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TIME magazine recently revealed its list of the 100 most influential people in 2023. The personalities on the list are chosen by the number of votes they garner from people. The recent announcement also included Serena Williams in the list. Additionally, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was also on the list. However, she was ranked higher than Williams.

The Queen of the Court and the Duchess of Sussex have been close friends for quite some time. Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian also attended the wedding of Markle and Prince Harry in May 2018.

Markle ranks higher than Serena Williams

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Serena Williams has been on TIME’s 100 most influential list, a total of three times since 2010. Along with that, she has also been named in TIME 30 Legends of women’s tennis. The 23-time grand slam winner has been on several other elite lists since the start of her career.

She was named in the TIME 100 list once again this year.

However, Williams is not alone on the list. Her close friend and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle was also on the list. But Markle received much more votes and ranked third. Along with her, Prince Harry was also ranked higher than Williams at fourth.

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Although the list had Markle higher than Williams, there is no bad blood between the two. Williams even gave Markle some advice recently.

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Williams’ advice to Meghan Markle

Being a popular figure means that one would draw in a lot of negative comments. Who better than Serena Williams to understand that? A fan recently showed their appreciation for the royal couple on Twitter. A reply to a post celebrating the royal couple reminded viewers of the time Williams gave some advice to Markle.

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Williams met Markle when she was pregnant and asked her how she was. However, the Duchess side-stepped the question and turned the question on Williams. Williams did not reply to the question and instead told Markle to not be a sweet person all the time since she was pregnant and her’ hormones are going crazy.’

The two are quite close and their friendship has lasted over time. One would hope that they would always have each other to lean on.