The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Bristol, England for a day full of activities on Friday. It was snowing in Bristol hours before they even arrived, but they didn’t cancel anything, not even their “walkabout” upon their arrival. Judging from what the royal reporters said on Twitter, it sounds like they were only a little bit late because of the snow, but they still greeted people and did some kind of snowy, truncated walkabout and Meghan is on camera telling people to go inside and get warm and have a cup of tea.
For this day of events, Meghan dressed warmly for a change! I like to think that Prince Harry wouldn’t let her out of the house without her boots and a good coat. Meghan wore an Oscar de la Renta dress – which you really can’t see that well, but involves a horse print – and a vintage William coat. She looks warm, and I’m a little bit surprised that she decided to wear her hair down! She knew it was snowing! I wonder if a royal woman has ever done a pre-scheduled event in snowy, wintery conditions while wearing a warm wool hat, ear muffs and ten scarves. Anyway, from what I can see of the vintage coat, it’s cute? I like that she’s phasing in some vintage, but this looks like a lot of her stuff – a dark color, a simple silhouette, not covered in buttons.
Also: Meg’s skin is crazy!! In wintery, snowy conditions, my skin is dry AF and itchy, but look at her – she’s glowing. (She’s probably too warm because Harry made her wear a coat, lol.)
Meg and Harry talking to the little ski-gear-clad babies is maybe the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I think she’s someone who wears makeup okay, but she genuinely looks best when it’s minimal. She’s so pretty here.
Totally agree. She is so stunning and looks best when she is more natural, less make-up. Love her look here.
To me she still is wearing a bit too much blush. It’s an improvement over her last appearance where it was really piled on. She has beautiful coloring, she doesn’t need it.
She looks sexy w more makeup and sweet when minimal; can also wear trend, but carry the conservative English thing. Versatile yet not try hard- I’m usually impressed.
How dare Meghan tell people to go and have tea!!!!
Lovely pictures as always.
I’m looking at those kids and thinking they’re probably warm as it is; online forecast says it’s a wee bit above freezing in Bristol. As a kid here in Canada I’d wear a suit like that when it was 10 below or we had 2 feet of snow on the ground. No tea required for those adorable munchkins, hahaha.
Meghan herself looks great, though I hope those suede boots didn’t get ruined in the wet snow.
This is England they shut the airport with 1/2 inch of snow lol. They were saying on the news last night get home by 9p it did snow in some parts and it stuck but nothing like Canada/NY/Chicago snow or cold.
I live in Bristol and fair play to them for still going ahead. We have 9 inches of snow on the road which is unheard of here. Nearly all schools are closed, the airport is shut and buses have been disrupted. We are just not used to it in this country and as someone else mentioned half an inch will easily close us down lol
The first thing I saw were her boots and his shoes, both are wearing suede! When I moved to England from southern spain I ruined a pair of boots doing this…Never again … She surely knows better than me, having liced un Canadá.
They both look amazing.
@Sarahf 9 inches? Wow, that is a lot for Bristol (I think that’s over 20cm)…I’ve been there a few times and I remember once hearing that they were going to grit the streets because 2-3cm was expected, and I chuckled about it. But 20cm is definitely nothing to sneeze at when you’re not used to it.
Could their shoes be Scotch Guarded?
I love everything anout this! His shoes too. I bet the press, especially the DM, is horrified by the extremely positive reaction Meghan has been getting from the crowds.
I love those boots and wouldn’t be concerned about wearing suede in wet weather. The better-made shoe brands (these are Sarah Flint) like Aquatalia, Stuart Weitzman, or even La Canadienne waterproof their suede and winter footwear products.
As usual she looks lovely. The dress under the coat is quite pretty too.
This is her best dress since the wedding imo. I do not see any little detail wrong with the outfits, hair, make up. She does looks pregnant face wise its finally starting to show, v.cute
The dress is beautiful and looks like it could be altered to not be maternity quite easily.
It’s always easier to take things in! I’d be surprised if she doesn’t rewear most of the garments from this first year at The Firm (and from before). If they want more kidlets, she can hang onto the maternity items as-is. But de-maternifying is always a possibility, especially with the higher end garments.
