Keeping up with the Duchess! Meghan Markle’s close friend Janina Gavankar reveals the ‘amazing’ royal ‘hasn’t changed’ and still uses FaceTime ‘no matter where she is’ to maintain friendships
- Janina Gavankar, 39, has opened up on friendship with Meghan Markle, 38
- Actress said they ‘live on FaceTime’ with one another ‘no matter where we are’
- Said little had changed in 16 year friendship with the Duchess of Sussex
- The American called the Duchess ‘amazing’ and said she ‘always has been’
- Janina is a close friend of Meghan’s and took the Sussexes’ Christmas card photo
Meghan Markle’s close friend Janina Gavankar has opened up about her bond with the Duchess, as she revealed they often FaceTime one another to maintain their long-distance friendship.
The star of The Morning Show and True Blood, 39, is good friends with Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, and took the photograph for the couple’s Christmas card this year.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Janina opened up about her relationship with the royal, whom she has known for 16 years.
The actress said despite Meghan’s life as a royal, nothing about their friendship had changed, explaining: ‘We met 16 years ago, and we’ve just been apart since, so our friendship lives on FaceTime, no matter where we are.’
Meghan Markle’s, 38, close friend Janina Gavankar, 39, has revealed how her friendship with the royal ‘lives on FaceTime’ after saying their relationship hasn’t changed in the past 16 years (pictured, the Duchess with Janina)
American actress Janina was asked by her friend Meghan to take the image for the couple’s Christmas card this year.
The photograph showed her and husband Prince Harry with their seven-month-old son Archie in the foreground.
When asked if she would take anymore photographs of baby Archie, the actress jokingly hinted that if she didn’t, ‘somebody else will’.
Janina also insisted that said the royal had ‘always’ been ‘amazing’ and maintained that ‘nothing has changed’ in their friendship over the last 16 years.
The American actress has opened up about her long-standing friendship with the Duchess of Sussex (pictured, Janina at a film premiere in Los Angeles earlier this week)
Janina described Meghan as ‘one of her best friends’ when she released the original photograph from the holiday card in December last year.
She has been friends with Meghan for 16 years, and attended the 2018 Royal Wedding and said she did not announce her invite before being pictured arriving at Windsor Castle.
Speaking in May 2018, she also said she hoped the couple would get ‘as much privacy as possible’.
She added: ‘As much as the world will allow them, I hope for more. Truly.’
Janina’s comments come as Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan return to the UK ahead of their final engagements as senior royals next week
Janina’s latest comments come as Prince Harry and Meghan return to the UK for their final royal engagements before stepping back from life as senior royals.
The couple are set to join the Queen, Prince William and Kate Middleton for a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey next week.
It will be the first time the Duke and Duchess have appeared with the royal family since their bombshell ‘Megxit’ announcement in January, and their last as senior royals.
Harry and Meghan – who are staying at their residence of Frogmore Cottage while in Britain, with the Duchess expected to arrive later this week – caused a royal crisis when they announced they wanted to step back into a dual role, supporting the Queen and earning their own money.