{"id":462005,"date":"2025-09-30T02:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462005\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:58:15","slug":"serena-williams-unboxes-meghan-markle-as-ever-gift-in-birthday-surprise-that-sparks-royal-buzz-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462005\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams unboxes Meghan Markle As Ever gift in birthday surprise that sparks royal buzz | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SerenaSerena Williams unboxes Meghan Markle As Ever gift in birthday surprise that sparks royal buzz (Image via Getty) Serena Williams turned 44 on Friday, September 26, 2025. She shared a video on Instagram<\/a>. The video showed a gift she received from Meghan Markle<\/a>. The gift came from Meghan\u2019s brand As Ever. The box had bottles of Napa Valley Ros\u00e9 wine. Serena tagged Meghan and the brand in her Stories. Meghan later reposted Serena\u2019s video on her own Instagram account.<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle surprises Serena Williams with wine from As Ever<\/b><\/p>\n

On Friday, Serena Williams received a package at her home. The delivery was from As Ever, Meghan Markle\u2019s lifestyle brand. The brand was earlier called American Riviera Orchard. It was renamed after trademark issues.The gift came in a wooden box. It carried bottles of Napa Valley Ros\u00e9 wine. Serena opened the package on Instagram Stories. She tagged Meghan Markle and As Ever in her posts. Later, Meghan reshared the video on her Instagram Stories. This made the moment public and showed the bond between the two friends.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams and Meghan Markle built their friendship from the 2010 Super Bowl to royal weddings and beyond<\/b><\/p>\n

Serena Williams and Meghan Markle first met at the Super Bowl in 2010. Their bond grew in February 2014. They both played in the DirecTV Beach Bowl in New York. It was a celebrity flag football charity game. Meghan later wrote on her blog The Tig that they \u201chit it off immediately.\u201dSince then, Meghan Markle has often watched Serena\u2019s tennis matches. Serena has also supported Meghan\u2019s projects. Serena attended Meghan\u2019s royal wedding in Windsor in May 2018. She also hosted Meghan\u2019s baby shower in New York in 2019.Also Read: Andre Agassi Net Worth In 2025: Tennis Career, Earnings, Family, Lasting Legacy And More<\/a>After the 2019 Wimbledon final loss to Simona Halep, Serena praised Meghan. She said, \u201cShe\u2019s such a great friend and a great person as well. And always positive, no matter what.\u201dThe birthday gift on Friday shows their friendship is still strong. Serena Williams is now retired from tennis. Meghan Markle is growing her lifestyle brand. Yet their support for each other continues.Serena Williams took to Instagram saying she\u2019s \u201cthrilled\u201d with Meghan Markle\u2019s wine gift, calling it the sweetest surprise, showing their bond remains strong with love, gratitude, and lasting friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams unboxes Meghan Markle As Ever gift in birthday surprise that sparks royal buzz (Image via Getty)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[11519,1485,114867,7709,154671,7721,7719,7718,459,7720,1281,447,7710,519,154670,10095,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-462005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-american-riviera-orchard","9":"tag-as-ever","10":"tag-birthday-gift","11":"tag-british-royal-family","12":"tag-directv","13":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","14":"tag-duke-of-sussex","15":"tag-harry","16":"tag-instagram","17":"tag-meghan","18":"tag-meghan-markle","19":"tag-prince-harry","20":"tag-royal-families","21":"tag-royal-family","22":"tag-royal-friendship","23":"tag-serena-williams","24":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115291010175728937","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}