Alison Hammond reveals Meghan Markle 'slid into her DMs' after viral Harry clip
It came after Harry featured in a viral video...
Alison Hammond has a new bestie… Meghan Markle! Well, that is what the beloved TV host claims, anyway.
Great British Bake Off star Alison appeared on ITV’s Loose Women on Thursday and revealed Meghan Markle had hit her up on Instagram.
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Alison Hammond reveals ‘friendship’ with Meghan Markle
Prince Harry starred in a hilarious spoof that was posted on social media on December 3, where he lip-synced to a viral audio clip of Alison.
Harry filmed the clip alongside Stephen Colbert, ahead of his appearance on his namesake show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, earlier this month.
In the video, Harry mimicked a now-viral exchange between Alison and Great British Bake Off contestant Mark Lutton from the New Year’s Day 2024 special.
In the original clip, Alison asked Mark what he would want her to do for him if he were “king for the day”.
“Bake for me, probably,” Mark responded.
However, due to his Northern Irish accent, Alison misheard “bake” as “beg”.
“You’d want me to do what? Beg?” Alison exclaimed.
Mark then clarified: “Bake! B-A-K-E.”
Alison then burst into peals of laughter.
Harry’s viral moment
Prince Harry mouthed Alison’s words in his own video alongside Stephen Colbert and their version has now blown up online.
Alison starred on the telly on Thursday and reflected on Harry’s tribute to her, revealing that none other than the Duchess of Sussex had slid into her DMs.
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Meghan Markle messages Alison Hammond
A beaming Alison explained on Loose Women: “Me and Megs are mates. We’re very good mates.”
Alison, who looked stunning in a leopard print top, then went on to detail: “I’ll be honest with you, she ‘at-ed’ me in, so she knew who I was, first of all.”
“So she is obviously following the Ham, do you know what I mean?” Alison garnered a burst of laughter from the audience as she went on to say: “And it came up on my direct messages, so I though, ‘Oh my god!’ I have to say something, what do I say?
“So I was like: ‘I love this!’
“I just thought I would keep it cool. Not too much. I didn’t want to beg it. And then she just sent me an emoji of a heart. So, I’m in there.
“Am I in there?”
Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan could be heard chiming in: “You’re basically royal!”
Alison also went on to say she would love to see Meghan and Harry star on GBBO, even putting out into the universe that they star on it alongside William and Kate, in a move that Alison claims could bring them together!
Meanwhile, the Loose Women panellists gushed that Alison should interview Harry and Meghan.
Alison and Meghan collab when?!
GBBO star Mark Lutton reacts to Prince Harry’s lip-syncing
Following the viral moment, GBBO contestant Mark joined ITV daytime show This Morning via video call last week and admitted he was floored when he saw the royal parody.
“I initially thought, to be honest, that it was an AI clip,” he said, as reported by HELLO!. “I couldn’t really quite believe it was a legitimate clip. Yeah, it did blow up. I had so many messages from people sharing it with me. It’s been a nice little flashback to my time on Bake Off.”
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