Inside Meghan Markle’s glamorous inner circle

SHE’S about to take a step into the exclusive royal family. But before that, Meghan Markle’s inner circle was incredibly glamorous.

Meghan Markle with her longtime friend, Jessica Mulroney.

THEY say that blood is thicker than water.

But, apart from her mother, Doria Ragland, 61, and father, Thomas Markle, 73, few relatives of Meghan Markle are expected to attend the former Suits actress’ wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday.

Instead, the 36-year-old bride is leaning on her loyal girlfriends in the run-up to the Windsor Castle nuptials — but none of them will be her matron of honour. A palace spokesman told the Telegraph that Meghan “has a very close-knit circle of friends and she didn’t want to choose one over another. All have been actively involved in helping her ... and will be there in the days beforehand.”

Here are the unofficial royal wedding planners:

JESSICA MULRONEY, 38:

Jessica Mulroney and Meghan Markle at an event in Toronto in 2016. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

The Toronto-based stylist — who is the daughter-in-law of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney — was a wardrobe consultant on Meghan’s TV series Suits. She’s had a huge impact on the future duchess’ style over the years, introducing her to edgy labels such as Erdem and Sentaler.

Mulroney, who also dresses Canadian first lady Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, has advised Meghan on bridal gowns twice: for her character on Suits and also for the royal wedding — rumours abound that she’s suggested either Erdem or designers Ralph & Russo. The stylist’s daughter Ivy, 4, is expected to be a flower girl.

MISHA NONOO, 31:

Misha Nonoo at the Met Gala in NYC last week. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

MILLIE MACKINTOSH, 28:

The former UK reality star has taken Meghan under her wing since the actress moved full-time to London last year — whisking her away for a girls’ trip to a countryside spa and teaching her the rules of upper-class society. “Millie couldn’t have been more hands-on with helping Meghan organise the wedding,” a royal source recently told the Daily Mail.

LINDSAY JILL ROTH, 35:

Meghan was maid of honour at Roth’s August 2016 wedding at the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan. The women met as first-year students at Northwestern University, Illinois, in a Toni Morrison literature class. “I don’t know many people who are as generous and supportive as Meg is,” Roth, a TV producer and novelist, gushed to People in March.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA, 35:

The Quantico actress and 2000 Miss World met Meghan at a 2016 dinner for women in TV. Chopra has been critical of press coverage on Meghan, such as a September 2017 Vanity Fair cover story, that overly focused on her friend’s role as Harry’s girlfriend, telling Entertainment Tonight: “She’s an actor, she’s an activist, she’s a philanthropist. I mean, she does so much more.” Chopra also has a concern about her own wardrobe for the wedding — particularly the “fascinators” worn at posh British weddings. “I’m more stressed out about a small hat [than a dress],” she told Bravo’s Andy Cohen. “How do those things stay [on]?”

HEATHER DORAK, 36:

Dorak, a fitness instructor, has run Pilates Platinum studio in Los Angeles for more than a decade and is said to be responsible for Meghan’s trim and toned figure. The bride-to-be used to post photos on her now-defunct Instagram account of her vacation jaunts with Dorak, to locales including Spain and St. Barts.

This story originally appeared in the New York Post and is republished here with permission.