An American Airlines flight attendant shares of a pleasant onboard exchange with Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, during which the Duchess of Sussex defended her not long after the captain had reportedly made derisive remarks about her appearance.

American Airlines Flight Attendant Shares About Her Onboard Interaction With Meghan Markle

Markle, who lives outside of Santa Barbara, CA, was flying from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX). Flight attendants wrote her a note saying, “It’s a pleasure serving you! Love you real bad!  -AA Girlies.”

Markle wrote them a handwritten note back:

“Dear AA Girlies, thank you for the love, hospitality, and handwritten note—you know me well. All love right back to you. As ever, Meghan.”

Sharing the note and describing Markle’s behavior onboard, flight attendant Nina Vida posted a video on TikTok praising the Duchess of Sussex as sweet and beautiful. Furthermore, she praised Markle’s handwriting, noting it was “giving rich, giving expensive, giving princess” vibes.

(View From The Wing notes that before turning to acting, Meghan Markle was a professional calligraphy instructor.)

Vida also noted that Markle praised her nails, which was particularly poignant after the captain had purportedly criticized her nails as “intense.”

“Sir, it doesn’t matter what you think. The queen says she likes them.”

Hmm…don’t tell Camilla.

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I don’t mind the nails and would go so far as to say they look nice, though I’m not sure they are very practical for a flight attendant. My wife, being a nurse, does not use any nail polish and keeps her nails cut short…that’s a good look too.

In any case, while we don’t know in what context the captain derided her nails, unless she asked for feedback on them, I don’t see how it is appropriate to comment on them unless saying they look nice. I mean, it’s not like it was LaRhonda…

It isn’t clear what class of service Markle was flying in, but you can bet it was not economy class. Her husband is known to fly AA First Class and the late Prince Phillip, Harry’s grandfather, once said, “If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort, provided you don’t travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.”

> Read More: Prince Philip Calls Economy Class “Ghastly”
> Read More: Prince Harry Flies American Airlines First Class To London…In Sweats?

Why does this even matter? I don’t know, you tell me…the world seems fixated on Harry and Meghan…I’m just giving you the aviation angle.