‘The Queen Likes Them’: Meghan Markle Helps American Airlines Flight Attendant Shut Down Captain’s Insult

An American Airlines flight attendant shares her charming interaction with Meghan Markle on what seems to me was probably a New York – Los Angeles flight. The crewmember is New York-based, Meghan Markle has reportedly made several recent trips to New York, and Markle is based in Montecito (Southern California).

The cabin crew left the Duchess of Sussex a handwritten note, “It’s a pleasure serving you! Love you real bad” and signed it “AA girlies.” Markle wrote a note back,

Dear AA girlies, thank you for the love, hospitality, and handwritten note—you know me well. All love right back to you. As ever, Meghan.

Markle’s lifestyle brand is “As Ever.” Flight attendant Nina Vida who was onboard described Markle as “beautiful,” “sweet,” and particularly complimentary. The former Suits actress praised Vida’s manicure—which an American Airlines captain had derided as “intense.” Vida offered, “Sir, it doesn’t matter what you think. The queen says she likes them.”

@ninavidavlogs No picture but I love a hand written note #flightattendant #meghanmarkle #fyp #travel ♬ original sound – NinaVida | travel diaries

Vida also praised Meghan’s cursive handwriting, characterizing it as “giving rich, giving expensive, giving princess.” (Before turning to acting, Meghan Markle was apparently a professional calligraphy instructor, which I did not know was a thing.)

Markle’s husband Prince Harry is known to fly American Airlines, even eschewing British Airways for the privilege.

His grandfather Prince Philip once said, “If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort, provided you don’t travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.” Harry and Meghan have done this, however.

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  1. > Markle’s husband Prince Harry is known to fly American Airlines, even eschewing British
    > Airways for the privilege.
    >
    > His father Prince Philip once said, “If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the
    > improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort, provided you don’t travel
    > in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.”

    Are you sure Prince Philip is Harry’s father? That would be the headline from this story…

  2. @matthew so is your mom but we’re not discussing her in this article

  3. @michael. Unfortunately my mother is dead Meghan is not and continuing to leave a trail of destruction in her wake

  4. Yeah, BA has really gone downhill in the last few years.

    @Matthew: I’ll bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.

  5. It says grandfather

    Meghan is really nice it’s too bad you all have your heads stuck up your asses parroting things from the Republicans. What is she to you?

  6. I’ve read bad things about her. But, I happy to hear she’s smart enough to act nice in public. If only some politician would.

  7. Miss Flight attendant has to be a triple embarrasment for the airline:
    a tiktoker… never a good thing.
    she thinks a duchess is a queen? lol .
    has a hard time reading cursive… one of the young ones who never learned to write by hand.

  8. Sussex, not Markle Shame on you ! Or, you could have just referred to her as “The Duchess”.

  9. meanwhile….in the real world…..there are deadly wars going on….
    so instead of compliments on length of nail and nail varnish, these numptys need to get a grip and do something decent for those less fortunate than themselves….

  10. Hahaha. Pretty funny the changing father (as it was first spelled) into grandfather without acknowledgement in a comment ( and maybe a mea culpa).

  11. @Tucsonbabe for the win!

    Thanks, I was going to post that exact thing.

    The Captain has no business commenting on FA nails, or anything else. They have FA supervisors for that. He must like her.

  12. Gary, ever version of this story I found on the internet (including UK sources) referred to the individual in question as Meghan Markle. Despite the desire of some to elevate themselves by finding fault, it appears you did exactly what everybody else did.

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