Meghan Markle's best friend Jessica Mulroney has posted a defiant Instagram post after the shock announcement the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will step back from their roles as senior members of the Royal Family.
Ms Mulroney, who is a scion of the Quebec Jewish family behind Canada's Browns footwear chain, posted the message "a strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink" amid huge fallout from her friend and Prince Harry's announcement of their decision.
Buckingham Palace is reported to be "disappointed" with the couple for making it public before the details were agreed.
As the media furore intensified, Ms Mulroney posted the qoutation, attributing it to filmmaker and musician Gina Carey.
The Royal couple stayed in Canada for six weeks over the Christmas period, during which Ms Mulroney visited them with her husband Ben and three children.
Ms Mulroney's three children were all in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding in May 2018.
Her twin boys, Brian and John, were page boys in the ceremony while Ivy, their four-year-old sister, was one of the bridesmaids.
Ms Mulroney and the Duchess became close after the Duchess moved to Montreal in 2012 while she acted in TV drama Suits, her best known acting role.
