Did Priyanka Chopra ‘snub’ Duchess Kate at the Wimbledon women’s final?

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It’s curious, to me, to see how little media coverage there is of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this week. William clearly screwed up at the Euro final and acted like a big baby, plus he was called out on his hypocrisy over racism. But usually when there’s that kind of f–k up, the British tabloids will create some new storyline, with the help of Kensington Palace. I mean, where’s a new button-covered project for Kate? Why isn’t she stopping by the Keen Linchpin Research Centre for Buttons and Early Years? Did Will & Kate already f–k off to Norfolk? I bet they did.

So, we’re left to make our own stories, which is why people are now obsessed with the idea that Priyanka Chopra “snubbed” William and Kate at Wimbledon last weekend. Priyanka went to Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018. Pri and Meghan are friends, or they’re friendly enough. I always kind of thought that Priyanka might have oversold their friendship, but whatever, they know each other and they like each other. So Priyanka apparently did not clap for Will & Kate as they sat down in the Royal Box for the women’s final. Pri was two rows back, also in the Royal Box.

What’s funny is that Martina Navratilova didn’t clap for them or really acknowledge them either! But Martina did talk to them throughout the match, and Martina has talked about meeting Kate many times, and how it’s good for tennis to have such a high-profile royal tennis fan. As for Priyanka… I mean, yes, I think she was doing that on purpose. I think she started fussing with her scarf as soon as she knew that the Cambridges were about to be seated. I was watching the match too, and what was kind of funny was how little energy there was towards Will & Kate, in general. What made the Priyanka thing even funnier is that she really was just two rows back from Kate and they did not acknowledge each other AT ALL.

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Ladies' Singles Final at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships

Priyanka Chopra seen arriving at Wimbledon to watch the women's final

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  1. Merricat says:

    Why would any person of color or citizen of the world NOT snub the demonstrated racist ffk and ffqc?

    • Elizabeth Regina says:

      Thou art wise as though art beautiful Merricat. I stan a LOYAL friend.

      • Louise177 says:

        This is such a non-story. The video clearly shows that almost nobody in the first three rows were clapping. It’s just another really lame attempt to attack the Sussex’s.

      • Becks1 says:

        I just watched the video and while I think Priyanka definitely was deliberately avoiding clapping, it seems that most in the box were doing the same. To me that is the story – not that Priyanka snubbed them, but that most of the people in the royal box snubbed them.

      • Krista says:

        @louise

        No one is clapping because I don’t think your suppose to?! I think they got so little clapping because they aren’t suppose to be clapped as they enter and probably a few people didn’t know that but those in the box obviously are aware of protocol/expectations.

    • MMadison says:

      Yes and this story reads bad for those who are not familiar with the RF. Most Americans would be besides themselves to read that William/Kate expect everyone to stop and applaud them for just entering the building. I for one cheered her on. I’m not sure if it was purposely done or not but it was most entertaining. William/Kate you get NO RESPECT!

      • Feeshalori says:

        Ah, shades of the Bafta awards where W&K walked to their seats in dead silence.

      • Tigerlily says:

        Mmadison. Canadian here and I was wondering why TF they would get applause while taking their seats. I just don’t get worshiping people due to an accident of birth

      • Hannah says:

        Hi there Feelshalori and Tigerlilly, I thought it worth mentioning as someone who has attended the BAFTAS that the reason there is no clapping for the royals when they enter is because they are not the main focus, the people are not there to applaud or celebrate them, the evening is about the nominees. They get the applause and ovations. So in our crazy, messed up British way, this is how we silently acknowledge that, yes, there is royalty, but they don’t get applause because they are not the the focus of the event. They just happen to walk in last. * We’re actually told before hand not to cheer for the royals or even stand for them – which makes sense to me as a lot of nominees are not British so WTH should they stand for these 2 just because they’re ‘royalty’

      • Becks1 says:

        @Hannah that makes sense as a threshold matter but there definitely has been clapping when the Cambridges enter before. That was why the silence in 2020 was so notable (And everyone was standing for them.)

    • Layla says:

      Is this the match where she stupidly asked Ash Barry about the time in Australia even though you learn in PRIMARY SCHOOL the basic geography of time differences and almost everyone knows the Australian time is 8-11 hours ahead of British GMT? And the match where Tweedledum and Tweedledim irritated Australians with their lack of enthusiasm towards Barry’s amazing performance and win?