Huh. Spellcheck doesn’t like “rewear” but has no issue with “de-maternifying” which AFAIK I just made up this minute! 😛
There are limits in how much things can be taken in. I agree about this dress. However, the sequin dress she wore would be quite hard to tailor. If the tailoring is extensive enough, to get it right it could easily end up being over $1,000 for a single item.
I like the dress. It’s cute and fun.
Both the coat and the dress are great. Wish I had looked anything near this glam while pregnant!
Gorgeous as usual, and the dress is wonderful, and this is coming from someone who really isn’t into high fashion.
She looks fantastic. I love those boots.
All the different videos on twitter from the event are adorable too.
Nice outing. Nice to see the crowds for Harry and Meghan, after the smear campaigns. The turnout proves a swath of the public doesn’t buy the garbage.
I like the outfit but I don’t like it for this occasion. I feel like she over dresses! I still think she needs a professional seasoned stylist.
She looks beautiful, happy, healthy and engaged which is what matters.
Is she supposed to wear jeans? She’s not over dressed at all.
No, not jeans. I stand by what I said. Thanks.
Or, heaven forbid, JEGGINGS?!
She’s pregnant. On a state visit. She looks FINE. People need to let it go,Elsa style.
Apart from the heels this is what i wear most of the time. Flowy dress and a coat. My hair is always done and i wear little makeup. Like mascara and concealer. I am not overdressed it is my style and i love it. It is feminine yet my parts are covered up.
Mascara, brows, and lips are most important… in that order. Sure, concealer if you need it – but really, eyes and lip are the essentials. <- taught to me by a pro makeup artist/dancer. She's absolutely right, in my experience!
She’a a Duchess, remember? Dont expect her to dress like she did when she was an actress. But dont expect he to dress like a Queen Consort-in-Waiting either. She doesnt have that pressure. And never will. I think she’s found a comfortable niche between the two extremes that women in stately positions fall; i:e see HM and Camilla on the one hand and the budding, young QC-in-waiting (cough*kate*cough) on the other.
With all the talk about Harry and Meghan being “minor royals” this one of the perks they hav as “minor royals”. Their dress is a mix of modern-royal-meets-movie-star glamour.
Over dressed???
I don’t understand, what is over dressed about a wool winter coat, suede boots, a dress under the coat, gloves and a small purse.
By the way I love this shade of olive green, great color.
She looks lovely with more natural and light make up, since she probably took excellent care of her skin over the years, she doesn’t need much.
Recently I barely recognized a colleague of mine on the elevator, she is a really nice woman ( inside and out ), but often wears way too much make up, but last week she had only a barely there brown pencil smudged on her eyelids, black mascara and a slightly pink lip balm. She looked amazing without all of the usual goop on her face. We are both 28 years old, so I never understood the need for that much make up…anyways, she even got a lovely manicure, so no more Kloe K. size nails for her.
“Meghan wore an Oscar de la Renta dress – which you really can’t see that well”. I have to ask why she is wearing an expensive dress which is covered by a coat. I’m sure she’ll remove the coat at some point and someone will get to see the expensive designer dress but why couldn’t she have gone high street again? Its such a waste. The way things are in this country at the moment I think she could re-wear a dress which is hidden under a coat anyway.
Her skin looks amazing, she seems engaging and bright and her hair looks great. I’m just annoyed she spent a fortune on a dress we can’t even see.
The picture of the dress is all over Twitter.
She took the coat off inside. Pictures are of it everywhere
Dont be so pressed janey. Do recall that this woman had made her millions BEFORE Harry met her.
YOU DO NOT KNOW if her so-called expensive dresses were bought with HER OWN MONEY or that of her HUSBAND’S, free-and-clear-from-British-taxpayers-money (FYI: husbands are known to make available to their wives a bunch of money for their trousseau….insert rolled eyes here for those who believe that the only money available to Harry for him to gift to his wife is from british taxpayers)
Actually all their work clothes comes from charles’s money which comes from the taxpayers. I do not think she had millions to spend either
Can we stop portraying Meghan as this Hollywood starlet who has millions of dollars to burn? Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate her graft and hard work to get to Suits but I doubt she earned millions. It’s all paid for by Charles
She was a series regular on a show that went into syndication. Yes, she made millions. People forget about residuals. She not only makes money from the filming, she also makes money from the show re-airing. There are tons of actors who aren’t household names who have made millions this way.
