Meghan Markle's ex-friend breaks silence on being 'ghosted' by Duchess of Sussex

The duo stayed in touch and Mackintosh went on to give Meghan “all of her contacts” when she moved to London.

However, the reality TV star claims she was "ghosted" by the Duchess when her relationship withe Harry went public.

Mackintosh said she had contacted the former actress when her romance was exposed.

“I messaged her and said, 'Hey I hope you're OK, thinking of you,' and she just sent me this really abrupt message, that was really unlike any of our communications before,” she told the Mumlemmas podcast.

“It wasn’t like I’d messaged her asking if it was true - that was none of my business, I didn’t care - I was just like, 'are you ok?'

"What I read from that message was that she maybe needed a bit of space, she needed to cool off, she was angry, she was maybe under a lot of pressure."

She added: “I didn't message her again, but I did expect that we would stay in touch.

"I thought she'd message back and say, ‘Look, sorry everything is a bit stressful right now.’ She cut me dead. I never heard from her again. I felt like she'd basically told me to f*** off in that message. So I did. And we haven't spoken since.”

Mackintosh said the last time she saw Meghan was on a girls weekend at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire in September 2016 where a day of yoga had turned into a “really fun afternoon” involving rosè and margaritas in the pool.

During the trip, Meghan admitted that a friend had introduced her to Prince Harry and that they were messaging but the television star claims she "didn't ask too much of it".

But did text her when their relationship was exposed the following month.

“My take on it is that, this is my instinct why it happened at the time, she thought right I'm gonna be royal now, I don't need Millie in my life - what could I offer her at that point?" the Made In Chelsea star added.

“She had met her prince. I was on a reality show, so she obv was like, ‘I can't be associated with Made In Chelsea, I'm gonna be royal. I’ve got to cut her loose. I just wasn’t useful any more."

It was previously alleged that Meghan began to grow "spooked" because she suspected Mackintosh was leaking details of their friendship to the media which could have impacted her relationship with Prince Harry.

Other stars claim they were too ditched by the Duchess when she met Prince Harry, including her former agent, Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne, school friend Ninaki Priddy, TV personality Lizzie Cundy and broadcaster Piers Morgan.

The Duchess has also cut off her own father and most of her extended family, including her half brother and half sister.

She added: “When we first met, I was married, going through a bit of a turbulent time, and I got divorced, and she was divorced so we had quite a lot to talk about. That was quite bonding, and we were both into our wellness, she had our blog, we were both just into the same things.

“We hung out a handful of times, we weren't best friends, but whenever she was in town she'd let me know and we would just hang out.”