While appearing on Thursday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” to discuss her Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” and her rebranded lifestyle company, As Ever, Markle, 43, was shown a “special” image of a young Barrymore meeting Diana for the first time.

According to royal biographer Andrew Morton (via US Weekly ), yes, the same guy who spilled all the tea on Princess Diana herself, Meghan Markle was deeply affected by the Princess’ death. She cried while watching her funeral, taking the loss to heart like so many others around the world.

Meghan Markle never got to meet her mother-in-law Princess Diana —but recently, the Duchess of Sussex paid tribute to her in the most iconic way. On Sunday, Feb. 24, Markle took to her Instagram Stories with an unexpected hat-tip to the former Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in 1997.

Meghan Markle paid tribute to her alma mater, Northwestern University, as well as her late mother-in-law Princess Diana in a February 23 Instagram Story.

Drew Barrymore surprised Meghan Markle with photograph of Princess Diana during her live TV interview. The Duchess of Sussex appeared on Drew Barrymore’s breakfast show in New York on Thursday (6 March),