Inside Meghan Markle's warm 関係 with Nacho Figueras, his wife Delfina Blaquier and their daughter Alba - as the 'polo wives' support their husbands in Miami
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She may have become estranged from her half-siblings in 最近の years - but Meghan Markle appears to have 設立する a 'sister' in Nacho Figureas' wife Delfina.
Yesterday, the Duchess of Sussex was seen 温かく hugging Prince Harry's polo-playing pal?Nacho as her husband filmed scenes for his new Netflix series in Palm Beach.?
The mother-of-two, 42, also went on to embrace Nacho's wife Delfina, who has affectionately 述べるd the Duchess as her 'sister' and 'polo wife' in the past.
The two women - who have (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd a strong friendship after …に出席するing polo matches together to watch their spouses play - were seen walking away from their husbands with their 武器 wrapped around each other as filming got 進行中で.?
Later in the day, Meghan was also seen affectionately 迎える／歓迎するing the couple's eight-year-old daughter Alba - giving her a kiss on the 長，率いる and a warm 抱擁する.?
Pictured: The Duchess of Sussex 抱擁するs polo player Nacho Figueras as she arrives in Palm Beach yesterday, where Prince Harry was filming for Netflix
Meghan Markle, seen here with a hat-covered woman believed to be Delfina Blaquier, on Saturday at the?王室の Salute Polo Challenge in Palm Beach
On Friday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex …に出席するd the?王室の Salute Polo Challenge with the couple in Florida - where Meghan was seen 持つ／拘留するing Alba's 手渡す as they walked through the gr ounds.?
Here FEMAIL delves into Meghan's 関係 with her 'sister' Delfina and her family.?
Meghan's 'sister'?
Alba's mother Delfina has even 以前 referred to the?Duchess of Sussex?as a 'sister' when 噴出するing over the 'fellow polo-wife' in an Instagram 地位，任命する in 2022.
She also 賞賛するd the 王室の mother-of-two as 存在 'stronger than she knows' in an interview with?Hello! magazine?in the same year.
The beaming friends 提起する／ポーズをとるd together at the celebrity polo match to 利益 the Prince's charity, Sentebale, in Palm Beach, before 存在 snapped と一緒に one another once again on Saturday at the 王室の Salute Polo Challenge at the Grand 支持する／優勝者s Polo Club.?
The two pals looked as の近くに as ever as they smiled for photos と一緒に their husbands on Friday ahead of the charity?プロの／賛成の-am polo match.?
In 2022, に引き続いて a glamorous polo 会合，会う in Aspen,?Colorado, Delfina said: '[Meghan] is so wonderful and strong. Stronger than she knows. I love 存在 around my friend s, and I will always support her.'
Meghan Markle seen kissing Nacho?Figueras and Delfina Blaquier's eight-year-old daughter Alba behind the scenes of Netflix filming
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were joined at Friday's charity polo match by Nacho?Figueras - who is known as the 'David Beckham of polo' - and his wife, Argentine socialite?Delfina Blaquier
Meghan smiled and waved at the cameras on Friday as she walked 手渡す-in-手渡す with Nacho and Delfina's daughter Alba??
Meghan Markle seen hugging?Delfina Blaquier in Palm Beach yesterday as the women's husbands filmed scenes for Netflix
Meghan was also seen affectionately 迎える／歓迎するing the couple's eight-year-old daughter Alba - giving her a kiss on the 長，率いる and a warm 抱擁する
Harry was joined on the sidelines by Nacho. The pair later looked up with 利益／興味 as the 乗組員 sent up a drone to get 空中の （映画の）フィート数 of the game
The Prince 削減（する） a low-重要な 人物／姿／数字 in 黒人／ボイコット ジーンズs and a grey t-shirt - but his arrival was given away by a Netflix film 乗組員 who were on 手渡す to shoot his interactions with the awe-struck players?
Appearing relaxed and at 緩和する, the couple was joined by の近くに friends and a dozen-strong Netflix film 乗組員 for the new 生産／産物
In an earlier interview with the?出版（物）,?Delfina also 明らかにする／漏らすd that the pair referred to themselves as the 'P Wives' which stands for 'Polo Wives'.?
Delfina has been married to the millionaire polo player, whose 十分な 指名する is Ignacio Figueras, since 2005 - and the couple …に出席するd the 王室の wedding?together in 2018.?
Alba and Lilibet's friendship
What's more, Meghan's daughter Lilibet appears to have (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd a の近くに friendship with Alba.
によれば Hello reporter Alexandra Hurtado, Alba was asking after her friend at the polo event on Friday.
The 王室の reporter wrote: 'によれば Nacho, Alba 手配中の，お尋ね者 to know why the Sussexes’ daughter Lili wasn’t there.'
