Meghan Markle’s bachelorette party consisted of a luxury 3-day spa trip

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an event at Millennium Point to celebrate International Women's Day in Birmingham

I liked the professional look of Meghan Markle’s J.Crew navy-and-cream coat, but I’m reminded yet again that the coat was hiding a really smart ensemble underneath. Meghan wore a cashmere-blend All Saints funnel-neck sweater (I called it a cowl neck yesterday, because MY BAD!) and Alexander Wang slacks. This outfit looks even better sans coat! Anyway, yesterday I noticed that in the closeups of Meghan’s face, she looked especially glowy and her skin looked incredible. As it turns out, there was a good reason for her glowing, luminous skin: chica did her “bachelorette party” (as it was) at a spa over the weekend.

Meghan Markle is getting in a little pampering before her big day. The royal-to-be escaped to the Soho Farmhouse, a luxury retreat located in the Cotswolds, not too far outside London, for a weekend of pampering and girl time with some of her closest friends, a source confirmed to PEOPLE. The gathering lasted for three days, with guests arriving on Sunday, Mar. 4, and leaving on Tuesday, Mar. 6.

The five-star hotel has spacious rooms and a spa, called the Cowshed Spa, which offers facials, massages and other treatments. Set in the Cotswolds, photos from Soho House’s Instagram account show it to be a tranquil oasis away from the city, complete with an on-property lake, tennis courts and more.

Soho Farmhouse is a fitting location for Meghan’s getaway: She’s close friends with Markus Anderson, the director of the Soho House, and Meghan and Harry were spotted having dinner at the luxury club’s London location in February 2017. In the summer of 2016 (when the couple first began dating), Meghan shared a photo from the Soho Farmhouse with friend and Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh.

Meghan’s had a busy week: Just a few hours after returning from her country getaway, she was formally baptized and confirmed into the Church of England in a secret ceremony in the Royal Chapel at St. James’s Palace, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. On Thursday, she joined Harry in Birmingham to mark International Women’s Day with a group of tech-savvy teen girls.

[From People]

Does anyone else find it slightly amusing that Meghan isn’t even flying home to California for one last trip before she’s a married lady? It was rumored that she did go to LA for a weekend just after the engagement was announced, but it definitely feels like… I don’t know, Harry wants her to be close by, at all times. That’s the vibe I get – that he’s a little bit needy, and she’s like “okay, I’ll only go to the Cotswolds for my bachelorette party, don’t call me too much, okay?” That’s just my read on it: he’s a little bit afraid that she’s going to end up bolting. Meg’s not a bolter though… not yet. She’s happy where she is. And it sounds like her spa trip/hen party was just the ticket.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit Birmingham

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an event at Millennium Point to celebrate International Women's Day in Birmingham

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an event at Millennium Point to celebrate International Women's Day in Birmingham

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  1. Cky says:

    I love her so much. I think she probably doesn’t have much reason to go home to California, Mays not that far away and they probably have plenty to do. I imagine the only reason she’d go home is to visit her mom, and of course her moms going to come to the wedding.

    • Siiiigh says:

      Yeah, she isn’t *from* there anymore. She was living in Toronto for nearly a decade. I imagine her mother typically visited *her* and that they were more than happy with that arrangement. Her home is England now. I wouldn’t be surprised if her mother relocated to England as well.

    • Lilly says:

      I can’t help it – I adore her too. I also still believe she’s making Harry look hotter when she’s next to him.

      • Avery says:

        I have said the exact same thing! She makes Harry so much hotter. I just adore her and that she has made this role her own. I love how affectionate they are with each other. It really jumps off the page.

  2. Alix says:

    You know you and your friends are rich when the spa retreat doesn’t need to be scheduled around anyone’s work week.

    • Eliza says:

      That and you can ask them all to travel internationally for not only the wedding, but also for a 3 day spa weekend that probably cost each in the thousands just in accommodations and treatments let alone airfare.