I am still trying to figure how everyone knows what’s in her bank account🤔
She is not making millions from Suits. There are more famous actors who made less than the stamp used to mail the check. ‘Suits’ is not ‘Friends’; those actors make millions for an extremely popular show. Meghan may make a few thousands but that’s it.
She made money but she had to live of it. No one is saying she hasn’t made any, but it’s like saying Kate’s family is buying her clothes. It’s not realistic. Meg’s clothes is tax payers money. So is Harry’s and Camilla’s and Kate’s, their security is paid by taxepayers, their food and so on. Meg is brf now, that’s what they do.
@AKS – she’s worth roughly $10 million and will continue to receive residuals from re-runs of Suits.
@Jaded,
Lol there is no way she is worth $10 million. First of all Suits only made between 12 and 16 episodes a season not the usual 22 to 24 episodes a season like every other American drama show so thats is a huge income drop right there both in terms of yearly income but for residuals and reruns. Then there is the fact that the show was made by a minor network (USA network), they aren’t going to offer the big bucks a major network might offer their stars. Then also add in the fact that she spent her time off making Hallmark/Lifetime movies instead of critically successful movies or big-budget Hollywood blockbusters and then there was the fact that she was paying double taxation and other expenses (agent, management, stylist fee’s etc..). How anyone can amass a $10 million fortune when you take in to consideration all things that I have just mentioned above is anyone’s guess *shrugs*
I hate to break it to you but the £10 million net worth figure is just a figure plucked out of thin air by her ardent fanbase.
Did any of the other recent married-in royals bring any significant amount of personal wealth into their marriages? Doubt it. Whatever she is worth, it’s more than those ladies and gents that no one criticizing Meghan seems to have a problem with spending or benefiting from the BRF’s wealth. Meghan had no mortgage or dependents to support, so that nice, six-figure salary she made per episode added up, just like it would for any non-celebrity, when you’re not throwing it away on vices and frivolities. She could afford to splurge on designer clothing, and she had enough designer and modeling connections to get discounted, loaned or free (samples) without spending a lot of her own cash. Anyone trying to convince others that she was just earning and saving at the American middle-class level is being disingenuous.
Many of us on this page are women. Many of us have clothes that we would never part with, even if we had a sudden upward spiral in social status. Megan DID make her own millions prior to becoming Duchess of Sussex. Yes, she was a working TV actress, not a movie star…but they make a pretty penny as well. It’s not as though she was shopping at Old Navy and Target prior to marrying Harry. As an actress, she had access to loads of designer clothing. Actors and actresses often admit to keeping and wearing pieces they like. Clearly, Megan is bringing her own look to being Duchess of Sussex. This being said, it’s very safe to assume that the dress may have been hers prior. And if Charles purchased it, so what? He’s buying everyone else’s clothing as well. Her clothes are far from inappropriate and if anything more relatable to your average citizen, which is something that the monarchy often struggles to do.
There is plenty of evidence that Meghan wears things on her official engagements that were in her wardrobe before she married Harry.
She also had that clothing line with Reitmans. And of course most people who make significant amounts of money typically have investments which make them money. We only know one thing for sure, we have no idea how much Meghan is worth.
Listen – I lived in the UK for a year, and my skin was CRAZY – I was glowing because of the humidity. Now I’m back on the North American continent, and everything is itchy, cracking, and not even Vaseline helps
🙁
Try almond oil. And avoid heavy foundation, always go for light texture. You can mix oil in it. My sis is in Chicago and i saved her money and skin.
Thanks for the tip! Just read all about it and can’t wait to try it!
