--- title: Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Text Each Other Support description: Serena Williams revealed that she and Meghan Markle are text buddies, and have plenty in common thanks to their roles in the spotlight. canonical: https://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-24T16:03:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:02.328Z og:title: Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Text Each Other Support og:description: Williams revealed that she and Markle have been "relying on each other" og:url: https://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87bf5622c161fe3/69893b00ab6d77610f6b3c29/serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Text Each Other Support twitter:description: Williams revealed that she and Markle have been "relying on each other" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87bf5622c161fe3/69893b00ab6d77610f6b3c29/serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Are Supportive Friends Who Text  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 24, 2018 4:03 PM CUT  Serena Williams attends The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Serena Williams attends The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for Imagine LA  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 24, 2018 4:03 PM CUT We know [Serena Williams](http://time.com/5398085/serena-williams-us-open-controversy-comments/ "undefined") and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5404587/meghan-harry-coach-core/ "undefined") are friends: after all, the tennis superstar received one of the coveted, exclusive invites to the Duchess of Sussex’s [royal wedding](http://time.com/5290264/victoria-beckham-gushes-royal-wedding/ "undefined") this spring. But it turns out they’re the kind of pals who send each other supportive text messages regularly, too; this isn’t just a friendship for show. “We have known each other for a long time, but we really kind of are relying on each other right a lot recently,” Williams told Australian news outlet[ _The Sunday Project_](https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1043799533262594048 "undefined") in an interview. She added: “We were actually just texting each other this morning.” (The interview was filmed three days after the U.S. Open, in which Williams finished second, falling in the final round to [Naomi Osaka](http://time.com/5391283/naomi-osaka-williams-tennis/ "undefined") and sparking a [controversial](http://time.com/money/5391659/serena-williams-rules-violation-fine/ "undefined") debate about sexism in tennis and on the court.) Markle is known to be a fan of Williams’s playing; she [watched her friend](http://time.com/5338218/meghan-markle-wimbledon/ "undefined") compete against Angelique Kerber at the Wimbledon final this year. Meanwhile, Williams also recently had Markle’s back to support her charity cookbook project, [sharing a post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn0-RaOh-Zv/?taken-by=serenawilliams "undefined") about the cookbook on Instagram and shouting out her pride for Markle’s work. With both women front and center in the public eye this year, it’s no wonder they’ve got each other’s backs whenever they can. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Are Supportive Friends Who Text","datePublished":"2018-09-24T16:03:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:02.328Z","description":"Text friends are the best friends","url":"https://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","royals","serena williams","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87bf5622c161fe3/69893b00ab6d77610f6b3c29/serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87bf5622c161fe3/69893b00ab6d77610f6b3c29/serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt","caption":"The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt","creditText":"Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for Imagine LA","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/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/","name":"Meghan Markle and Serena Williams Are Supportive Friends Who Text"}}]}] ```