to iconic British fascinator designer Philip Treacy put her mind to rest.
Ohhhh, now I get it !!’ the 35-year-old actor shared a photo as she is surrounded by fascinator designs. Her makeup artist Patrick Ta also reached London and shared an Instagram photo, giving us a broad hint that he will be creating Priyanka’s makeup look for Meghan Markle’s wedding, reports the Hindustan Times.
Priyanka will be one of the very few Indian faces present at the wedding and those who don’t know about her friendship with the to-be princess might be wondering about the connection. To clear all doubt, here’s a quick revision for you on how they met, what they have said about each other and more.
The Bollywood star and the American actor first met in January 2016 at Elle’s 6th Annual Women in TV Celebration. They met at the party which was also attended by Viola Davis, Olivia Wilde and more. The two hit it off instantly. ‘We bonded as actors. We just became friends, like two girls would,’ Priyanka told People magazine in 2017.
Meghan then interviewed Priyanka for her now-defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig. Soon, they became good friends and started hanging out regularly. They watched Hamilton together, enjoyed drinks by swimming pools in Malibu and clicked a lot of selfies. While a few pictures from this phase can still be found online on Priyanka’s Instagram, others were lost when Meghan’s Instagram profile was deactivated after she got engaged to Prince Harry in November 2017.
Before the engagement was announced and when Harry and Meghan were being spotted together by the paparazzi, even Priyanka started getting bombarded by curious questions about her friend and her prince. In May 2017, she was asked by Wendy Williams on her show about ‘Prince Harry’s girlfriend,’ Priyanka didn’t hesitate in correcting her: ‘Also, Meghan Markle: actress, Suits, her achievements,’ a gesture appreciated by both the actors’ fans.
The love, however, has not been one-sided. Meghan also talked about Priyanka with PTI in an interview. ‘I would love to work with her on a film one day! I told her specifically that my dream is to work with her on a Bollywood film, because I think it would be so much fun — she said I should do it,’ she had said.