I was in UK for a couple of weeks a few December’s ago and my skin is usually dry and itchy here in Canada, even more so because if eczema, but over there is was super soft and moist.. I attributed it to a difference in the way the tap water is treated.
I went back to using Niva cream and it saved my skin and my sanity. It’s also a great primer.
I’m from Calgary, Canada = long winters, some days are brutally cold and some are is it Spring in January? kind of weather.
A lot of up and downs in temperature, but one thing never seems to change, it’s bone dry here.
Nothing helps to fight that more in my case than ORGANIC JOJOBA OIL every night and every morning, head to toe after my very quick warm shower, plus ORGANIC ARGAN OIL for my eyelids, lips and neck.
Once a week I apply one mashed organic avocado for an hour to my face.
Jane, you are so right, organic jojoba oil has saved my skin, it absorbs so beautifully, it’s not greasy at all and it gives a very nice sheen to my skin, to my cheeks, elbows, knees and everything between. I never break out from it and I have a super fussy and crazy sensitive skin. I nearly bath in it every night after my shower. In the morning I use youth to the people kale cream and their eye cream, very effective. I always carry a small glass bottle of organic argan oil in my purse as a lip balm…
I discovered jojoba about a year ago and I’m never without it. I put it on my hair, nails, skin, everything. It strengthened my nails. And it’s so inexpensive compared to pricey creams. The only bad thing is, I found out dogs LOVE it, my dog got ahold of it and that was that. So I have to keep it away from him.
Thanks for the tip – in Calgary too and weather today is brutal
Where did u buy the jojoba oil somewhere local?
@ Stacey : yes, it’s brutal in Calgary today and will get worse this weekend and next week – hello windchill.
Community Natural Foods for organic Jojoba oil and organic Argan oil, Planet Organic has some too.
If I have a drier skin or the dreaded windchill is bad, I’ll mix a few drops of Argan oil with Jojoba Oil in my palm for my face and body.
Argan is also great instead of eye cream and the lips.
Castor oil, best moisturiser of all
I agree with what others said re the oils…. to solve the dry/itchy you need to do a body scrub once a week, make one at home using brown sugar + coffee grounds (organic if you can) 1cup sugar to 1/3rd (or less, even just 2 tablespoons) cup of coffee. Any oil after that should work, coconut is good. Also Eucerin is a lifesaver, protects skin for 48hrs. And of course vaseline. All of these will not work though if you don’t scrub to take off the dry skin that causes the itching.
I live on Lubriderm.
I try to minimize chemicals in my life for my own health and the planet’s, so I use certified organic oils in glass bottles and I re-purpose the bottles. I also love my twice a week avocado mask for my normal to dry skin.
Excellent in winter months.
Strange – Kate’s skin never looks that way. I don’t mean you are not saying the truth, but there must have been something else in the way your skin reacted.
I believe Kate is/was a heavy smoker and sunbed user. Which we all know ruins your skin.
strange fashion sense
Gorgeous skin, gorgeous hair – lucky woman. Great coat and nice boots. That is all.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that she parted her hair on the side!!! I think it is SO much more flattering!
Plus I think a side part is much prettier with her trademark messy bun (which I ALSO love and proudly sport more often than not!) I know it’s not fair, but everytime I see straight hair parted in the middle, I think of Gwyneth Paltrow’s God awful middle-parted, flat-ironed straw. I mean hair.
I love it too, wish she would stick with it.
I don’t think anyone that can pull off a middle part. Except Cher in the 70s.
Meghan looked gorgeous with her centre path for her tv interview with Harry
I completely agree. Not sure why so many insist on a center part when a side part looks so much better.
My thin extremely straight but unpliable hair doesn’t give me much choice…
She looks wonderful, happy and warm. I love those boots!
LOVE the boots. OMG. That is all
God that first picture looks straight out of a magazine, how does she do that??? I do think she overdresses for certain events though.
My mom always told me it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed and I agree. I can’t get over how stunning she is… especially with that glow.
Nice to see them together! And BOOTS,
I want the boots.
And agree her hair looks amazing.
I live the grey coat and scarf on the woman in the background!
That’s Amy, I believe she Meghan PA.