      • ElleV says:

        lol i grew up in australia and I certainly don’t know the time difference between there and the rest of the world – of all the things to criticize this is hilariously specific

      • Becks1 says:

        @ElleV I just think its getting criticized because it seems an odd thing to ask someone who just won Wimbledon.

      • Seraphina says:

        I also think that as a FFQC she should know the empire’s timezones. But we always ask way too much from Kate of Chutney.

      • swirlmamad says:

        Even if it’s something you’re not sure about, asking this question of a newly-minted Wimbledon winner — of all the questions/comments in the world you could ask or make — is stupid as hell. Period.

      • Maria says:

        Seriously, it’s not the question but the fact that as diplomats and international representatives of the monarchy this is the best they could come up with, to a person who just won?? Pathetic.

      • Calibration says:

        I’m sure not sticking up for dumb and dumber but time differences, if it’s not your every day thing, are tricky. especially given daylight saving, and different parts of the world. I know the times between me and most of Asia, me and east /west /mountain time US but not 100% on Europe so I get it. It’s a super dumb thing to say but not the actual question. How many people know those time differences

      • iconoclast59 says:

        Do W&K carry smartphones? I’ve read that QEII and Charles carry very little on them, but I don’t know if that extends to the younger royals. My point is, you can easily look up world time on your smartphone. My iPhone has a world clock and I have several different cities’ time at my fingertips.

      • Ghost says:

        Lol – Her name is Barty. In the midst of your frantic diatribe about how disrespectful and ignorant they are .. maybe take a look in the mirror

    • Seraphina says:

      @Merricat, yes, I agree! I kinda wrote the same down below before I saw your comment – well said.

  2. Maria says:

    Apparently a bunch of Cambridge stans were attacking Priyanka for this on Twitter and got shut down right quick, lol.

    • Pao says:

      They met the priyanka stans and boyyyyyy. I don’t think they were ready😂

      • Maria says:

        LOL I wish I had screenshots!

      • Sofia says:

        Oh god I need to see this! If anyone has any tweets then send them my way. Priyanka has some dedicated stans so I’m sure it was funny to witness

      • Nomegusta says:

        Priyanka stans were giving me Barbs/Beyhive energy. They were ruthless and I was here for it, 😆

      • Becks1 says:

        I never knew the Priyanka stans were so “present” on twitter!! It was hilarious!

  3. Neners says:

    Honestly, more people should blank these two. On their best day, they never rise beyond mediocre. All the genuflecting is cringey.

    • Elizabeth Regina says:

      They got scarfed by Priyanka and ignored by almost everyone on the second row. Their fans were rejoicing in 2018 when Dullard blanked Meghan. Payback is a bad bih.

      • equality says:

        That’s funny. I thought about the Christmas scarf incident when I read this also.

      • Shirleygail says:

        YES thank you! This is what I’ve been thinking: “Two can play the scarf game, Willie. You mess w/my girl Meghan, you mess with a whole lot of people who are fond of her. Therefore, I must adjust my scarf…”

      • swirlmamad says:

        If she “snubbed” them the same way William snubbed Meghan back at that Christmas walk, I LOVE TO SEE IT.

      • anotherlily says:

        That’s what I thought too. Several others ignored the Cambridges, including Lulu, but Priyanka scarfed them. It was beautifully done.

      • Lorelei says:

        I am very much enjoying how “scarfed” is now a verb on here 😂

      • BeanieBean says:

        ‘Scarfed’. Love it! Definitely will figure out a way to incorporate this into my speech.

    • Becks1 says:

      Jon McEnroe said that apparently in a new memoir – that the royals should bow down to the tennis players, not the other way around.

      • Elizabeth Regina says:

        I don’t care for the man but on this occasion he is right.

      • BeanieBean says:

        That’s just what I was thinking, clap for the players not the royals. And players acknowledge the applause! not K & TOB.

  4. Miss Margo says:

    Kate is not aging well…

    • Elizabeth Regina says:

      Unhappiness, bitterness, and being a mean girl affects your body on a cellular level. It’s now being taught that trauma can rewrite one’s DNA.

    • Psyren says:

      I was thinking that too. She looks sick in that pic of her applauding. She’s lost a lot of weight.

