Serena Williams refers to Meghan Markle as ‘friend’ despite reports of a rift

Serena Williams assured fans that her friendship with Meghan Markle is not in trouble despite royal author Tom Bower’s recent claims about a rift between the two, reported IB Times.

Bower claimed in his book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors, that Vanity Fair’s Sam Kushner reportedly asked Serena about her equation with Meghan, to which the tennis ace had said: “You've got to be who you are, Meghan. You can't hide.”

As per royal readers, the author had implied that Serena and Meghan weren’t as good friends as they had previously thought, however, these fears were put to rest in the tennis champ’s recent video for Vogue.

Looking at a picture of herself and husband Alexis Ohanian from Meghan’s 2018 royal wedding to Prince Harry, Serena said: “I love this image. This is at the royal wedding when my friend Meghan married Harry.”

Williams was just one of the celeb guests at Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding; also in the guest list were George Clooney and his wife Amal, as well as Meghan’s Suits costars like Patrick J. Adams.