Ryan Tubridy has revealed that he once met Meghan Markle, and described Prince Harry’s girlfriend as an “old friend”.
The 36-year-old actress has been at the centre of the media’s attentions since her royal romance was revealed last year – and recently admitted that she is “in love” with the Prince in an interview with Vanity Fair.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio One, Ryan recalled the time he met Meghan at the White House, admitting that it was “the biggest name drop you’ll hear from me all week.”
“He [Prince Harry] seems to have decided, I don’t need a society type, I just want somebody fun. Then I remembered, I met her. This is the biggest name drop you’ll hear from me all week.”
“There I was at the White House for the Patrick’s Day ceremony and I bump into Mr John Fitzpatrick who runs these great hotels in New York. He said this is my friend Meghan and he said, ‘do you know Meghan?'”
“She’s particularly pleasant. Great fun. We did photographs, we were all giddy because we were at the White House. There was a nice buzz in the air. It was glorious March sunshine and then fast forward a year and I see, there’s my old friend Meghan, as she is now, and will be forever more.
“The two boys, William and Harry, seem to have found women in their lives. They looked over their shoulders and thought, ‘well we don’t want to do that so lets do this.’ William’s wife is very William if that make sense and the rock and roll Harry is going for is very Harry. So in other words, they have found what they were looking for,” he said.