    • Harper says:

      I usually don’t comment on Kate’s face, so maybe I’ll twist this comment around to say that Martina Navratilova looks fabulous for her age. She’s 64 and comparing her and Kate in that first picture you would not suspect there is a 25 year age difference.

      • Nyro says:

        If Kate didn’t have a face full of boots and fillers, she’d look like she could have gone to high school with Martina.

  5. Southern Fried says:

    I saw unimpressed people nearby them not applauding or paying them any attention, not just Pri. Lazy Kate and Willy will never get the same attention as the two who have dedicated themselves to service and work hard at it.

    • taris says:

      right … a bunch of people, even those who were in the row right behind them, didn’t clap.

      priyanka definitely snubbed w+k, though.
      in the video, you can hear the applause out of nowhere such that anyone there would have wondered who had entered the scene … and yet, pri totally didn’t even look their way.
      i loved it.

    • Scal says:

      Right? Like half that people in the seats by them weren’t clapping. It’s not pri was the only one.

      • BothSidesNow says:

        Right! A majority of those seated around them didn’t clap. I don’t know why they are targeting Pri, as if she was the only one not clapping.

  6. Seraphina says:

    Fist off, those shoes…..I need to zoom in on them and see what they are all about.
    Second, at first it seemed to me that Chopra’s outfit was a it too heavy (weather wise) for the outing, compared to Kate’s short sleeved dress. But everyone else was in long sleeve and a woman seated behind them was all bundled up. Is it cool or warm where this match was held.
    I know I have focused on the wrong things here but I have also retired to the fact that Wills and Kate will forever be enabled, forever be lauded for doing the bare minimum and they will live their posh entitled lives even though both don’t deserve it.

    • Lili says:

      i had the same thoughts as well . Those shoes look amazing. i did wonder if you would have been hot, but ladies in India do wear layered clothing so i thing she would have been alright. but those shoes , i love them

    • gilda says:

      It was a bit nippy, sadly summer has lasted two weeks this year. Must’ve been around 15°C, Kate was no doubt kept warm by Bald Bill’s incandescent, hot lava, toxic white man rage.

    • antipodean says:

      @Seraphina, you are right, Priyanka’s shoes are a vision. Unfortunately her outfit is giving me Miss Haversham vibes…very odd choice for such a gorgeous woman…there’s so MUCH fabric.

    • SarahCS says:

      We were having the weather where it’s lovely in the sun/out of the wind but as soon as you get a bit of cloud/wind it’s freezing. Martina was doing a lot of the BBC coverage and one evening they were all on their outdoor table setup and she had a massive coat with the hood pulled tight around her face to start the segment, she was complaining that it was freezing.

    • candy says:

      Those shoes are hideous! And her dress is a mess.

  7. Nlopez says:

    Good for Priyanka! I wouldn’t have clapped or acknowledged w & k either.

    • AnneSurely says:

      They’re lucky she was that nice to them. Priyanka is known for speaking her mind. If it was my best friend, I definitely would have made it a point to slide my sunglasses down my nose, knowing the media was watching, and give them the stink eye.

  8. Lizzie says:

    I don’t know the protocol but why would a non British person clap for them?

    • Maria says:

      Everyone in the world needs to bow down to them, in their eyes, I’m sure.
      Remember the outraged b*tchface Kate made when she was wrapping presents in NYC and the lady told her to “keep wrapping”, lol.

      • Seraphina says:

        Now I am on the hunt on Google. Thank you.

      • Seraphina says:

        Love it. Thank you. Obviously Katey Keen is not aware that one has to work when at charity events and not just make idle chit chat. I am surprised she knew how the tape dispenser worked.

      • betsyh says:

        Now I always liked that video. That was one of the few times Kate showed a sense of humor with the mock outrage side eye. If someone bellowed an order at me like that, I’d make the same expression.

      • Maria says:

        I might in my personal life. Not in a professional sphere with cameras at my face.

        Of course, if anyone but a white woman did that, we wouldn’t get the volley of comments (which always appear at this clip) about how cute and spirited it is.

        I don’t get the idea that it’s one of the few times she showed a “sense of humor”. 99 percent of her public outings are showing her mouth open in a grin so wide we can see her uvula.

    • MF1 says:

      Especially an Indian woman. Friendship with Meghan aside, Priyanka knows allll about the atrocities that the RF has committed.