    • Coz' says:

      That’s exactly what I came to say. Sunday to Tuesday : I love this detail 🙂

      • jetlagged says:

        I could have sworn I read somewhere that Soho Farmhouse only allows non-members to enjoy the facilities Sun-Thurs but of course now I can’t remember where I saw that particular piece of info. I think there are also restrictions for how many guests members can bring in at any given time. Meghan must be a member, but perhaps her guests weren’t. Then again, if she’s friendly with the founder and about to marry into royalty, you’d think the place would waive any of the rules designed to keep the peasants at bay.

      • Tina says:

        I am 100% sure that this was designed to keep their party away from London weekenders.

    • Apple Hat says:

      Laughing at the thought of Millie “working” outside of her time as a yacht girl.

      • LAK says:

        Millie is a yacht girl? Wow!! I’m surprised Professor Green hasn’t spilled or even hinted at this…..

        The MIC crowd would merely shrug.

      • magnoliarose says:

        Who is Millie?

      • Tina says:

        @magnoliarose, Millie Mackintosh, soon to be ex-spouse of Professor Green (he’s not really a professor, and she’s not really anything, and I can’t believe I’m explaining this. Just google it.)

    • Princessk says:

      How do we know this is really true?

      • mynameispearl says:

        Millie Mackintosh is a posh British reality tv star, her family owned Mackintosh sweets. I think they sold it though and now are just filthy rich. she starred on made in Chelsea alongside Spencer Matthews… who’s brother is married to pippa middleton. ugh the whole British party upper crust set of hooray Henry’s…. boke

    • Anastasia says:

      It’s also possible that she supplemented one or two of her friends with the tickets/spa costs. I’d do that for my friends if I were her.

  3. Zapp Brannigan says:

    Maybe it is a security issue that she is staying close. Much easier to protect her on home turf.

    Also I need that outfit she is wearing.

    • Milla says:

      Of course it’s security reasons. I love the sweater and trousers as well.

      I mean, she’s British almost and USA will be just country she was born in. Guess her mum will come to live with them at some point, when she’s older.

      • namasta says:

        I don’t think it’s security issues. Royals travel all the time (New years trip to Nice).

        Her mom probably has her own life and friends, what would she do alone in London?

      • FLORC says:

        Security issue side for me too.

        Namaste
        MM is high profile now. Lots of royal travels. Much is covered as work. Some is personal and low key. I can’t see how you can fairly compare logistics and safety to her specific circumstances and threats to any other royal. Especially given all that is going on in the states right now. There’s a mass shooting, hate crime, abuse of power or some other horrible event every other day. This country is not safe atm. So, this screams security risk.

      • Tina says:

        If they can get to us in bloody Salisbury, nowhere is safe. (Also, at what point do we acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack?)

    • Des says:

      I NEEEED that outfit. Omg, it’s perfect.

    • Kloops says:

      Agreed. Security issues, planning a royal wedding, getting baptized into the Church of England (the clergy likely spent some time doing due process so more time from her schedule), making work appearances, the logistical and time constraints of trans Atlantic travel etc…. insecurity from Prince Harry seems like wild and weird speculation.

  4. Mira says:

    oh la la, I really need a spa trip right now, so jealous!

    And she looks gorgeous in the last pic. I’d like to steal the whole outfit.

    • Liberty says:

      Lol, me too. She looks gorgeous, and glows. Seems perfectly content to be where she is.

      I love her wardrobe too. Chic but feels effortless and thus approachable. A good synch with Harry’s vibe.

      • magnoliarose says:

        This is the first time she’s worn something I want. That sweater needs me. For real.

      • Lorelai says:

        @Magnolia, last I checked AllSaints had one left in a small : )

      • magnoliarose says:

        @Lorelai
        Thanks! I need to get the measurements of their small. My length may pose a problem but we will see.

    • Tiffany :) says:

      I just booked a summer spa trip with my sister, and I am so excited. We have so much fun together, so many inside jokes and special memories. We’ve had some disaster traveling experiences, so I feel like the universe owes us this trip, lol! I am filled with joy at the thought of just hanging with her and being silly while enjoying luxury. Spas and sisters are wonderful things.

  5. SKF says:

    Love this outfit

  6. Really says:

    She looks great in the pics with the cream sweater. Hair is shiny and skin is glowing.

