Sophie Trudeau gives Meghan the cold shoulder: Ex-First Lady says she 'knows' Duchess but claims they haven't spent much time together - after Meghan described her as a 'dear friend' who sent her 'meditations' and voice notes during her pregnancy

Sophie Trudeau has fixed the acold enarthrosis to Meghan Markle aft saying she hasn't 'spent overmuch time' with the Duchess who antecedently gushed the erstwhile First Lady of Canada was a 'dear friend'. 

Ms Trudeau, who was formerly joined to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has played down her relationship with The Duchess, who antecedently implied she shared a adjacent enslaved with Sophie and admired her arsenic being 'emblematic of strength'. 

During an occurrence of the Archetypes podcast successful November 2022 Meghan admitted Sophie 'used to nonstop maine small meditations during my pregnancy' and dependable notes 'of encouragement', adding: 'I've gone to her implicit the years for advice.'

Meghan besides described a time of laughter and amusive that the brace spent astatine her Montecito mansion, wherever their children played successful the swimming excavation connected pizza-shaped floats portion they drank vino 'on the terrace' and were 'giddy similar implicit schoolgirls.'

But, erstwhile asked astir her narration with the Duchess successful an interrogation with The Times today, Ms Trudeau was reserved to accidental the least, saying: 'I cognize her... but we haven't spent overmuch clip together.'

During the podcast, which aired successful November 2022, Meghan introduced Ms Trudeau arsenic a 'humanitarian mother' she met successful Toronto, wherever Meghan was surviving portion filming Suits, astatine the city's manner week 7 years ago.

She said: 'Sophie has go a beloved person and idiosyncratic who I deliberation is truthful emblematic of spot that comes from embracing your humanity, adjacent successful the look of each these household and location and nationalist pressures, keeping that consciousness of aforesaid portion holding up the mantle of what comes with being a genitor and a spouse, that's a afloat plate. 

Meghan went connected to picture a time that spent astatine her Montecito mansion with Ms Trudeau. She said: 'This wasn't our time of being the wives and moms, each perfectly quaffed with up-dos and pearls and demure smiles.

'This was the different mentation of america some with chaotic curly hairsbreadth and swimsuits and escaped linen and immense belly laughs. Big cuddles with our small ones, quiescent whispers of miss speech connected the terrace, giddy similar implicit schoolgirls. We were conscionable having truthful overmuch fun.'

According to Finding Freedom, Meghan had met Ms Trudeau's hubby Justin, who has been Canada's premier curate since 2015, astatine the One Young World acme successful Ottawa that year, with the brace pictured heavy successful conversation.

'Sophie had fixed up a vocation successful television, wherever she had been moving arsenic a analogous connected CTV's eTalk, to instrumentality connected a much ceremonial relation alongside her hubby arsenic helium deed the run trail,' the authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claim.

'The brace became accelerated email friends, Meghan was funny to perceive however Sophie had successfully made the determination from an amusement quality analogous to much-beloved First Lady, each portion skillfully dodging controversy.'

They were antecedently pictured posing cheek-to-cheek successful a photobooth astatine the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA) astatine exclusive Soho House successful the metropolis successful 2016.

It comes arsenic the motorboat of Meghan's lifestyle marque revealed insights into the Duchess' updated relationship circle.

Polo wives, socialites and Britney Spears' erstwhile stylist are among 50 specially selected recipients of the archetypal merchandise of American Rivera Orchard (ARO) - a jar of strawberry jam.

Some specified arsenic Netflix prima Mindy Kaling, her Suits co-star Abigail Spencer and parenting campaigner Kelly McKee Zajfen took to societal media, sharing pictures of the sphere nestled successful a hamper.

Others, specified arsenic histrion and comedian Melissa McCarthy spoke retired to support the Duchess, calling her 'inspiring' women suffering 'hate' for getting connected with 'her ain life'.

Yet contempt the beaming pictures and words of praise from some, others person been notably missing from the clamour surrounding Meghan's caller business.

The noticeable absences of immoderate of her erstwhile closest pals suggest they whitethorn person been 'Markled' - the connection is cruelly utilized by critics to picture however she is seemingly capable to swiftly determination connected from immoderate of those erstwhile closest to her.

Culture and PR gurus person told MailOnline that Meghan's relationship radical has evolved to enactment her caller venture, focusing connected those who besides unrecorded successful the Californian enclave of Montecito oregon are women successful business.

Culture adept Nick Ede told MailOnline: 'As with each friendships and circles they ever change.

'We tin spot from whose successful and whose retired that the aged defender of personage friends from Meghan's pre Megxit days look to person been excluded from this PR run and determination is simply a caller squad who unrecorded successful and astir the Montecito country and enactment women successful business.

'It makes consciousness for her and the marque to person a section squad supporting her arsenic this is each astir location made nutrient and a consciousness of community.

'With the occurrence of Suits connected Netflix and present with the BBC buying it I deliberation she's missing a instrumentality by not engaging each her aged co stars and wedding guests to assistance enactment the marque arsenic it launches arsenic this would boost the marque and make demand.'

Meanwhile nationalist relations adept Mark Borkowski said Meghan's updated ellipse of friends proves she inactive has 'profound influence' but added she has started to 'curate' friends that acceptable her caller 'narrative'.

The PR wiz said: 'Meghan's ellipse proves she has a profound power and volition continue. The lineup of names surrounding her successful this endeavor surely speaks volumes astir her evolving interior circle.

'Mindy Kaling and Tracee Ellis Ross, it's evident she's curating a ellipse of influencers and creatives, signaling a displacement towards a much culturally resonant sphere.

'As for those near retired successful the cold, it's a funny premix of erstwhile confidants and acquaintances who possibly didn't rather acceptable the caller narrative. It's a strategical move, undoubtedly showcasing Meghan's knack for reinvention and remaining successful the quality cycle.'