What Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz have in common: All similarities between Duchess and Brooklyn Beckham’s wife as couples hold ‘Beckxit’ summit amid family feuds

While both are Americans navigating troubled family dynamics after marrying the British sons of famous fathers, the similarities do not end there.

And Meghan Markle and Nicola Peltz would have had plenty in common to discuss when they recently had dinner in the so-called ‘Beckxit’ summit in Montecito.

Meghan married Prince Harry in 2018 while Nicola wed Brooklyn Beckham in 2022, with both slightly older than their husbands and actresses turned influencers.

The Duchess of Sussex starred in Suits and ran a lifestyle blog before she briefly became a member of the Royal Family then stepped down two years later in 2020.

Meghan has since begun a new life in California – launching TV shows, podcasts and a lifestyle business while hitting out at her old royal life with a series of barbs.

As for Nicola, the daughter of a frozen food empire tycoon, she also tried to crack Hollywood but is now the face of a fashion brand and prolific on Instagram.

The two women live less than 100 miles away from each other – Meghan in a $14.5million mansion in Montecito, and Nicola in a $10.5million Beverly Hills home.

Meghan and Nicola are also both into social activism, with Meghan becoming a prominent campaigner on issues such as mental health and online misinformation.

Nicola meanwhile has been outspoken about the difficulties facing sex workers and directed Lola, her first film last year, which was about a struggling stripper.

The women also have a similar age gap to their husbands who are slightly younger than them – Meghan is 43 while Harry is 40, and Nicola is 30 while Brooklyn is 26.

And while Meghan and Nicola were both used to the limelight before marriage, they have been propelled into a new stratosphere after marrying their famous husbands.

Meghan starred in legal drama Suits from 2011 until 2018 and also had a small role in the 2011 movie Horrible Bosses, but was reasonably unknown outside the US until she became Harry’s girlfriend.

Nicola had an agent from the age of 12 and appeared in films such as Deck The Halls in 2006, The Last Airbender in 2010 and Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, but again was relatively unknown before her relationship with Brooklyn.

The women have both since been working on wellness and lifestyle ventures, with Meghan launching As Ever last month with a collection of herbal teas, flower sprinkles and luxury honey which sold out quickly.

As for Nicola, she has been working as a model and is now the face of the Swedish fashion brand NA-KD.

Both women are also friends with various celebrities, with Meghan close to the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Mindy Kaling and the Clooneys.

Nicola is friends with Sofia Richie as well as supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid, and had a previous relationship with their brother Anwar.

They also share plenty of similarities with their lavish weddings, with Meghan’s costing an estimated £32million when she married Harry in a ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in May 2018.

Nicola wed Brooklyn in a £3million wedding at the Peltz family’s £76million Palm Beach estate in 2022.

But they both had drama relating to dresses for their weddings – with Meghan having a spat with Kate over bridesmaids’ dresses which is said to have left both of them in tears.

Meanwhile Victoria Beckham offered to make her future daughter-in-law’s dress, but she declined and went for a Valentino design instead.

And they share similarities in how they have taken on their husband’s name and brand since marriage – with Meghan famously calling herself ‘Meghan Sussex’ during her Netflix show in March, and Nicola calling herself ‘Mrs Nicola Peltz Beckham’.

The woman also both have a love of dogs, with Nicola setting up Yogi’s House, a foster-based rescue shelter in Los Angeles. Her dog Nala died last July after a routine trip to the groomers.

Meghan is also known to love dogs, having mourned the death of her rescue beagle Guy in January and previously being a patron for the UK animal welfare charity Mayhem.

Now of course, Meghan and Nicola will have plenty to talk about given the ongoing family feuds being played out very publicly.

Brooklyn and Nicola failed to attend any of his father David Beckham’s 50th birthday celebrations earlier this month despite being in England at the time.

They are said to have fallen out with the Beckhams, although Victoria and David are said to blame Nicola for their son not attending any of the events.

Brooklyn has not been pictured with siblings Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13, since Boxing Day, and failed to acknowledge Mother’s Day for Victoria in March.

As for Harry, he has become estranged from his family in recent years – most notably from his brother Prince William and father King Charles III – since stepping down as senior royal and moving to California.

A series of barbs have followed – mostly recently in a BBC interview earlier this month when the Duke said his father will no longer speak to him.

Now, sources have claimed Harry and Meghan are ‘secretly supporting’ Brooklyn and Nicola because of their ‘similar family feuds’.

The two women are said to have had a ‘deep and meaningful’ chat in Montecito – and Brooklyn and Nicola have received ‘unwavering support’ from Harry and Meghan who reportedly feel ’empathetic’ towards them.