  9. TabithaD says:

    Their reception was very lukewarm in general, I thought. A polite smattering of applause. Tom Cruise generated more excitement.

  10. SH says:

    The most telling indicator that Priyanka likely avoided these two purposefully is Priyanka attended with Natasha Poonawalla socialite wife of an Indian billionaire family that produces vaccines and has race horses and attends Ascot etc and she and her family are also very connected to Prince Charles playing host to him on visits to India etc. Since Natasha who happily like a good socialite tries to get photographed with anyone famous and especially Royalty avoided them too then that is the biggest sign that Priyanka did not want to be photographed talking to these two.

    • TheOriginalMia says:

      Wow. That is telling. Thanks for that inside dish.

    • Sid says:

      SH, back when the photos of W&K were first posted, there was one shot of them with Natasha in the background and she appeared to be looking at them with disdain. At the time I did not know who she was or that Priyanka was sitting next to her, but I remember thinking “that lady is beautiful and boy, she is not happy with those two.” Now it all makes sense.

  11. Plums says:

    lol this is so random and desperate feeling. Wimbledon happened a week ago, and they’re just now talking about this. Like people were combing through footage and didn’t even realize Priyanka was there until now, when they cooked up this story.

    Also, literally the only people who seem to care or notice that Will and Kate even appeared in that video were a couple of middle aged white women, and everyone else just wasn’t paying attention. It wasn’t just Priyanka, lol.

  12. JT says:

    This is the norm for the Cambridges. Those two walk into the BAFTAS with complete silence. In their own damn country. Amongst their “subjects.” They always get lukewarm receptions. They are not as popular as the press make them out to be, which is why they have to buy fans. People tolerate them more than anything. Priyanka is not a friend of Kate, why she should she be expected to acknowledge them?

  13. Layla says:

    Neither did BJK or her friend Natasha Poonawalla, (who is the executive director of one of the biggest vaccine manufacturers in the world) and honestly I’m so glad. These two ignorant, entitled racists deserve that. I hope there comes a time where they go to a place when they get none

  14. Hairpin says:

    Wow, I am here for scarfgate, giving Will a taste of his own medicine. Didn’t Will do that same move to Meghan at Christmas a while back? And for those on Twitter saying it was rude, what about when Kate was a huge b to M n H at that final event at Westminster Abbey. Priyanka is a great friend IMO. I think FailyMail was trying to stir the pot by drawing attention to the scarf too.

    • intheknow says:

      @Hairpin, LOL. Yeah I noticed ScarfGate 2 and LOVED every second of it. i was never a fan of Priyanka and her 100 weddings but I am a huge fan now. I LOVE every second of the snub and the pettiness of it. Love it.

      • Christine says:

        It’s her face. I know she’s an actress, but her expression is my new life goal.

  15. Dtab says:

    Do they need a standing ovation to take their seats like?? Why would you clap them??

  16. Seraphina says:

    IMHO, I also wanted to added let’s not forget Priyanka is Indian. So many of my Indian friends have little love for England. So simple addition: Indian + Friends with Meghan + racism that has been show = Priyanka’s justified dislike of the establishment and not applauding. And if she did that on purpose, I applaud her.

    • Starkille says:

      Yeah, tbh it was probably way more about that than defending Meghan. Anyone who thinks an Indian woman is going to applaud British royals needs to have several seats.

    • Becks1 says:

      That was my thought as well. Being Meghan’s friend may have played a part here, I”m sure, but I would have been more surprised if Priyanka had applauded.

      • Seraphina says:

        @Becks, I too had that thought. If she applauded Willy and Katey, I wonder how that would have been interpreted.

  17. Mooney says:

    The derangers had the audacity to go after our desi girl Priyanka. And boy the way they were shut down by Priyanka fans was hilarious 🤣. One of them said: Who cares about the DuchAss of Cumbrige and her hairless husband…🤣😭☠️💀

  18. Angie says:

    Good. Even being friends with Meghan notwithstanding, I wouldn’t want anything to do with the royal family if I were Indian knowing what they did to my country and the jewels they still hold on to.

  19. Sofia says:

    Can’t believe some are upset over it. Or actually surprised she doesn’t care much for W&K. She is Indian and speaking from my own life, most don’t respect the British royals. And Indian or not, not everyone is supposed to or actually does care for the Cambridges.

    • Lizzie says:

      I doubt anyone is upset – just a distraction from Elegant Bill causing international incidents at the Euro 2020.

