Meghan Markle’s makeup artist Daniel Martin celebrates seeing his ‘bestie’ on giant Times Square billboard for new Netflix show

Meghan Markle’s make-up artist Daniel Martin has celebrated seeing his ‘bestie’ on a giant billboard in New York City‘s Times Square. 

Daniel, who is part of the mother-of-two’s innermost circle, on Sunday took to Instagram to show his support for the Duchess of Sussex – ahead of the release of her forthcoming Netflix show. 

With Love, Meghan is set to premiere on March 4, after the lifestyle and cookery show was delayed from its initial January release date due to the California wildfires.

Two days before its world premiere on Netflix, Daniel documented his visit to Times Square ‘to see my besties’ in an Instagram Story that showed the 51-year-old goofily pointing to a billboard playing the trailer for Meghan’s show. 

He captioned the clip, which was set to Kool & The Gang’s Celebration, ‘Hit Times Square to see my besties’ and tagged Netflix as well as Meghan’s Instagram accounts. 

The new series will see the Duchess ‘reimagine the genre of lifestyle programming’ as she and her celebrity guests roll ‘up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden, and beyond, and invite you to do the same’, according to Netflix promotional material.

With Love, Meghan was filmed on a £5 million California estate and features several of the Duchess’ friends including The Office star Mindy Kaling, and chefs Alice Waters and Roy Choi. 

Meghan, 43, first teased the project on New Year’s Day when she relaunched her defunct Duchess of Sussex Instagram account – rebranded simply as @meghan – with an elusive clip of herself running down on her beach. 

Meghan Markle’s make-up artist Daniel Martin has celebrated seeing his ‘bestie’ on a giant billboard in New York City ‘s Times Square

Daniel, who is part of the mother-of-two’s innermost circle, on Sunday took to Instagram to show his support for the Duchess of Sussex – ahead of the release of her forthcoming Netflix show With Love, Meghan 

At the time, Daniel declared ‘my sis is back’ and directed his followers to ‘watch this space’ as he hailed Meghan’s return to social media. 

The royal’s return to Instagram comes after Meghan shut down all of her social media channels in January 2018, shortly after getting engaged to Prince Harry.

A source for Kensington Palace said at the time: ‘Ms. Markle is grateful to everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years, however as she has not used them for some time she has taken the decision to close them.’

Daniel is believed to have known Meghan for over a decade, having met her while the former actress worked on Suits. 

As Meghan didn’t have a publicist, she personally reached out to Daniel’s agent at The Wall Group – and he described how they both had an ‘instant connection.’

‘I knew what she wanted—it was one of those things where, she looked at herself in the mirror and was like, ‘Oh my God, this is what I always wanted, but I didn’t know how to get there,’ he told the publication.

The pair then kept in touch and while working on her former blog The Tig, Meghan asked Daniel to give her a helping hand.

He has remained in contact with the Duchess throughout her life in the royal family and was by Meghan’s side on her wedding day as he perfected her make-up.

Daniel, who is often described as the mother-of-two’s best friend, previously showed his support for the Duchess of Sussex when she relaunched her Instagram account on New Year’s Day 

In the run-up to its release on Tuesday, March 4, Netflix released a sneak-peek from With Love, Meghan featuring her ‘new friend’ Roy Choi. 

In the clip, the pair were seen bonding over their shared love of ‘karaoke and dancing’ in Koreatown while preparing a hearty meal of Korean fried chicken in a glamorous kitchen set.

Meghan, who announced her Netflix series at the start of the year, reshared the sneak-peek to her Instagram Stories with the caption: ‘Thanks to my fellow Angeleno, Chef Roy Choi.

‘Had the best time having you on the show.

‘Can’t wait for all of you to see it.’

The Duchess’ new show is set to be released on Tuesday, March 4, having been delayed from its initial premiere date of January 15 after devastating wildfires ripped through Los Angeles.

She also teased the show by sharing a ‘backstage video’ that featured her husband Prince Harry and her fance moves, before it was quickly taken down and then reuploaded on 27 February. 

Meghan also shared a ‘backstage video’ from With Love, Meghan’ on her newly-launched Instagram account before the video appeared to be taken down.

In the run-up to its release on Tuesday, March 4, Netflix released a sneak-peek from With Love, Meghan featuring her ‘new friend’ Roy Choi

In the clip, Choi (above) and Meghan were seen bonding over their shared love of ‘karaoke and dancing’ in Koreatown while preparing a hearty meal of Korean fried chicken in a glamorous kitchen set

After it was deleted, the short clip was reposted on X before a seemingly identical version of the teaser was later reuploaded to her social media without explanation.

Meghan captioned the post: ‘Six more days until our show launches on @Netflix! Celebrating the crew and everyone who helped make this happen! The countdown begins.’