The coat and scarf are on two different women:)
The dress while beautiful was a little light for snowy weather. Pics on DailyFail
There’s video of Harry interacting with the nursery school kids that is adorable. He and Megan are going to be great parents.
Like the coat and boots-it looks toasty warm. And the dress inside is great to. She’s glowing and looks great
She looks beautiful.
Meghan is so pretty but she really needs a stylist, she is not succeeding in matching her clothes to the occasions and ends up over-dressed most of the time.
A heavy winter coat over a sheer, flouncy skirt looks a bit weird to me. She did the same thing on the day where she wore her hair in a top bun.
The coat is nice but the dress hanging below it ruins the look. I’m not keen on the dress at all. I just don’t like it and I would never have paid such a lot for it but everyone’s taste is different.
I saw the Duchess with just the dress. Lord! She looks very very pregnant… like she’s due in March!
Love the hair and makeup… Very pretty. But she does need a professional stylist. The choices convey a message of total confusion about how to put clothes together and what to wear to which occasion and in which season. Also not everything has to be a bigname or pricey brand or even a well known designer. I’ve seen nicer maternity dresses at Zara than that de la Renta. Duchess is struggling a bit with the wardrobe. No intuition on that score.
Yes, I agree. The belly button is a clue and it was showing through her clothes on Wednesday. I’ve always used that as a “tell”. To me the protruding belly button is like a timer indicating that the baby is “done”.
No the belly button popping just means her abs are starting to split – diastasis recti. This can happen pretty early – mine started doing that at 5 months the second time around.
Her hair looks gorgeous here. She’s such a natural beauty.
So many stylist here today.
LOL IKR?
What a weird comment. That is literally the point of a comment section of a fashion post of a celebrity site. Nobody is being absurd because they may disagree with your own opinion.
Lol! 😄
Never thought I would see the day where Bristol was mentioned on this site
Bristol is amazing! If l had to move outside London l might choose Bristol. I fell in love with it when my daughter went there for university. I loved it so much that l persuaded my son to go there too so that l would have a good excuse to keep visiting. The architecture, the history, fabulous views and lots of things to do. Fabulous, but expensive, Bristol.
Just saw the dress on Twitter…it’s so pretty!!
Misread the headline on my teeny phone screen, thought it meant she was wearing Prince William’s coat.
Lol. Giving a whole new meaning to rewears.
Doesn’t she own a similar dress that she wore to the Queen’s Christmas dinner at BP a few weeks ago? Why not just wear that again? A missed opportunity for a re-wear.
Christmas was over a month ago. Would she even fit into that dress now? (Lol. Even as I type that, I realize I’m setting you up for a fit joke.)
She is pregnant and her body is changing and growing. Asking her to rewear something from a few months earlier is ridiculous. No one ever made these dumb comments when Kate was pregnant. They did say she could rewear clothes she that she had worn for her previous pregnancies but not that she should be wearing clothes from when she wasn’t pregnant or in the earlier stages of pregnancy. It’s always the same people making these comments too.
Nice to see them out and about meeting and greeting their little royal fans….fab! x
She’s glowing and her look is perfect. They looks so happy, it’s so nice to see it.
The smair campaign was a huge flop, it seems that people love her even more now. Yesterday was epic with people chanting “Meghan,Meghan!”
It’s an interesting print, not sure the dress is my taste but it is nice on Meghan. The only thing I didn’t really like were the boots with the dress but I think had she worn heels, she might have slipped with the snow and her legs would have been cold!
I adore Megan Markle. She was my fav part of Suits, I’m not sure I can watch just for Donna… Anyway, I am so happy for her and her little family – I HATE how much ugly, racist hate is thrown at her constantly now. It’s such a disgusting world sometimes.
I love her dress with the balloon sleeeves and the quirky print teamed with the suede boots. It looks comfortable and flowy too which I much prefer to the too tight clothes she has been wearing recently.
I also love the suede boots it’s a combo I wear all the time. Just not Oscar de la Renta of course!
She looks happy and beautiful.
