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Following their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have remained close with two individuals from the royal circle.
Harry and Meghan, who revealed they are expecting a daughter this summer, still have a strong bond with Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie, 31, and her husband Jack Brooksbank, 34.
Royal correspondent Katie Nicholl, exclusively revealed to OK! that the relationship is one of the only ones that has remained since Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, started a life in the US with their one-year-old son, Archie.
“Eugenie and Jack are very close to Harry and Meghan,” says Nicholls. “It's actually one of the few close relationships Harry and Meghan have retained in the royal family.”
We take a look at why the two couples have stayed connected…
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As Meghan explained to Oprah Winfrey during their televised interview, she was friends with Eugenie before ever meeting Harry.
"Eugenie and I had known each other before I had known Harry, so that was comfortable," Meghan said to Oprah. "We're friends with them as a couple."
Another reason the four are undeniably close is because Harry has always held a special place in his heart for Eugenie.
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"Out of all the Queen’s grand-children, Harry and Eugenie have one of the most natural connections," said royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand in their Sussex biography, Finding Freedom.
"Like Harry, Eugenie is loyal, honest and great fun. The two had many nights out together in London," the pair continued.
“Harry had always confided in his cousin when it came to the women in his life,” they finished.
Royal Weddings
Meghan and Harry got married in May 2018 at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor and just five months later, Eugenie said ‘I do’ to her husband, Jack Brooksbank at the same venue.
Reports revealed that Eugenie in fact called upon Meghan to help with the planning of her big day.
"Princess Eugenie and her fiancé Jack Brooksbank made a trip to see the couple around a month ago for Meghan to help the bride-to-be with her wedding plans," a source told MailOnline at the time of her wedding.
Motherhood
Eugenie and Meghan also bonded over being first time mums.
Meghan and Harry told the world they were expecting a baby in October 2018 and he couple went on to welcome their son Archie Harrison in Spring 2019.
Eugenie later announced she was expecting her first child in September 2020,
Just days after the news was revealed that Archie would be a big brother as Meghan was pregnant with their second baby.
"They are sort of an unlikely pair, but remain in contact," an insider said to Us Weekly. "They bond over their pregnancies."
In February this year, Eugenie welcomed her son, August, in The Portland Hospital, where Meghan chose to give birth to Archie.
Frogmore Cottage
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Additionally, Harry and Meghan have provided Eugenie and Jack possibly one of the grandest gifts of all, a home.
The couple have lent Eugenie and Jack the newly renovated Frogmore Cottage while they are enjoying their life out in the USA.
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