When is Meghan Markle at Wimbledon TODAY? What time is she watching Serena Williams? | Royal | News (Details)

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Meghan Markle has arrived at Wimbledon to watch her close friend Serena Williams play at the singles final on Saturday.

The Duchess of Sussex seemed at ease, albeit a little nervous, as she appeared alongside the Duchess of Cambridge for their first outing together without their husbands.

The appearance comes exactly two months after the tennis star took a front-row seat at Meghan¹s wedding to the Duke of Sussex in Windsor.

Meghan and Kate will cheer on Williams in the Royal Box as she goes head-to-head against Germany¹s Angelique Kerber in a bid to win an eighth singles title.

Williams hailed her ³wonderful² friendship with Meghan after her semi-final win on Thursday, July 12 and said she was looking forward to her attending.

She said: “We’ve always had a wonderful friendship. Every year for a couple years she comes out to Wimbledon, has supported me.

“Now she¹s supporting me in a different role. But our friendship is still exactly the same. We always have supported each other, just been there for each other through a lot. I look forward to it.”

What time is she watching friend Serena Williams?

The women¹s singles finals is scheduled to start at 2pm on Saturday, July 14 on Centre Court.

However the players will have to wait until the conclusion of the semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic before they can start playing.

The pair only started their semi-final at 8pm on Friday night as they had to wait until the end of Kevin Anderson and John Isner’s semi-final, which was the longest in Wimbledon history.

Nadal and Djokovic resumed play at 1pm on Saturday. Kate and Meghan will meet former Wimbledon Ladies Champions before the final starts and chat with ball girls sea boys to learn more about what it is like to participate in the iconic tournament.

The Duchess of Sussex has attended Wimbledon before, back in 2016, she appeared in the Royal Box when she was dating Prince Harry.

Meghan waved warmly to the crowds, wearing wide-legged cream trousers with a blue and white Ralph Lauren shirt.

The newlywed who tied the knot with Prince Harry in May carried a white wide-brimmed hat with black ribbon.

Kate was wearing a Jenny Packman dress with nude suede heels and a matching handbag.

How did Meghan and Serena become friends?

Meghan first met the tennis ace at the 2010 Super Bowl in Miami where they immediately hit it off and were pictured at the same event in 2014.

How did Meghan and Serena become friends?

Williams opened up about their friendship in Vanity Fair, saying: “Her personality just shines.”

In her former blog The Tig, Meghan wrote about Serena: “We hit if off immediately.

“Taking pictures, laughing through the flag football game we were both playing in, and chatting not about tennis or acting, but about all the good old fashioned girly stuff.”

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