Meghan Markle‘s friend — and holiday card photographer! — is coming to the royal’s defense.
Janina Gavankar, who recently appeared onThe Morning ShowalongsideJennifer AnistonandReese Witherspoon,took the pictureof the royal family’s first holiday card as a family of three and slammed the report this week via Twitter.
“So proud to have taken the Christmas photo for one of my best friends and her family. Here’s the original that was sent out,” the actress, 39, wrote with the black and white shot, sent to family and friends electronically to reduce waste.
Gavankar then added: “…and to The Mail, I see your campaign against my friend continues. Nice photoshop of my non-photoshopped image. Now may we all get back to the spirit of Christmas and not the spirit of maliciousness.”
Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, announced in October that they weretaking legal actionagainst the publisher of theMail on Sundayfor printing a “private and confidential” letter to her father, Thomas Markle, 75, at a “time of great personal anguish and distress.”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend Remembrance Day ceremony in 2019.
Gavankar and Meghan have been friends since before theSuitsactress became a royal, and Gavankar also shared several photos from the royal nuptials,captioning one photo, “Right before we watched our friends combine their hearts, forever.”
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Meghan Markle; Janina Gavankar.Chris Jackson/Getty Images; Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic
While members of the royal family joinedQueen Elizabethat Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England for Christmas, Meghan, Harry and Archie opted to spend “private family time” in Canada this year.
Last week, Canada’s Prime MinisterJustin Trudeauwelcomed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the commonwealth country.
“Prince Harry, Meghan, and Archie, we’re all wishing you a quiet and blessed stay in Canada. You’re among friends, and always welcome here,” Trudeautweeted.
source: people.com