  7. Becks says:

    She looks so great in these pics. I’m glad she had a nice time away (so it seems.)

    I always say that Kate dresses like me – a little unsure of new trends, a little overly reliant on basics (like black or nude pumps), and a little too boring-almost-matronly.

    Well Meghan dresses how I would like to dress, but can’t quite pull it off, lol, which is silly because she’s not wearing super trendy pieces. But something about the way she puts together an outfit just works really well for her and I am jealous. Those pants and the sweater with the simple bracelet and earrings looks so chic. I guess its just a matter of having innate style.

    • Crowdhood says:

      Becks! It’s like you were in my brain. I cant Ever bring myself to Rag on Kate too much because i feel like that’s probably me. Meghan dresses exactly how I WANT to dress.

    • Lela says:

      wow you said that very well! I’m 28 but work in a very conservative corporate environment and a lot of times I dress like Kate as well. Safe and boring because the “trendy” conservative looks aren’t something I seem to be able to pull of properly.

    • MellyMel says:

      Yeah so far her style seems to be a collection of simple but classic pieces (black trousers, skirts, black pumps, etc.) and adding in more trendy tops or coats. It’s very chic and I agree it’s what I strive for when I get dressed for work lol.

    • SlightlyAnonny says:

      Becks, I am shook. This is me in a nutshell (and probably why I don’t loathe Kate’s fashion choices ((although that daytime lace dress was not good)).

    • Enough Already says:

      Becks
      Sadly you nailed it for me as well. I love fashion but just have no knack for it myself. Sad to say my daily go to is a cashmere turtleneck, skinny capris and driving mocs lol. I’m Land’s End/Ralph Lauren when I’d kill to be more Jason Wu. If someone else styles me I can pull off lots of looks but on my own I just look like the double-shot latte mom who always asks to speak to your supervisor. But I do *not* perch my sunglasses in my gair. Le sigh.

    • magnoliarose says:

      I wish all of you were in my life because I love to do makeovers. It’s nice when a woman is surprised how pretty she really is. It helps with confidence.

      • Lorelai says:

        @MagnoliaRose I volunteer! I don’t think (?) that I particularly need a makeover, but would love to see what you would do with me, lol 🙂

      • magnoliarose says:

        I used the word makeover, but I was in a rush and couldn’t think of a better word. What I meant was try new looks in the style a woman aspires to and finding a way to achieve it. Also
        One thing I learned from my plus size model friend is for fluffy curvy beauties (I think it applies across the board) need to stop hiding and trying to slim everything down as the first choice for looks. She used to feel bad about herself like she was living on the outside of life and not living her truth. She wanted to dress stylishly like others and feel sexy sometimes. Fashion was something she liked but felt too big to like as much as she does. Once she accepted her body, she took better care of it as in getting more sleep, exercising for health sake and not focusing on the scale and

        You can use a concept of Meghan’s outfit but something suited for you. A different color, a different type of fullness perhaps and skirt instead of pencil pants.
        I did my older aunts, and they got out of their conservative “age appropriate” nonsense into fresher but chic looks. I created monsters because now they are style mavens. Lol It makes them feel attractive and not invisible because they are no longer 30.

    • ScottieIsBack says:

      LOL …I see tumblr and DM is on here bright and early.

    • Bellagio DuPont says:

      Clearly, this is Meghan’s + Kate.

      I don’t know anything about Kate’s life but she seems like a bit of a recluse to me. So I probably wouldn’t be too offended if I were Meghan. She should also brace herself for a lifetime of this, I don’t see Kate changing anytime soon.

      Just enjoy a nice, cordial, even friendly relationship with her, but don’t expect deep friendship – is my take on it.

    • whatever says:

      I have my doubts this BI relates to Meghan and Kate……

      “It was local, so she could have done just a quick pop by to say hello”

      Local to what? Soho Farmhouse is almost 2 hours from KP and 3 hours from Amner Hall. That’s not what I would consider local.

      Clearly, this is BS.

      • imqrious2 says:

        Yeah, I was going to say, it’s hardly “around the corner/down the block”. It’s quite a trip from London (I know, because I did it!), and at almost 9 mos. pregnant, a 2 hr. drive to “pop in” would *not* be comfortable! I call BS on this.

