She was also wearing a gold necklace with the letter A for son Archie. The 37-year-old was all smiles as she took up her seat during a break in play. She was joined by two of her oldest friends Lindsay Roth and Genevieve Hillis with whom she was at university. The group slipped into the arena and sat among members of the crowd rather than special seats reserved for VIPs.

Meghan arrived as Serena was 4-1 down to Croatian Kaja Juvan, 18, in the first set of their second-round match.

But she proved to bring the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion luck, as she rallied to win the match 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Meghan and Serena, also 37, met at the 2010 Super Bowl and immediately hit it off.

The friends have also bonded through motherhood as Serena gave birth to her first child, Alexis Olympia, in 2017.

After her victory, Serena told how she knew the duchess would be there to cheer her on.

She said: “It’s always exciting when she comes out to watch and support the tennis. So I was happy.”

After hearing that Roger Federer had been giving tennis lessons to Prince George, Serena was asked if she would do the same with Archie.

Serena, whose daughter is 22-months-old, said: “I’m actually working on Olympia’s game. Maybe she can give tips to him. She’ll be his older sister.”

Asked if she had been asked to be Archie’s godmother at his christening, she said: “No, I’m working on Saturday – so she understands work.”

The tennis ace spoke after Harry and Meghan broke with royal precedent by refusing to make public the names of the godparents at his christening at Windsor Castle tomorrow.

The duchess’s American friends are likely to attend, with Genevieve tipped to be godmother.

Harry and Meghan broke with tradition after arguing that the godparents, longstanding friends, are not public figures and should be allowed to maintain their privacy.

But last night it emerged that the couple are in breach of a legal requirement to identify the godparents’ names.

Normally they would be in a parish church register that anyone could look at on request. Buckingham Palace said the eight-week-old’s christening would be recorded in a register held privately by the Queen.

It will take place in a private chapel and for 24 hours there was confusion about whether normal legal requirements under a Church of England measure applied.

After consulting its lawyers the Church said the law did apply but the Royal Family has always ignored it.

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