Overview

• The crew’s handwritten message to Markle read “It’s a pleasure serving you! Love you real bad” and was signed by the “AA girlies” during her commercial American Airlines flight.
• Markle responded by passing back a cocktail napkin inscribed “Dear AA girlies, thank you for the love, hospitality and handwritten note — you know me well” and signed off “As ever, Meg” in reference to her lifestyle brand.
• Flight attendant Nina Vida shared the exchange on TikTok, noting the duchess also complimented her manicure after a captain had previously criticized it.
• Viewers praised Markle’s down-to-earth gesture and linked it to her former blog The Tig, where she wrote that handwritten notes are a “lost art form.”
• Fans expressed surprise that the duchess opted for a commercial flight, a choice seen as consistent with her personal brand’s emphasis on authenticity.