--- title: Royal Wedding: Priyanka Chopra Gushes Over Meghan Markle description: Priyanka Chopra clearly isn't shy about expressing her love for royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle. canonical: https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-26T15:49:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:27.237Z og:title: Priyanka Chopra Gushing Over Meghan Markle Is Just the Best og:description: "She’s just a really real girl" og:url: https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0160636f851aaa61/69892ec37cdbacbf08d5cb3a/priyanka-chopra-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2018 Sundance Film Festival - Priyanka Chopra og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Priyanka Chopra Gushing Over Meghan Markle Is Just the Best twitter:description: "She’s just a really real girl" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0160636f851aaa61/69892ec37cdbacbf08d5cb3a/priyanka-chopra-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Priyanka Chopra Absolutely Gushing Over Meghan Markle Is Just the Best  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2018 3:49 PM UTC  Actor Priyanka Chopra attends the 'A Kid Like Jake' Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 23, 2018 in Park City, Utah. Actor Priyanka Chopra attends the 'A Kid Like Jake' Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 23, 2018 in Park City, Utah.C Flanigan/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2018 3:49 PM UTC Priyanka Chopra clearly isn’t shy about expressing her love for royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle. After recently praising Markle for [TIME 100](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217561/meghan-markle), the _Quantico_ star again raved about her close friend during an interview with [PEOPLE Now](http://people.com/royals/priyanka-chopra-confirms-whether-shell-be-a-bridesmaid-in-meghan-markles-wedding/). “I’m super excited about her and her big day,” she said of Markle’s upcoming wedding to Prince Harry, noting that she will not serve as a bridesmaid in the May 19 ceremony. “It’s not just going to be life-changing for both of them, it’s life-changing for the world that needs to see strong women as icons, and I think Meghan has the potential to be that.” Chopra went on to explain why she thinks Markle is destined to be a [“princess for the people”](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217561/meghan-markle/)—despite the fact that she will never officially hold the title of princess. “She’s just a really real girl,” Chopra told PEOPLE Now of Meghan. “She’s a girl’s girl. She’s a really relatable young woman who is concerned about the world just like you and I are. That’s what I love the most about her. I feel like her authenticity is what’s going to make her really stand out in this new life she’s going to take on.” > [](https://twitter.com/people/status/989217492265525252) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/"},"headline":"Priyanka Chopra Absolutely Gushing Over Meghan Markle Is Just the Best","datePublished":"2018-04-26T15:49:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:27.237Z","description":"\"She’s just a really real girl\"","url":"https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0160636f851aaa61/69892ec37cdbacbf08d5cb3a/priyanka-chopra-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0160636f851aaa61/69892ec37cdbacbf08d5cb3a/priyanka-chopra-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Sundance Film Festival - Priyanka Chopra","caption":"2018 Sundance Film Festival - Priyanka Chopra","creditText":"C Flanigan/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5255780/royal-wedding-priyanka-chopra-gushing-over-meghan-markle-video/","name":"Priyanka Chopra Absolutely Gushing Over Meghan Markle Is Just the Best"}}]}] ```