I understand that she’s building her wardrobe but she has to be careful with all the spending given the political and social context in the UK at the moment. Kate seems to understand this and is repeating a lot of outfits and the Spanish *Queen* wore Zara the other day.
That will hurt her much more than the “smear campaigns” and the belly cradling.
I completely agree. All her outfits cost over 5 grand. This month for her 6 or 7 appearances she’s probably at 30k. That’s obscene. I’m worried her end total will be higher than last year which was already unbelievably ridiculous and tone-deaf.
All her outfits cost over 5k?
Kate has nearly 8 years worth of outfits. Very easy to repeat. Please come up with a valid criticism.
I think spending close to £30,000 for 6 appearances when you’re in the building for a few hours at most is a valid criticism. I think Kate and Meghan need to look at Queen Letizia for guidance on chic on a lower budget
Right, like that McQueen tartan is from 2012 and was over $7k before any customization! Never mind cost of accessories. So, great that it’s a rewear but much easier to do that when you have 8 years of expensive clothes in your wardrobe.
But also they’re not paying retail. I don’t think Kate paid 7k for that coat even though that’s what the public would be charged and I don’t think Meghan is paying retail for her Givenchy pieces.
Actually, that’s probably partly why they go back to the same designers repeatedly. They already have an arrangement on how much they’re charged.
Regardless of how much it is, Meghan needs to be a little less tone deaf. I think she makes herself an easy target when she’s decked out in high end designer clothes for most of her appearances when the UK is in such turmoil. Kate did get criticism for her expenditure but I think it’s way more polarising today when the UK is in such a worse state compared to when Kate started.
@Natalie S
If Kate doesn’t pay retail prices for her clothes why have people used the totals made up by the Daily Mail and other publications to continually bash Kate’s spending for years when they are not correct?
It’s very odd how the “they don’t pay full retail prices/they get huge discounts” excuses have come into play once Meghan joined the Royal Family but have never been in play for Kate for the past 7 years.
Even if they are not paying full price and even if Charles is paying for their clothes it’s how it’s perceived by the British public that’s the problem. It just seems soo wasteful in this political climate.
I’ve said this before but I think it would be a lovely touch for both of the Duchesses to wear some lesser known, up and coming British designers.
I know I’ve focused more on designer than price with the exception of Wimbledon because of the whole thrifty pr. But what am I supposed to do about people not pointing this out for Kate for all these years? Why hasn’t anyone said this before? It’s really obvious.
I do think both duchesses need to branch out and try more designers. It didn’t occur to me before today that maybe the repetition is also due to price rather than a comfort zone thing.
@Katebush. Yes! The UK has thousands of designers. How many times can the same old brands really gain any benefit from the royal pr?
Yes. Thank you. Meghan is pregnant. Should she simply wear a plastic bag until she gives birth? She’s never been pregnant before so she doesn’t have older clothes she can rewear at this moment, although she has worn a coat from a few weeks ago.
The comments about Kate when she was pregnant recently were because she was wearing new clothes for her third pregnancy when she already had two pregnancies worth of clothing to choose from. But Meghan gets attacked for her first? People are being hypocrites here. None of the people commenting were so observant about the cost of clothing for Kate until Meghan got on the scene.
It IS valid criticism. None of them need to spend so much for a an hour or even less in the public eye.
Yes,Kate did get criticism for her expenditure,but the difference is that Kate used to alternate more and less expensive clothes. Meghan wore another bespoke Givenchy dress just yesterday,under another coat.. It’s tone deaf.
And even in her case,many times she has spent too much for events that didn’t require that spending.
Kate wears McQueen, Wickstead, Erdem and other designers very often so her clothing is not cheap. And they are often altered from the original design as well.
She’s only wearing more repeats now because she has eight years worth of clothing to choose from. But her recent ballgown was new and has to be close to six figures if not more. But since it was bespoke it wasn’t included in the UFO total.
She wore a $200 maternity dress last week or the week before. Plus is wearing items proven to be her personal property from before she even met Harry.
Kindly stop with the tumblr obsession over a pregnant woman touching her belly.
