Meghan Markle and her mom Doria Ragland have a strong daughter-mother bond.
Ragland has been by her daughter’s side through it all, from Meghan’s early career as an actress to falling in love with Prince Harry.
When Meghan and Prince Harry were still living in the U.K., Ragland often traveled from her home state of California to visit her daughter and son-in-law during milestone moments like their 2018 royal wedding and the birth of their son Archie in 2019. Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved stateside, Ragland is closer than ever to her daughter and two grandchildren.
“Meghan draws a lot of strength from her mother. Doria is classy, chic and confident, but not unapproachable,” Meghan’s longtime friend and makeup artist Daniel Martin told PEOPLE in 2018. “I definitely feel Meghan gets a lot of that from her mother.”
Ragland spoke about her daughter’s relationship with Harry for the first time in the 2022 Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, admitting “the last five years have been challenging.” Still, she couldn’t be happier that Meghan found “the one” and seems to be quite the proud grandmother, too.
On May 16, 2023, Doria joined Meghan and Harry in New York City for the Ms. Foundation 2023 Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power. Meghan was named one of the year’s Woman of Vision Award honorees, and posed with her mother and husband on the red carpet.
Following the event, Meghan, Doria and Harry were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi,” a spokesperson for the couple confirmed to PEOPLE. The trio were making their way back to a friend’s private residence, where they were staying, when half a dozen blacked-out vehicles pursued their car in an attempt to take photos of the couple and Doria.
Here is everything to know about Meghan Markle’s mom, Doria Ragland.