While speculation continues as to whether Kate Middleton will be at Wimbledon handing out trophies, look back to 2019. That year, the now-Princess of Wales sat courtside at the famed tennis tournament alongside her sister, Pippa Middleton, and Meghan Markle . According to a body language expert, where the Duchess of Sussex sat signaled she was “very much part of the family.
” Meghan sat in a ‘Middleton ‘sandwich’’ at Wimbledon in 2019 Almost six months to the day before she and Harry announced they were leaving royal life, Meghan joined Kate, patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which hosts the annual tournament, and her sister, Pippa, courtside. The three sat in the royal box at Center Court in London, England. There they watched Meghan’s friend, the now-retired Serena Williams, face off against Simona Halep in the final match.
(Halep defeated Williams.) Examining footage from the appearance, body language expert Judi James noticed how Meghan sat in between Kate and Pippa, describing it as a “Middleton ‘sandwich’” to The Sun ‘s Fabulous. At the time, rumors were already swirling about a potential feud between Meghan and Kate.
The two had gone to Wimbledon together in 2018. In the days leading up to their Wimbledon appearance, the two were seen with their children—minus 3-year-old Princess Lilibet, who was born in 2021—watching Prince Harry and Prince William’s polo match. Sitting between Pippa and Kate Middleton made Meghan loo.
