{"id":143642,"date":"2018-07-14T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=143642"},"modified":"2018-07-15T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T09:31:02","slug":"pics-meghan-markle-kate-middleton-arrive-wimbledon-cheer-serena-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/gallery\/pics-meghan-markle-kate-middleton-arrive-wimbledon-cheer-serena-williams-143642","title":{"rendered":"PICS: Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton arrive at Wimbledon to cheer on Serena Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have arrived at\u00a0Wimbledon ahead of Serena Williams showdown against\u00a0Angelique Kerber.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchesses will be cheering on Serena Williams, who is a close friend of Meghan&#8217;s and even attended her wedding in May.<\/p>\n<p>Having nearly died less than a year ago in labour, Serena didn&#8217;t expect to make it this far in the competition, and is the first mother to do so in 38 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137158\" src=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39.png 1198w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-1024x867.png 1024w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-768x650.png 768w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-150x127.png 150w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-696x589.png 696w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-31-at-15.00.39-1068x904.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141687\" style=\"width: 1702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141687\" src=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1702\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13.png 1702w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-768x619.png 768w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-1536x1238.png 1536w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-150x121.png 150w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-696x561.png 696w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-20.02.13-1068x861.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">INSTAGRAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meghan made sure to arrive in time to support her longtime friend as she made such a massive achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a striped blue and white shirt, she sat in the stands\u00a0with Kate Middleton and waited to cheer Williams on.<\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon marks Kate and Meghan&#8217;s first official public appearance without their husbands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Duchess of Cambridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wimbledon<\/a> Patron, and The Duchess of Sussex are at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wimbledon<\/a> for the Ladies&#8217; Singles final today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83K2lKqmiL\">pic.twitter.com\/83K2lKqmiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1018113417050316800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Enjoying the match together on centre court wasn&#8217;t the only duty the ladies had to see to this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Cambridge also greeted many of the staff involved in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their Royal Highnesses met ball boys and girls, wheelchair competitors and junior players prior to the start of play #Wimbledon&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Their Royal Highnesses met ball boys and girls, wheelchair competitors and junior players prior to the start of play <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wimbledon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhA15srJCQ\">pic.twitter.com\/xhA15srJCQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1018113977149214720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Kensington Palace informed the public that Kate serves as a patron to the famous tennis competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Duchess of Cambridge, @Wimbledon Patron, and The Duchess of Sussex will attend the Ladies&#8217; Singles Final on Saturday 14th July #Wimbledon&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She will attend again tomorrow with William for the men&#8217;s singles final.<\/p>\n<p>Kensington Palace said,&#8221;On Sunday 15th July, The Duchess of Cambridge along with The Duke of Cambridge will attend the @Wimbledon Gentlemen&#8217;s Singles Final #Wimbledon&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Duchess of Cambridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wimbledon<\/a> Patron, and The Duchess of Sussex will attend the Ladies&#8217; Singles Final on Saturday 14th July <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1017441505085214720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena made it to the final despite nearly dying in labour ten months ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":135762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[26,4154],"tags":[2589,1134,1410,2709],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-23-at-11.16.24.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}