Breaking: Inside Meghan Markle’s surprising friendship with Rory Mcllroy: From ‘unexpected’ challenge to cosy dinner and gushing blog post about golf star….. Check In

Just two years prior to dating Prince Harry, the now Duchess of Sussex had struck up an unlikely bond with Irish golf star Rory Mcllroy.

In the summer of 2014, just months after her divorce from Trevor Engelson and at the height of her Suits fame, Meghan Markle and Rory went public with their new friendship.

Rory, who has just won his 27th PGA tour title, had nominated Meghan to do the ALS ice bucket trend which saw him pouring a cooler filled with freezing cold water over her head to raise awareness of motor neurone disease.

The future Duchess accepted the challenge on the condition that Rory pour the water over her himself.

The video shows the pair giggling on a balcony in New York as he stood above her on a step-ladder and drenched her.

At the time, it was reported Meghan and Rory went for drinks together at the Fitzpatrick Hotel in New York.

Not long after, Meghan took to her former blog, The Tig, to gush over her new bestie, dubbing him a ‘force’ and the ‘real deal’.