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Meghan Markle’s friend Janina Gavankar watched Oprah Winfrey interview with her

Meghan Markle’s shut friend Janina Gavankar revealed immediately that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have emails and textual content messages about her bombshell claims.

The actress additionally stated she spoke to the pair frequently and they’d now be specializing in ‘humanitarian and environmental work’ following their Oprah Winfrey interview.

Gavankar informed how she watched the interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex which aired on CBS on Sunday, including: ‘I do not converse for them, I converse for myself.’ 

In her interview with Winfrey, Meghan stated she had been suicidal whereas within the royal household however claimed she acquired no assist after talking about her struggling.

The Duchess and Prince Harry additionally alleged {that a} fellow unnamed royal had been anxious about how darkish their son Archie’s pores and skin tone is likely to be earlier than he was born. 

Buckingham Palace stated final evening that the problems raised, particularly over race, have been ‘regarding’ and could be addressed by the Queen and her household privately. 

Janina Gavankar spoke to presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning

Gavanker, 40, who has been mates with Meghan for 17 years, informed ITV’s This Morning immediately: ‘After studying this quick assertion that got here out from Buckingham Palace immediately, I felt two issues.

‘One facet, I believed: I’m so grateful that they’re lastly acknowledging the expertise.

‘But on the opposite facet, I’m properly conscious that the household and the workers have been properly conscious of the extent of it, and although their recollections could fluctuate, ours do not, as a result of we lived by means of it with them. There are many emails and texts to help that.’

Gavankar – who lives in Los Angeles, attended the 2018 Royal Wedding and took the couple’s 2019 Christmas card picture – dismissed allegations of bullying after quite a few claims have been made in opposition to Meghan.

‘I’ve recognized her for 17 years and I’ve seen the best way she regards the folks round her and the folks she works with, and I can say she shouldn’t be a bully,’ the actress stated. 

Janina Gavankar is pictured with Meghan Markle, whom she has been friends with for 17 years

Janina Gavankar is pictured with Meghan Markle, whom she has been mates with for 17 years

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to Oprah Winfrey in the interview shown on Sunday

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to Oprah Winfrey within the interview proven on Sunday

‘But I may also say that I’m personally glad persons are doing their due diligence as a result of I additionally know why somebody needed to depart, and it was for gross misconduct.

Who is Janina Gavankar and what are her hyperlinks to Meghan Markle?

Janina Gavankar is an American actress who has recognized the Duchess of Sussex for 17 years and took {a photograph} of the couple with Archie for his or her 2019 Christmas card.

She appeared within the 2020 basketball movie The Way Back with Ben Affleck and can be recognized for her function in Apple TV’s drama The Morning Show with Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston. 

She performed a lesbian in a single season of drama The L Word, a shapeshifter in fantasy horror collection True Blood and a safety agent on supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow. 

Her movie roles additionally embody 2014 rom-com Think Like A Man Too, starring Kevin Hart and Regina Hall.

As properly as her appearing career, Gavankar can be a musician and was a part of an all-female singing group referred to as Endera.

Gavankar can be a fan of video video games and has lent her voice to Far Cry 4 and Star Wars Battlefront II.

In her Twitter bio she describes herself as an ‘actor. musician. geek.’

She attended Meghan and Harry’s wedding ceremony in May 2018 and stated she didn’t announce her invite earlier than being pictured arriving at Windsor Castle. 

‘The reality will come out, there are many emails and texts about that.’ 

It follows Buckingham Palace’s assertion issued final evening, saying that the problems raised in Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview, particularly over race, have been ‘regarding’ and could be addressed by the Queen and her household privately.

The Royal Family stated it was taking ‘very severely’ the couple’s stunning allegation {that a} member of the household – not the Queen or Duke of Edinburgh – raised issues about how darkish their son Archie’s pores and skin tone is likely to be earlier than he was born.

On This Morning, Gavankar was additionally requested by presenter Phillip Schofield if she had spoken to Meghan about coming onto the present.  

She replied: ‘Oh sure, completely, I speak to them of on a regular basis, we watched the particular collectively, really. We’re all comfortable that we’re in a brand new period, we get to inform the reality.’

Gavankar added: Things are totally different now. But I’ll say I do not converse for them, I converse for myself.’

The actress, who’s finest recognized for her roles in Ben Affleck film The Way Back and Apple TV’s The Morning Show, added of the Sussexes: ‘I believe they’re feeling free. 

‘It is good to see them be happy. Now they will get again to what they actually have been centered on and the way they actually met and fell in love, that was by means of humanitarian and environmental work, they’ve Archewell.

‘They have been doing that type of work method earlier than they met one another and now they will do it collectively. It is definitely a very good time.’

Meanwhile it was reported immediately that the Duchess of Sussex formally complained to ITV about Piers Morgan earlier than the Good Morning Britain co-host give up.

Morgan left the breakfast present after an on-air row with a colleague who criticised him for ‘persevering with to trash’ the duchess, after earlier this week saying he ‘did not consider a phrase’ of Meghan’s Oprah interview.