Lizzie Cundy forced to ‘tell Meghan Markle off’ after awkward Victoria Beckham meeting

Meghan Markle “squealed” when she saw Victoria Beckham in the flesh, her former pal said. Telly presenter and model Lizzie Cundy a…

Meghan Markle “squealed” when she saw Victoria Beckham in the flesh, her former pal said.

Telly presenter and model Lizzie Cundy and Meghan became friends in 2013 when she was asked to sit with the Duchess at a charity event hosted by John Caudwell. Meghan, 43, was unknown in the UK at the time and had jetted in to promote herself and the legal drama and befriended a string of UK celebrities.

At the time, the future Duchess of Sussex was known in the States for playing Rachel Zane in the legal drama Suits, as well as for writing her blog, The Tig, which she closed down after meeting Prince Harry. Lizzie, 56, and Meghan instantly hit it off and became friends.

But things turned sour when Meghan officially started dating King Charles’ son and is said to have severed ties with all of her UK pals, including Piers Morgan. Now, Lizzie has bagged her own Amazon Prime show, Red Carpet Uncut, and has promised to share behind-the-scenes footage with Meghan. 

Speaking exclusively to the Mirror about their first outing, Lizzie said: “We can [expect Meghan bloopers] she was ‘so excited to be there’, she was calling me babe saying she loved London and the red telephone boxes and red busses. She was obsessed with London, you can see it from the interview.

“She was so thrilled to be in the room with Victoria Beckham. This was the night I actually had to tell her to stop squealing when she did see Victoria, it wasn’t too cool and she was very overexcited. This was the time before she met her Harry, she was still in Suits, I’d never heard about it. This interview, she asked me to interview her!”

Lizzie went on to explain that her producer at the time she was interviewing on the red carpet said: “We’ve got huge stars, Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham, we haven’t got time for this’ I said ‘No we have to, I promised her.'” Lizzie added that they agreed to record the interview which almost didn’t make the final cut. “Who knew, it’s mad, she was very excited, she was very excited to be in the room with Victoria Beckham,” Lizzie said, before adding: “It’s sad that their relationship has soured slightly.”

Meghan and Harry, and showbiz royalty David and Victoria Beckham have had rumours circulate of snubs and a less-than-friendly phone call that imply that the relationship has now turned frosty. Harry and Meghan were said to be worried that close friends might be leaking stories about them and were keen to find out who could be behind it. 

It is alleged that in particular, Meghan suspected Victoria – and Harry called David to repeat the accusation. A source close to the Beckhams told the publication: “David and Victoria went to Meghan and Harry’s wedding and were very supportive when Meghan arrived in the UK.”