Donna Air gives her verdict on Meghan Markle saying ‘seems very nice’

The Byker Grove star talks Dancing On Ice and a royal wedding.

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Donna Air attending the V and A Summer Party held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

TV personality Donna Air has said Prince Harry’s fiancee, Meghan Markle, “seems very nice” after meeting her last year at Pippa Middleton’s wedding.

Air, 38, who is currently competing on ITV’s Dancing On Ice, has had an on-off relationship James Middleton, the brother of the Duchess of Cambridge, for a few years.

Donna Air in this week's Hello!
Donna Air in this week’s Hello!

Air told Hello!: “She (Meghan) seems very nice. Everyone loves a royal wedding!”

Prince Harry and Ms Markle, 36, will marry at Windsor Castle in May this year.

Talking about her current stint on the ice, Air told Hello!: “It’s been lovely to have the support of everyone. It’s quite funny because you think, ‘Oh I don’t want anyone there – it’s distracting. I just want to skate and get it done.’ But having people there – my closest – on the first skate was really helpful.”

She said she had agreed to do the show to set a good example for her 14-year-old daughter, Freya.

Dancing on Ice 2018 Photocall – London
Donna Air and Mark Hanretty during the press launch for the upcoming series of Dancing On Ice at the Natural History Museum Ice Rink in London.

“The joy of getting older is that you get to a point where you don’t care. It would be a bit strange at my age if I was dominated by what people think. It’s liberating, getting older,” she told Hello!

Read the full interview in this week’s Hello!