        From the pics we have seen of the four together, they seem comfortable and cordial at the very least. I seriously doubt there is any “snubbing”.

      • whatever says:

        Yes, especially when you realise a possible 2 or 3 drive (from whichever location) is actually a 4 or 6 hour round trip. All that just to “pop by to say hello” for 5 minutes at 8 months pregnant?. Nope, not happening!.

    • Talie says:

      This feels like a BS blind. I’ve never heard Kate described as a snob…I mean, she was ridiculed by William’s friends for her middle-class background for years.

    • Rapunzel says:

      I know this seems like Kate and Megs, but If the party was a weekend thing, then this blind is BS. Nobody would expect a person to drop by for 5 minutes at a weekend getaway. I call BS on this blind. But I do think Kate probably wasn’t there.

    • Natalie S says:

      Even if it is Kate, she’s heavily pregnant and probably not that close with Meghan yet. Going to a spa weekend with people I barely know when I’m 8 months along is not my idea of fun. I don’t blame her for not going.

      • Whatever says:

        You woudln’t go to your future SIL’s bridal shower at 8 months pregnant?

      • Natalie S says:

        At a spa? No. I would go to something that was more sitdown or I’d host something. I’d make an effort to make her feel welcome but ugh, no thank you to the spa at 8 months pregnant. It’s nice to be invited, though.

      • Rapunzel says:

        Whatever- Some spa treatments are not reccommended for pregnant women, so I could see Kate not wanting to go.

    • Princessk says:

      How do we know this is all true? Over the next 24 months several well researched books with reliable sources will appear with Meghan as the subject, which will separate the wheat from the chaff regarding all this tittle tattle.

      • LAK says:

        Any biographies produced within the first 5yrs of a newly minted royal ( or celebrity) tend to be utter hogwash regardless of the slant they take. There are rare *exceptions of course, but the truthful biogs start showing up at least 10-15yrs later if it’s a minor royal and 70-100yrs if it’s a senior royal figure.

        * So much available publicly available info on Diana because she frequently told/ involved random people in her life. She was always willing to invade her own privacy.

        Further, Kate has been in the public eye since early 00s. Lots of publicly available information about her that can be pulled together for a biography.

    • M.A.F. says:

      I was always under the impression that pregnant women’t shouldn’t/couldn’t get massages? And why would Kate, who’s about to pop, want to spend the day at the spa when she can’t participate in anything? Maybe once she has the kid, her and Meghan along with Pippa can do a spa day.

    • magnoliarose says:

      This is a fake Blind. That site has the worst fake Blinds hands down. They get planted Blinds all the time. Some are true as we see later.
      Someone wants that to be true but no one would expect a heavily pregnant woman to sit in a car just to say Hi.
      It is amazing adults act like this but they do.
      Some one planted some Blinds there that hinted Angelina was shooting up while pregnant and that the twins were drug addicted and brain damaged. Mean. I haven’t looked but I was told some of their outlandish ones have been scrubbed. I hope so.
      One of the original supermodels did hit jobs on other models on less reliable Blinds there and elsewhere.
      Those are good places for deranged overly invested stans to act out. I would take ones about polarizing celebrities with a grain of salt.

      • I can’t stand that site. They will post anything! I’m sure 95% of the nasty, fake blinds about Meghan are planted by tumblr crazies, and DM commenters. I honestly think Harry was single for so long he has more than the usual amount of internet girlfriends.

      • magnoliarose says:

        I know right. They are everywhere like they google her name and pounce like jilted lovers. Weird.

    • Lorelai says:

      I could believe this was actually true…that they get along just fine, but Meghan invited her to be inclusive and in the hopes of growing closer and Kate just wasn’t into it (like she’s not into going to anyone else’s weddings anymore). But who knows!

    • Whatever says:

      What is Kate such a recluse??? We never see photos of her out and about with her girlfriends. The only photos you see of her with friends are from before they were engaged. It’s very strange. Every woman must have at least a handful of girlfriends right?