  20. Jais says:

    Love the “I’m just just gonna fix my scarf” energy Priyanka gave.

  21. DuchessL says:

    I just wanna say im team priyanka, team meghan and harry, team italy and team Diana. Also would like to point out there’s more people not clapping than clapping. And it could be worst like that time in albert hall for the baftas where they came in and litteraly nobody clapped. Crickets…

  22. questions says:

    I think she just generally looks like that. I couldn’t get a read off of that short clip.

    Where was Nick Jonas?

  23. Amy Bee says:

    Even if Priyanka didn’t know Meghan why does she have acknowledge William and Kate? She didn’t go to Wimbledon to see them.

  24. Ainsley7 says:

    So, it wouldn’t surprise me if W&K simply didn’t know who she was. There have been a number of times when they have not known VIPs at events. At one memorial Kate asked who a man sitting near her was. He was only the current King of Spain. They also completely blanked on the Swedish Royals at the 2012 olympics. So, I hope Priyanka wasn’t trying to snub them. They’re to oblivious to catch that kind of thing. It would have been a waste of her time.

    • Maria says:

      They won’t be oblivious to all the articles about it.

      • Seraphina says:

        Correct – if they read the articles. I don’t think Kate does, but you can bet your arse Ma Middleton does and Kate will be briefed.

    • Seraphina says:

      I agree that they may not know who she is and are oblivious to anyone except the aristos in their little circle. But I disagree that it was a waste of time for Priyanka to snub them. Sometimes you have to show how you feel regardless if they catch on or not. Applauding them would have sent a much worse message.

    • line says:

      It is so true, in the case of Felipe of Spain she not did had to asking that he was it to just create a diplomatic accident by passing in front of him without recognizing him nor by curtsying to him. But W&K have this bad behaviour of ignoring people because they didn’t know who they are. Knowing that they don’t read their informations notes before theirs events so these moments are very frequent. They are made this to several politicians, celebrities, sportsman but also of other member of the royalty, Letitzia of spain, the prince of monaco and the king of the netherlands.

    • Becks1 says:

      Wait, she asked who the king of spain was? Felipe? The one who is like a thousand times better looking than her husband, who is a relative of the british royals? That one?

      • Maria says:

        Exactly!! The hot one with the badass wife (sorry, I know the Spanish royal family is mess and people there don’t exactly love them but I love Felipe and Letizia)

        The only royal hotter than Felipe is Carl Philip of Sweden.

      • Feeshalori says:

        Crown Prince Haakon of Norway also gets my vote.

      • Maria says:

        Yes, Haakon too. Also Sheikh Hamdan (Fazza) although his father is a monster.

      • Seraphina says:

        @Maria, I am with you. Philipe and Letizia are awesome. A fierce couple when compared to these two.

      • Scal says:

        Frederick of Denmark was always the hottest to me.

      • Christine says:

        Yeah, she absolutely knew exactly who Filipe is.

    • AmelieOriginal says:

      OMG Kate didn’t know who King Juan Carlos was? Or was it Felipe? I thought the Spanish royals were pretty close to the British royals. How stupid is she?

      • Seraphina says:

        I doubt it, deep down inside I picture Ma Middleton having flashcards and quizzing her children on all the royals in Europe.

  25. intheknow says:

    Why do these two need applause? How low is their self esteem that they expect applause when they enter anywhere? JFC. If they had any self awareness, they’d disappear for a couple of months (more ideally) and come back with some changes. Being more humble for 1. Stop focusing on Harry and Meg..and just do their ‘job’. Find something that they care about and just do that. But nope, they are going to keep on keening and they even fail spectacularly on keening.

    • Jaded says:

      In their case I think it’s how high their self-esteem is. How they feel about themselves is in direct opposition to how they actually are – preening, lazy, stupid, mean, and about as charismatic as a bowl of wallpaper paste.

    • Otaku fairy says:

      This.

  26. Lizzie says:

    A few golf claps for Cain and Unable makes me smile when I remember the Standing O for Harry.

  27. stephka says:

    If this is ScarfGate 2.0 what was ScarfGate 1.0?

  28. Holland S says:

    She definitely snubbed them and why should she bend over backwards for them? They are cruel, racist, and Priyanka is not British. Let the people who are paying for them fawn over them. Not my king or queen.

