Inside Meghan’s friendship with Malala – and why they met up at Claridge’s

It makes for an unbeatable photo-op, doesn’t it? Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, out for a bougie afternoon tea at Claridge’s with Nobel Peace Prize-winning education activist Malala Yousafzai.

The two women were unwittingly snapped by another diner, with a video shared to TikTok of the group toasting glasses of Champagne in the foreground while the two extremely famous faces appear deep in conversation on a velvet-padded booth behind, alongside the words: “POV: Claridge’s decided to seat Meghan Markle and Malala in front of you.”