While appearing on Thursday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” to discuss her Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” and her rebranded lifestyle company, As Ever, Markle, 43, was shown a “special” image of a young Barrymore meeting Diana for the first time.

Drew Barrymore told Meghan Markle about meeting Princess Diana decades ago when the Duchess of Sussex appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show.

The Duchess of Sussex appeared on Drew Barrymore’s breakfast show in New York on Thursday (6 March), when the presenter handed her a picture of the late Princess of Wales. Ms Barrymore told Meghan how she was just seven when she met Prince Harry’s mother,

As Duchess Meghan sat down for her much-awaited interview with Drew Barrymore, Princess Diana was a hot topic of discussion. Barrymore showed Meghan a photo of when she was a kid—a child star, to be exact—and got to meet Diana.

According to royal biographer Andrew Morton (via US Weekly ), yes, the same guy who spilled all the tea on Princess Diana herself, Meghan Markle was deeply affected by the Princess’ death. She cried while watching her funeral, taking the loss to heart like so many others around the world.

US talkshow host Drew Barrymore surprised Meghan Markle with an old photo of a brush with royalty which she said meant 'so much' to her.

Meghan Markle never got to meet her mother-in-law Princess Diana —but recently, the Duchess of Sussex paid tribute to her in the most iconic way. On Sunday, Feb. 24, Markle took to her Instagram Stories with an unexpected hat-tip to the former Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in 1997.

Meghan Markle paid tribute to her alma mater, Northwestern University, as well as her late mother-in-law Princess Diana in a February 23 Instagram Story.