    • Ophelia says:

      This is def Kate/ Meghan.
      This is not the first time Meghan allegedly leaked a story about Kate, she leaked a story in early 2017 of how Kate was shopping at the same store that MM was at, and then she didn’t offer her a ride back.
      If this is really true, it makes MM look bad, not Kate. Kate is heavily pregnant and has got 2 little ones at home as well. Why would you want to spend a Sunday evening with a bunch of women you don’t know very well? I also don’t think Kate and Will like MM very much either. I get the impression they just tolerate her due to Harry.
      People who are saying Kate has no friends, she is private( and has remaind closes freinds with some of her circle from her St Andrews days) and she is close to her mom and sister. Considering how MM was exposed for ditching her previous friends, family and even husbands , it good for Kate to keep her distance from someone like her. The fact that this story even came out is proof that MM can’t keep her mouth shut or closed.

  8. MVC says:

    Can’t believe she’s close to 40, her skin looks amazing 😮

  9. Jan says:

    She’s under British protection now, it would cost a fortune to send the officers with her overseas when she will see her family and friends at the wedding. And after all she’s planning a huge wedding in two months.

  10. equalitygadfly says:

    She’s friends with Millie Mackintosh!? The one that’s engaged to that fame-seeking-promoter-creature Hugo!? Are Hugo and Millie going to be at the wedding!? (Don’t ask me how I know who these people are, OK!?) 🙂

    • Rapunzel says:

      Who are they?

      • AG-UK says:

        Isn’t that Millie from Made in Chelsea? l have never watched but I think I read that somewhere not sure who he is.

      • Apple Hat says:

        Millie is a reality show actress who was once married to a white* rapper… They’re not exactly high class friends. It would be like hanging out with Tiffany Trump. Or having a Real Housewife in your bridal party.

        *have only specified his race because people are so quick to blame “racism” for every Megan-adjacent comment that isn’t a hagiography, and “white British rapper” is pretty hilariously tragic.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Note Pippa Middleton (Matthews) brother in law is Spencer Matthews of Made in Chelsea.

      • Princessk says:

        Made in Chelsea is the most awful reality programme, I tried watching it once and I honestly felt as though I was being suffocated.

      • whatever says:

        Millie Mackintosh also is known as the girl who was papped with her lower jaw in a different postcode to the rest of her face after having too much Columbian marching powder. #ClassyAF #LondonsGurning

        Here’s the evidence…

        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3614953/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-kiss-confirms-Millie-Mackintosh-Hugo-Taylor-pack-PDA-Monaco-days-divorce-Professor-Green-finalised.html

        If Meghan has any sense she would stay well away from this girl. Nobody would hate her if she dropped this one like a hot potato.

        Edit — the guy in the pictures with her is Hugo, her ex-boyfriend and current fiancé whom she cheated on her husband with. Mess!

      • Nic2k says:

        @whatever holy crap, that chick looks like a hot mess!

      • M.A.F. says:

        Is there something wrong with her hand (I think it’s the left one)?

      • magnoliarose says:

        That guy looks like leftover Eurotrash from a seedy 90s club scene in Bulgaria. What and Why?

      • whatever says:

        @M.A.F

        Her left hand usually looks normal. I don’t know what the issue is with her hand in those pictures except for it possibly being the effects of being as high as a kite?

        But its more about her face/wayward jaw..that is wrecked!

      • Apple Hat says:

        @WHATEVER, it’s quite astounding. It’s obvious not surprising she’d try to worm her way in, but surprising to me she’d be allowed to.
        Especially when Meghan knows amazing women like Serena Williams. Obviously Serena isn’t going to be travelling much at the moment but it’s a bit strange Megan hasn’t filled her entourage with women like that – instead it’s a coke-addled former yacht girl from a reality show.
        Maybe Joey Essex will be Best Man.

  11. MousyB says:

    Considering they’ve done so much in secret I feel like she could’ve gone to California a few times without us knowing. But she seems happy in London and she is indeed glowing!!

  12. Cynical Ann says:

    They were apart for most of their dating-I’m sure being together all the time right now is just what they want.