  29. Abby says:

    Hope people saw that side-eye😂😂😂

  30. Amy Bee says:

    I’ve just seen a royalist say if she doesn’t like royals why would she sit in the royal box. LOL

    • Shelley says:

      B/c she was probably invited by the head of the Tennis Association. I forgot the persons name.

    • Feeshalori says:

      Yeesh, because that’s the box for VIPs not just royals.

      • Eurydice says:

        Ok, thanks, this makes more sense to me. The recap above said she was in the royal box, so I wondered the same thing. But if it’s a general VIP box, then she has no obligation to anyone but the person who invited her.

  31. Mandy says:

    I see this really upstead the Kate loyalists. Lol. Why should Priyanka acknowledge will and Kate? Who are they to her? Especially after what they did to her friend Meghan why would she kiss their asses? It benefits her in no way to be chummy with them. She’s already far more popular than Kate ever was. She was Miss World for crying out loud. Kate just married well.

    And I don’t even think Priyanka cares enough to be bothered by them and their presence. Not everyone is a fan of the royals.

    What royalists and Cambridge stans don’t seem to get is that the world doesn’t revolve around your previous future future queen and her stale ass husband. People aren’t dying to fawn over them. People aren’t blowing air up their butts with faux respect for them. Nobody gives a damn. Bow to who? Curtsy to whom? No ma’am.

  32. BnlurNforever says:

    No self respecting black/brown persons should ever acknowledged those people. They are viciously racist and thinks considering not white people worthy is political so why should they be noticed by POC? I lose respect for any adult of color I see acknowledging them at this point, children are children and are often brought out for engagements, so… This is the stance I’ve taken now with those people and I hope most all POC choose a similar stance. Chopra worked to get where she is, Willileaks and Mumbles did nothing to earn their positions in life and as often as can be managed, they should be reminded of that fact.

    • lanne says:

      There’s a problem with that statement, even though I totally agree with you in principle. In the UK, most civic acknowledgments and awards for excellence are given on behalf of the royal family as heads of state. That means getting CBEs and OBEs from the hands of a member of the royal family. It sucks that POC have to receive awards they have earned through their merit from a racist like William, but that’s the way things roll. Anne gave a bunch of awards to black Britons last week, awards that could influence their careers and earnings. It would be risky, perhaps even career damaging, to refuse the awards.

      I can’t believe they haven redesigned the medals of white angels stepping on black devils. The caucasity of a white person handing a POC that award And not seeing an optics problem is just insane to me. They can redesign that shit. It’s 2021. I hope this story gets more wide notice because those medals are absurd.

    • Lizzie says:

      I wouldn’t say Mumbles did nothing to earn her position. If her parade in the see through ‘dress’ is anything to go by.

  33. Premadonna says:

    Omg i had no idea people are expected to CLAP when royals arrive at sporting events. That is SO ridiculous and totally reminds me of when my brother was helping to potty train my two nieces. When they would sit on the training toilet we had to clap and be like “good girl!”. That is what clapping for the stupid royals reminds me of.

    • AndaPanda says:

      Ha Ha,I have a young niece and we clap along with her when she puts a block in a hole. I’m going to think about clapping for the do nothing royals everyone that happens now! This worshipping of people for their birthright is so outdated, archaic and ridiculous. I have a lot of English friends and I would understand if they clapped but if not British that shouldn’t be expected. Colonizers.

  34. Theothermia says:

    Love her outfit and sunglasses. Her makeup is also fire.
    Seeing her behind Kate makes Kate look even more old fashioned/dated

  35. Julia K says:

    Surprising to observe that Kate and Billie Jean King look so close in age/appearance. Martina looks great.

  36. AmelieOriginal says:

    I actually was wondering if Priyanka was still friends with Meghan. Meghan didn’t attend any of Priyanka’s dozens of wedding ceremonies in India but I also think she was pregnant with Archie at the time. Priyanka was also super extra about her relationship with Nick. You also haven’t heard Priyanka mention Meghan in awhile and she was super eager to talk about Meghan a lot in the beginning. So I dunno if Meghan decided to distance herself because Priyanka is a bit of a blabbermouth so I don’t automatically read Priyanka ignoring William and Kate as support for Meghan. I also see it as just bored indifference and like people have said, refusal to acknowledge the institution that colonized her country.