She looks beautiful and I’m excited for the birth! I only care about baby names. I can’t decide if they will go classic or hipster?! Ha! I hope it’s a mix of both!
She looks stunning and her hair looks fabulous (did you see DF’s “brittle”headline about her hair yesterday? The reason for the high bun.) It’s not even a dogwhistle anymore.
Yes I saw it and wrote them immediately on it and called them out. I said they aren’t even trying to hide the racism anymore. I thought they removed it after.
Those boots!
Not hot on the green with that coat but she looks amazing anyway. I’ll have to hunt down pics of the dress and see how that all goes together.
Such a natural beauty! Wonder why she puts so much effort into keeping her hair straight? It looks awesome in its natural state
Great look and presentation today. I love that she has her own sense of style and is allowed to express herself. Why do people demand she wears outfits like another princess or wear more high street clothing as if she is their doll to dress up. These designers cater to clientele in high society and Meghan is in that demographic. I see nothing wrong with her outfit choices in the least. Especially as we don’t pay for it and we don’t know the actual price she paid for it. It’s all guessing for the most part.
omg Harry is way balder than I realized
I saw those photos of Harry inside at the event. He is aging horribly, and he’s only 34. Yikes!
He’s not aging horribly! Dear God he’s fit and handsome, who cares if his hair is thinning? Ageism much? How old are you? 19?
@Jaded, did you see me say a word about his hair? He is losing his hair. But I was talking about his face in those photos, and I stand by my comment. And no need to be so condescending because I said he is aging horribly. He is very fit. I never said he wasn’t. I love Harry. But William is aging far better with his great skin. Harry has aged a lot in the past year. It does shock me as he’s only 34. And, no, I’m not talking about his hair.
I won’t repeat back some immature comment directed at you, though, in my post. I try not to do that to any poster on here. I’ve probably failed, though, once or twice.
I’m guessing his past party lifestyle and years of heavy smoking have contributed to his premature skin ageing. Plus he’s a pale ginger – if he hasn’t been vigilant with sunscreen it’ll show.
He has very pale skin which is probably more delicate that William’s but l don’t really think Harry has aged. The real difference is that he is much more serious now, having to protect Meghan, all the changes in his life, moving out of KP, having his own household, more responsibilities, more budgeting and impending fatherhood.
Baldness is a naturally occurring phenomenon and is not contagious. Why the shock and awe?
I don’t understand it either. It’s natural and it clearly doesn’t seem to bother him
Seriously. The royals are not actors. They don’t have to try to look young their whole lives.
She looks happy and is glowing, but everything about the outfit, not her, is a miss for me.
The jacket is meh-h, I’m sure she has better black jackets then this, vintage or not. The dress she wore underneath is Oscar de la Renta, and looks like anything you could have picked up from Zara or heck, even Old Navy, there’s nothing special about it. I can’t imagine how much that cost considering how basic it looks. It reminds me of some of Kate’s basic dresses: they probably cost $$$$, but look like anything you can find at the mall for a fraction of the cost. This dress doesn’t even look like it’s cut in anyway special or has exceptional tailoring.
I don’t see basic, I see a classic vintage swing coat that will continue to be fashionable for decades.
I just love her and everything she does. All the hate and criticism she’s received in recent months is BS. I think a lot of it is based on jealousy and the fact that she makes Duchess Dolittle look like she does as little as possible.
She’s glowing and looks so beautiful!
Is she making the “Duchess Dolittle looking like she does as little as possible”,though?
I don’t see any difference between her five or six days of public appearances this month and lazy duchess dolittle’s five or six days of public appearances,including their visits that lasted less than an hour.
It’s also funny how they’re doing the exact thing the Cambridges are accused of doing,AKA those three “engagements” in a row,followed by other well-deserved breaks -didn’t we see Meghan two weeks ago at the Cirque du Soleil?- This is their way to give the impression that these folks are really hard working! LOL
Big difference is Kate is been at it what 8 years? Meg has what, months? Let’s talk in 5 years and see where we are.
Meghan did more events in 2018 than Kate and she didn’t get credit for the private visits and events she did prior to marriage. She was also pregnant for the last half of the year.
