Former Made In Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh has claimed she felt "snubbed" by pal Meghan Markle after she started dating Prince Harry. The reality star says she became friends with Meghan, 41, eight years ago and when she moved to London she even gave her a "little black book" of contacts, writes The Mirror.
The pair "hung out" several times but Millie says things changed between the pair when Meghan went public with Harry. Millie said: "She didn't know anyone so I gave her the best places to get your nails done, basically my little black book. I gave her all my contacts."
Millie said that the pals bonded over their marital troubles, as at the time, Millie was married to Professor Green and Meghan had previously split from her first husband Trevor Engelson.
On her Mumlemmas podcast, she added: "When we first met I was married, going through a bit of a turbulent time, and I got divorced, and she was divorced so we had quite a lot to talk about. We hung out a handful of times, we weren't best friends, but whenever she was in town she'd let me know and we would just hang out."
Millie said that the last time they saw each other was on a trip to the Cotswolds. She added: "What I thought was going to be a day of yoga ended up being rosé and margaritas in the pool. It was a really fun afternoon, there were pictures taken of us riding around on the bikes. That was the last time I saw her."
Whilst they were away, Millie says Meghan briefly mentioned she was dating Harry. Weeks later, rumours of their relationship began and Millie decided to message Meghan.
She said: "I messaged her and said 'hey I hope you're OK, thinking of you,' and she sent me this really abrupt message, that was really unlike any of our communication before.
Millie didn't reveal what the message she received said but added that she didn't question Meghan about her relationship with Harry.
She added: "It's not like I messaged her asking if it was true, that was none of my business. What I read from that message was that she needed a bit of space, to cool off. I didn't message her again, but I did expect that we would stay in touch.
"I thought she'd message back and say, 'Sorry everything is a bit stressful right now'.I never heard from her again. I felt like she'd basically told me to f**k off in that message. So I did. And we haven't spoken since."
Millie thought that perhaps Meghan "couldn't be associated" with her as she was dating Harry.
"My take on it is that, this is my instinct as why it happened at the time, she thought right I'm gonna be royal now, I don't need Millie in my life. I was on a reality show at the time, she thought 'I can't be associated with Made In Chelsea, I'm gonna be royal'."
Meghan Markle's representatives have been contacted for comment.
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