    • Kebbie says:

      She didn’t go to Meghan’s NY baby shower either. Priyanka got a lot of headlines for “defending” Meghan, it’s possible Meghan prefers a little more discretion in her close friends.

    • swirlmamad says:

      I think the rumor was she was a little miffed that Meghan didn’t go to her wedding to Nick. But, the utter insanity towards the Sussexes was well underway by then, and from what we know now Meghan could’ve been in the throes of depression at that point. A true friend would understand, IMO. They may be friends in the way we all have friends that we like enough to invite to our wedding, but Priyanka may not be one of her ride-or-dies.

    • Erica says:

      This. Also—watching the video it looks like Priyanka is too focused on fixing her dress and seems almost confused as to why people were clapping. She may have just very well NOT been paying attention and in her own world for a bit. Happens to me all the time! LOL

  37. GRUEY says:

    Even if Pri oversold her friendship, I enjoyed the flashback to Pri’s interview about Meghan from before the wedding. Very telling how utterly consistent the praise Meghan gets is in theme and warmth.

  38. Lizzie says:

    Keen doesn’t like to have beautiful women in the same picture as herself. And here comes another smear campaign, glad this one fell flat.

  39. 2lazy4username says:

    i’m not a royal watcher at all and in fact skip most of the articles on here (about the royals, so maybe i don’t understand the “protocol.” but no way in hell would i clap for ANYBODY sitting down ANYWHERE, no matter who or where. how embarrassing.

  40. Gobo says:

    She is Indian. A long history of Imperial oppression is plenty reason to not clap British Royalty.

    • Liz version 700 says:

      This! My Indian husband and in-laws aren’t super fond of the royals either. I hope she did scarf snub them. They are useless

  41. Over it says:

    Haven’t the British monarchy stolen enough from India, must they be allowed to steal their pride and dignity too? No. Pri definitely doesn’t Have to acknowledge a bunch of racist colonialists who think their empire is still standing and those two idiots will rule it

  42. teecee says:

    Priyanka was invited to the wedding. She also defended Meghan to Wendy Williams when the news first broke about Meghan and Harry dating. She is exaggerating nothing.

    She may be a bit of a blabbermouth and kinda extra but at the end of the day she seems to be a true blue friend. That’s worth a million snotty aristos.

    And I will say, a large part of the online dislike of her is rooted in the same bigotry thrown at Meghan. They both married white heartthrobs, just from different circles. That plus the cultural differences in weddings which are frankly xenophobic.

  43. House of No says:

    Priyanka’s beautiful. Those wilted English roses, though.

  44. Charfromdarock says:

    I really hope scarfing these two becomes a thing!

  45. Alex says:

    she dresses too old for her age. At the same time it makes her look like the mom of her Jonas boy. Or I dress too young for my age hmmmm nah She dresses too old

  46. Christina says:

    Just me or does it look like the Botox/Fillers are finally wearing off? I wouldn’t be surprised if she looks refreshed the next time we see her.

  47. J ferber says:

    I think there should be a wave of stories of celebrities snubbing those two. I would love it. Plus pics/videos.

  48. JanetDR says:

    Kaiser, I cannot get enough of the photo of Kate clapping with her nose in the air! 😂

  49. Marivic says:

    The royal rota is just the pits. They use anybody, now it’s Priyanka, to cover up the global backlash William has suffered in the hands of the people of the world. They write about this lady who snubbed Kate and William (bravo! they deserve it) but it’s radio silence in the UK press about William’s blatant racist attitude. But the people of the world will not forget he’s downright hypocrite.

  50. DC Gal says:

    It is disgusting that people have to clap for two people so privileged by birth and marriage for sitting in a royal box. What an absurd, backwards, and denigrating institution. WTF have either W or K done for any of those people, but they are all super wealthy, too, and don’t need anything. Maybe that’s the point. 1% solidarity, subjects be damned. Gross.

    Edit: I guess clapping isn’t expected? Still a royal box of 1% is gross

  51. Kay says:

    Catherine has used her position to become good friends with Roger Federer. He was invited to her sister’s wedding and seems to be close to the Middleton family. He also has had numerous lunches with them at KP. She also kisses him when she meets him. Totally bizarre. Diane was much more interested in her causes that connected with ordinary people.

  52. nicegirl says:

    I do this for my friends and would not clap for the members of the very much racist family, either. I feel this move by Pri.