Meghan Markle reaches out to American woman during Brighton visit
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Renee Poole, 51, travels to Seaford every year to see her family.
She said: "I found out the day before coming that my gran had died, so it wasn't much of a family, but a funeral.
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Hide Ad"I gave sunflowers to Meghan, which are very famous in California, and she recognised that and said 'thank you – what brings you here'.
"I told her normally it would be a holiday but my gran passed and she said 'I'm so sorry'.
"She started to walk away and then she came back and put her hand on my arm and said 'I am truly so sorry' and I said thank you."
Asking the 51-year-old how she felt when Meghan took the time to speak to her, she said: "It makes her very human and very relatable and that means a lot to me.
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Hide Ad"It was fantastic to see them – they are our American royals and we follow them greatly – I do especially."