  13. Lucy says:

    Sounds like a great plan for a bachelorette party. Also I need that sweater!!!

  14. Guest says:

    She’s so pretty. I just love them.

  15. Peg says:

    I’m not sure I believe the Dailymail about this bachelorette party, the wedding is May, why have it so early? That blind item is so silly, the woman is seven months pregnant.
    They made up a list of guest, first they claimed her Mother was coming, then they back away from that claim.
    Then the Mother and Father were coming for the baptism/confirmation, then they gloss over it saying 18 people attended, because they did not know who attended, followed by a luncheon given by Charles and Camilla.
    Now their latest lie is that Meghan’s dress cost three times the price of Kate’s dress, mind you they do not know the Designer, but they constantly lie, to get hits from their brain dead, racist posters on their site.

    • Nick2 says:

      Every bachelorette party I’ve been too, including my own, have been at least a month before the wedding. I can think of four off the top of my head that were three months before the wedding.

    • Princessk says:

      Well said Peg!

    • Masamf says:

      @PEG and don’t forget day before yesterday one on their guys wrote an article disputing all the bridal shower reports. He said contrary to the stories being put out there Meghan’s hen do never happened as the DM reported. I believe this guy.

    • Masamf says:

      @PEG and don’t forget DM themselves refuted heir own reports. Check this outhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5470655/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Meghan-puts-hen-hold-Mum.html
      Meghan never had no bachelorette party.

    • Olenna says:

      The media is trying to get people tuned up for this event to help bring in the $$$, so we’re likely see anything and everything, true or untrue, for the next two months. Even the big names are getting involved, like NYT with this wedding viewing tour article. Money magazine even ran article on the couple’s net worth.
      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/travel/britain-royal-wedding-tours.html

    • Msthang says:

      Chutney’s was close to a half million American dollars. I truly believe the bigger the wedding the more likely it is to fall apart!!

  16. Linda says:

    It’s very early where I live but I am having a hard time seeing what you all see. I don’t get what is so outstanding about this outfit. A wrinkled top and black pants or trousers. Her hair in these pictures is stringy and needs a trim. But I can see the part where her skin is glowing and very nice.

    • Other Renee says:

      Linda, I was just thinking the exact same thing!

      • Keepitreal says:

        I’m with you Linda and I just got to work after a horrible commute into NYC. I think it’s fine to like her, whatever….but the effusion of love is a bit much for someone one does not, or will ever know or meet. She could have gone to Cali to visit her Mom and Dad and excuses are being made in this thread. They could have afforded a private flight either for her to visit, or for her parents to attend her baptism. And it is not hate or shade to point these things out.

      • Olenna says:

        @Keepitreal, if you personally know Meghan, her mother or father and/or have intimate, personal knowledge of their day-to-day obligations, finances, etc., you should spill the tea. That way, people won’t have to speculate on the private details of their lives or make excuses.

      • Princessk says:

        Her parents may have been at the baptism, Doria has already very quietly visited the UK and met with members of the RF. Both of Meghan’s parents seem to be people who want their privacy. Some mothers would have been busy raking in opportunities and putting their best foot forward and setting up photo opportunities if their daughter was about to marry the son of Charles and Diana.

      • KBB says:

        @Keepitreal Why does she need to visit her mom again, exactly? She went to Los Angeles after the engagement, and I’m sure closer to the wedding her mom will spend some time in London. There’s no reason for her to keep flying home to see her mom, she’s a 36 year old woman.

    • Snappyfish says:

      Thank you Linda. It a funnel sweater and black pants & heels. I wear this all the time as it’s easy. Like the girl. The story is fresh. Let’s call it like it is…She looks great, the outfit is basic.

    • Nic2k says:

      That sweater is swallowing her. I’m already over her bathrobe coats. Kate has buttons and Meghan has sash belts.

    • Veronica says:

      I don’t get it either. Wrinkled and basic pants. Why are people getting the vapors over the wonder of this?
      Meghan can do no wrong with many here. It will be interesting to see what happens as time goes on.

    • Veronica says:

      I don’t get it either. Wrinkled sweater and basic pants. Why are people getting the vapors over the wonder of this?
      Meghan can do no wrong with many here. It will be interesting to see what happens as time goes on.

