{"id":430106,"date":"2026-02-17T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430106\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:35:07","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-avoid-close-contact-with-two-big-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430106\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan avoid close contact with two big names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/651257_8085607_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan avoid close contact with two big names\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took center court at Sunday night\u2019s 75th NBA All Star Game in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>The couple met A-list celebrities but kept a noticeable distance from another high-profile duo Barack and Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, sharing laughs and photos with Queen Latifah and her partner, Eboni Nichols. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the former President and First Lady were nearby with their daughter Sasha, enjoying premium seats and soaking in the action from a slightly different corner of the arena. <\/p>\n<p>Despite both couples being present, there were no sightings of them chatting, greeting, or even sitting close enough for a friendly elbow bump.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/651257_7795343_updates.jpeg\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan avoid close contact with two big names\" width=\"640\" height=\"867\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan avoid close contact with two big names\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though this is the first time the Sussexes and the Obamas have attended the same NBA event, the histories of contact between them are well-documented. <\/p>\n<p>Harry met him in the White House in 2015, and later shared the spotlight with Michelle at the Invictus Games in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Meghan also crossed paths with Mrs. Obama during her \u201cBecoming\u201d book tour stop in London in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Harry even interviewed the former President for BBC Radio 4 in 2017, with the clip showing the two joking comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>The couple mingled with Kelly Rowland, Teyana Taylor, Victoria Mon\u00e9t, and Anthony Anderson, with whom Harry shared a few laughs during the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took center court at Sunday night\u2019s 75th NBA All Star Game in Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-430106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}