Meghan Markle's Wimbledon history - from the role it played in her romance with Harry to an awkward day out with Kate

As a sport,tennis is known to be a cruel mistress - and the same could be said for Meghan Markle's experiences of Wimbledon over the years.

The Duchess of Sussex,42,attended the tennis championship in south-west London before she married Prince Harry and also during her stint as a working royal.

Meghan is first thought to have visited Wimbledon in July 2016 - the same month she reportedly met Prince Harry - and made a key royal connection in the VIP suite that day. 

The former Suits actress then returned to the tournament in 2018 accompanied by the Princess of Wales - but her visit the following year was one of Meghan's most widely-criticised missteps as a working royal.

Here FEMAIL looks back at Meghan Markle's Wimbledon highs and lows as the championship comes to a close this weekend.

Meghan Markle told Oprah of her Wimbledon appearances with Kate: 'My understanding and my experience of the past four years is,it's nothing like what it looks like'

Meghan started off by saying: 'I think everyone welcomed me.'

But then she said: 'When you say,"Was it what it looked like?",my understanding and my experience of the past four years is,it's nothing like what it looks like.

'It's nothing like what it looks like. '

The Duchess then went on to say that the royal family would advise her on what she should and shouldn't do and how it may look to those outside of The Firm.

Meghan added: 'There was a day that one of the members of the family,she came over,and she said,"Why don't you just lay low for a little while,because you are everywhere right now".'

'And I said,"I've left the house twice in four months. I'm everywhere,but I am nowhere".

'And from that standpoint,I continued to say to people,''I know there's an obsession with how things look,but has anyone talked about how it feels? Because right now,I could not feel lonelier".'

Less than a year after that match in January 2020,Harry and Meghan went on to announce that they were leaving the royal family,and split their time between America and the UK,before moving there permanently.

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