The Duchess, 42, was seen in Palm Beach this 週末 as she joined her husband Prince Harry for his new Netflix show about the genteel world of polo
Pictured: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter Lilibet Diana around the time of her first birthday in June 2022?
Support in wake of Megxit?
Since the Sussexes' move to the US, where Nacho and Harry played polo together at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, Meghan and Delfina have become 会社／堅い friends too.?
In the summer of 2022, Delfina took to her social マスコミ account to 株 an affectionate message about the Duchess of Sussex, 説 it had been 'so special' to spend time with her.
地位，任命するing a sn ap of the pair standing while watching their husbands compete at the?Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, Delfina wrote: 'M?- looking 今後 to many more of these times with you and H.
Delfina Blaquier and Nacho Figueras arrive at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor 城 on May 19, 2018 in Windsor
In 2022, Delfina 地位，任命するd a 噴出するing 地位，任命する about Meghan on Instagram and said she 'couldn't wait to see her again'?
'Getting to spend time together over these two months was so special. I wish everyone knew you the way you are.'
She continued: 'My sister, my now fellow “pwife” (polo wife) -genius of you to come up with this. Can’t wait to see you again soon, to 株 thrill, 引き上げ（る）s, and just more 冷気／寒がらせる time.'
Delfina 追加するd: 'You also have my 尊敬（する）・点. Keep walking, 安定した and strong. Listen to your heart, that will guide you 井戸／弁護士席, because you have a big one and it’s a beautiful one. I love you my darling.'
社債d over polo and blogs?
Delfina?first met her husband Nacho at a polo match in Buenos 空気／公表するs in 1997. They started dating in 早期に 1998 and welcomed their first son in 2000, and 結婚する in December 2005.
The couple now has four children together: Hilario; Aurora; Artemo; and Alba.
述べるd by Tatler as 'the David Beckham of Polo', Nacho now 持つ／拘留するs a 6-goal 障害（者） and an 概算の 逮捕する 価値（がある） of $30million and has been modelling for Ralph Lauren since 2000.
He and Harry have been playing と一緒に each other in charity matches for the past １０年間, 最終的に resulting in them becoming の近くに friends.
Both Prince Harry and Nacho 定期的に play in char ity matches to raise 基金s for Sentebale, an organisation co-設立するd by Prince Harry that supports children and young people 影響する／感情d by HIV in southern Africa.
Speaking about his friendship with the 王室の, Nacho told Town and Country magazine in 2019: 'What I like the most about him is how real he is and how serious he is about 改善するing life for kids that have not had the blessings that we've had.'
Meghan Markle and Delfina Blaquier (pictured together) arrive for the Sentebale Polo 2018 held at the 王室の 郡 of Berkshire
Sentebale 外交官／大使 Nacho Figuares, Prince Harry, Sentebal's? then CEO Cathy Ferrier, Meghan and Delfina Figueras arrive for the Sentebale Polo 2018 held at the 王室の 郡 of Berkshire Polo Club on July 26, 2018 in Windsor
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Nacho has been to Lesotho with Prince Harry at least three times, most recently 開始 the Mamohato Centre together in 2015.
Delfina, who is the daughter of an Argentinian polo player, grew up in Buenos 空気／公表するs. Until the age of 18, she was an 競技者, 代表するing her country at さまざまな 競争s in high jump.
She went to university and 卒業生（する）d with a degree in landscape design before becoming a professional model and photographer.
While her family spends a lot of time on the road, they are based outside Buenos 空気／公表するs, where they own a 30-acre ranch 住宅 some 40 world-class polo horses in 38,750-square-foot stables designed by Argentinian architect Juan Ignacio Ramos. Their family home is just a five-minute walk from the stables.?
令状ing on her blog, Delfina 明らかにする／漏らすd that her children are homeschooled as a result of their nomadic lifestyle, as the family travels around the world for Nacho's career.?
On 最高の，を越す of supporting her husband's career and looking after her children, Delfina has a busy creative career. In 2018, she cofounded fashion brand ?cheval Pampa, with the label making its debut at Paris Fashion Week AW18.
The designs are 奮起させるd by her Argentinian 遺産 and 達成するs elevated gaucho style, an equestrian fashion of South American cowboys.
She also dedicates a lot of time to We Are Figueras, her fashion and lifestyle blog she created to 株 her family's travels.
On the blog, she 令状s: 'As the children grow older, I felt I needed to work on something for me, I consider myself a creative type of person and had all this ideas of doing something fun.
'Creating a blog was a lot of fun, and A lot of work. I thought that is was a 広大な／多数の／重要な idea to put my point of v iew and 株 with you things I like doing, seeing, watching, getting or even visiting.
'There is so much out there, and I thought it was a good idea to do it every where I was.'
The polo couple has been friends with Prince Harry for years, and were の中で the few …に出席するing perhaps one of the most 排除的 events of the １０年間: the 2018 wedding of the 王室の to Meghan.
