Meghan Markle was missing out on her 'secret passion' with a friend when living in the UK with Prince Harry.
Old snaps dug out before the Duchess of Sussex joined the Royal Family and shutdown all her social media accounts, reveal she loves watching ice hockey.
Several posts of Meghan and pal Heather Dorak prove the tough sport was something of a past time less easy to replicate in Britain.
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The UK may boast the Elite League of top teams including Guildford Flames and Cardiff Devils but it is fair to say it is not quite as big a deal as North America's NHL.
As such, visits to the ice from royals on this side of the pond are few and far between compared to the likes of traditionally British sports in tennis and polo.
With Montreal's famous Forum out of reach, the Royal Box at Wimbledon had to make do for Meghan until she and Harry packed up and moved stateside to California.
Meghan captioned a photo of her and Heather in 2016 saying: "Hockey night with my sweetheart @heatherdorak – what would I do without this gal?"
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The shot is of the pair watching Vancouver Canucks as the former actress was in Canada for the filming of hit series, Suits.
Further evidence of her passion for the sport comes from a snap of her three years earlier in New York at Madison Square Gardens.
Headlines were even spun out of Meghan taking a keen interest in a particular ice hockey star but her team dismissed rumours of a romantic relationship.
Internet sleuths were left jumping to conclusions after Meghan posted about catching up with player Michael Del Zotto twice in 2013, calling him “the best!”
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Their friendship was especially notable given that it emerged publicly around the time of Meghan's divorce from her film director husband, Trevor Engelson.
A pal of hers said: “She said she was just friends with Michael. Her social media had pics and references to him but she deleted it all after divorcing.”
Meghan’s spokesman added: “In fact, she was never alone with him and Mr Del Zotto had absolutely nothing to do with the end of her marriage.”
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