    • Polly says:

      I’m not seeing the amazing chic outfit that everyone’s gushing about either. Meghan is very pretty and has a good figure, so she will never look bad, but this is a basic look and the silhouette looks oddly unbalanced imo. I also don’t think the navy and white coat worked with the outfit. I’m fine with combining navy and black, but not when you add shades of both cream and white. Camel, cream or black would’ve been much better here.

    • PiMO says:

      Same here, nice sweater and nice pair of pants. But I would wear something like this to work when I feel too lazy to dress up.

  17. MellyMel says:

    Omg I love her outfit so much! That sweater is divine. And I think spa weekends are great for bachelorette parties or just a good girls trip…so relaxing.

  18. Petty Riperton says:

    I heard it was a bridal shower not the actual bachelorette party. I think she has been to Cali since the engagement probably kept it on the low look at how much of an uproar her and Harry’s new year mini trip caused. Perhaps Doria went to visit them instead.
    I hate how folks think Doria is some lonely old lady staring at the door waiting for Meghan to walk through it. That woman has a life, career, friends and possibly a man. She doesn’t have time to live in Meghan’s back pocket.
    I don’t see the big deal about her parents not being at her baptism, my parents wasn’t at mine.

    • namasta says:

      It’s not like she is religious and her baptism really mean anything special to her. Why would her mother travel 11 hours to attend?

    • Adele Dazeem says:

      Ditto. And as someone who was her age when I married my husband, it isn’t so much a family affair when you’re not that blushing fresh out of the sorority house bride. She’s been on her own for quite some time, it sounds like she has not been living in the familial backyard for some time.

  19. Pandy says:

    Oh please. Like she’s going anywhere and Harry is so needy! She found the golden wrapper in the chocolate factory.

  20. JA says:

    My bachelorette weekend happened between Friday and Sunday. I got work off early and my sisters drove into town that afternoon. Spent the weekend together and they drove back home (9hr drive) Sunday morning. They all had to work Monday so really appreciated their efforts. Anyway it wasn’t a lavish 3day spa weekend but it was such a fun sweet time with my sisters. It’s possible to enjoy life when you’re not royalty!

  21. me says:

    I heard this was actually her bridal shower not bachelorette party…but who knows. Either way, there is no way in hell she is going to do anything that would upset the royal family. I don’t see strippers and a Vegas trip in her future.

    • Enough Already says:

      But Vegas worked out so well for Harry. Seriously though, the fact is that a posh spa weekend is Meghan’s style. This is who she is so there were never going to be any raucous stripper parties. Megs seems effortlessly elegant and the epitome of urban chic to me – far more so than the actual royal family.

  22. cindyp says:

    How great would Kate look in a dress version of this fabulous sweater? Pair it with some tights & boots a loose coat; would be a stylish, trendy out fit which would have been a lot more comfortable than the ugly lace cocktail dress she wore to a day event earlier this wk & the awful button coats.

  23. NIKKI says:

    I want to see Meghan’s beautiful curls, just once. I realise she can wear her hair as she pleases, but I would love to see how it changes her features. I love seeing women of colour with their curls.

    -N

  24. Anastasia says:

    She has such a warm face. Pretty, yes, very, but there’s a warmth there that not everyone has. When she smiles, she smiles with her eyes, too. I think that’s why I like her.

  25. MizFabulous says:

    Meghan is so much more appealing, relaxed, and real than Keen Kate. I LOVE how affectionate she and Harry are with each other. What a stark contrast to the Bill Middletons, who are so stiff around each other. And she has dived into royal work head first, and seems to be enjoying it. And her fashion sense–tasteful, understated, yet elegant and classy, without being twee like Keen Kate. What a breath of fresh air she is. The more I see her, the more I love her.

    • Msthang says:

      Give it time, I doubt their will be this love fest 2 years from now!

    • Claire says:

      I don’t see anything special here. Average looking girl in basic clothing. Her hair is a mess. I don’t get the love.

  26. DEAR LORD says:

    she’s starting to bug me now maybe its the nose i give them 3 years