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Meghan Markle’s ex BFF claims fame changed her – and that she was always ‘fascinated’ by the Royal Family

Ninaki Priddy was Meghan's childhood best friend

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Meghan Markle’s childhood best friend Ninaki Priddy has claimed that fame change the actress, and that she has always been ‘fascinated’ by the Royal Family.

Meghan and Ninaki first met when they were just two years old at Hollywood’s private Little Red School House, before they went to the Immaculate Heart girls’ high school at the age of 11.

Ninaki, who was Meghan’s maid of honour at her first wedding to ex-husband Trevor Nelson, has claimed that they were like sisters – but the pals fell out after Meghan and Trevor split.

“The way she handled it, Trevor definitely had the rug pulled out from under him. He was hurt,” she told the Daily Mail.

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“…After the wedding, it was like a light switched off. There’s Meghan before fame and Meghan after fame. After three seasons of Suits, she called me to say the marriage was over.

“Maybe she had started to change before then, but I was refusing to see it. The tone of her voice, her mannerisms, the way she laughed didn’t seem real to me any more,” she added.

Meghan’s former BFF also claimed that Meghan always wanted to be famous.

“She just loved to be the centre of attention… We used to imagine her receiving an Oscar. She used to practise announcing herself.”

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Although the Suits star said in a recent interview with the BBC that she knew very little of the Royal Family before meeting Prince Harry, Ninaki has claimed otherwise.

“I think it’s a very fanciful dream to believe that you just walk into a Prince Charming. I know the Royal Family was something she found fascinating,” she alleged.

“She had one of Princess Diana’s books [Diana: Her True Story] on her bookshelf, and even when she was with Trevor she told me she wanted to go and stay in London for at least a month.”

“I wasn’t shocked or even surprised to hear about Prince Harry. I know she used to love The Princess Diaries — films about a commoner who becomes part of a Royal Family. She was very taken with that idea,” she added.

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