Meghan Markle’s niece: Duchess’ relationship with Ashleigh Hale as she opens up in new doc

During the highly anticipated release of the Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary,Prince Harry andMeghan Markle have given viewers a glimpse at their lives away from the spotlight,covering everything from their journey as new parents to their candlelit engagement.

And as part of the so-far three episode series, 41 year old Meghan has also shone a light on some of her valued relationships, including her very special bond with her niece Ashleigh Hale.

As the daughter of Meghan’shalf-sister Samantha Markle, Ashleigh has a prominent role in the documentary and can be seen talking to the camera about her upbringing.

Speaking about her childhood, Ashleigh explained how she was brought up by her grandparents from around the age of two, though later reconnected with her estranged mother, Samantha.

After Meghan heard about the pair’s reunion, she asked her father for Ashleigh’s email address and the pair began writing, calling and texting each other.

“We just hit it off,” said Meghan who met first met Ashley while she was starring on Suits and suggested that they both go on holiday together.

As a result, the pair headed to New Orleans on what Ashleigh called a “really special” trip for just the two of them.

And explaining their bond, Ashleigh revealed that Meghan was more than a “best friend” to her. She said: “I think she takes on a lot of roles for me, there's like a sister element, there's something maternal, she's a best friend, she's kind of all the things.”

Meanwhile Meghan added: “I think we both craved the same thing. I wanted a sister, and she was like a little sister.”

But despite their closeness, Meghan explained that Ashleigh was unable to attend her royal wedding back in 2018 after she claims she was given “guidance” to not invite her niece to her big day.

Speaking of the incident, Meghan said: “How do we explain that this half-sister isn’t invited to the wedding, but that the half-sister’s daughter is?”

“And so with Ashleigh, the guidance at the time was to not have her come to our wedding. I was in the car with H. I had her on speaker phone and we talked her through what guidance we were being given and why this assessment was made and that’s painful.”

Elsewhere in the documentary,Meghan and Harry opened up about the surprising way that they met each other, with Harry revealing that he first saw the former actress while scrolling on Instagram.

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