Kate is eight years in and remains bad at giving even the briefest of speeches. Kate has a poor work ethic and hasn’t bumped her numbers at all. At least William has although he should be surpassing his uncles and aunt at this point and he doesn’t, even when including the investitures.
“Meghan did more events in 2018 than Kate and she didn’t get credit for the private visits and events she did prior to marriage. She was also pregnant for the last half of the year.”
And Kate was in maternity leave,so comparing numbers makes little sense. Meghan’s “numbers” were also inflated by the tour.
As far as her public speaking skills are concerned,I wouldn’t hold it against her because it’s difficult to overcome public speaking fear,nerves,and it looks like she has improved over the years. Her last speeches were perfectly acceptable.
Was the criticism about their “work schedules” valid? Yes. William has improved his numbers,which is what his brother should do too,but since last year it was reported that he has become finally “fulltime royal” ,after leaving all his partime jobs or whatever,it’s the least he could do. Same with Kate. Last year she was pregnant,let’s see what she does now.
But the point is that all this talk about “work ethic”,who is the “hardest working royal” is just silly in the first place,because none of what they do is “work” by any normal standard,and when it comes to the younger royals,it’s not even work according to alleged “royal standards”. It’s partime royal job,including the occasional “behind the scenes” meeting and visit,always accurately reported by the press sooner or later. So the “A and B are doing incredible work but behind the scenes” talk is even more ridiculous.
I’d like to see the people who claim that royal work isn’t work try to live Anne’s or Charles’s life for a few weeks. There’s a reason William avoids it so assiduously.
1. What about the years that Kate was not on Maternity leave? I think its perfectly fair to compare Kate’s non maternity years to Meghan’s first year.
2. “Meghan’s numbers were inflated by the tour ” Meghan and Harry did 76 engagements on their tour, compare that to Will and Kate’s tour/vacations. Also Meghan made multiple visits to her patronages that did not count toward her end of the year total and we only found out this month.
3. The argument about how royal work is not that hard only makes the eight years of low numbers look worse.
4.I think we should give Meghan credit for starting a project (the cookbook) less than six months into marriage. We are still waiting for Kate to take that sort of initiative 8 years in. Things like that make a difference in terms of how people view the work you do. A person who takes initiative at work after a few months is going to get more recognition than someone who goes through the motions for years.
I would say that Will, Kate and Harry should all have stepped up their game long ago. Considering their ages and positions in the line of succession, they all should be doing 300-400+ engagements a year on average. There is no reason that those in their seventies and older are doing more than a group of thirty year olds. I’m not including Meghan because she is only 8 months in. But so far she is doing quite well. Of the four of them, I honestly have the most confidence in her.
BTW, I don’t intend for any of that to come off rude or disrespectful to you Vio, or anyone who feels the same way you do. I completely respect you opinion and your right to it. This was just my 2 cents.
You guys she wrote messages on bananas.
I cant even.
She’s my fave.
Right?? I’m not crying! You’re crying!
omg why is she so cute and so good with people
Meghan’s hair looks great but she wears extensions. Nothing wrong with that, so does Kate, princess Madeleine etc but I think it’s a bit ridiculous when these women are praised for “their” fantastic hair.
I don’t think Meghan wears extensions. She has very thick hair. Although, I am usually shocked when an actress, who already has great hair, will pull some out on Andy Cohen’s talk show. So what do I know? LOL
Meghan has great hair, but when she wears it down, I always think that the ends really need a trim to make it look healthier. And I don’t mean cut shorter. I like her hair long. Just a good trim.
When u say she has great hair do u mean her natural hair? The reason I ask is because until recently I didn’t realize that what we see iOS the result of the painstakingly chemically straightening process. There was a photo of her pre straightening and she looked amazing. Wonder why she continues to straighten it now that she doesn’t have to live up to Hollywood & its superficial expectations…
Her natural hair would probably be too much for people. I wish she would though. I’m holding out hope that eventually she will. I hope she and Michelle Obama talked about it.
I’m almost positive that Meghan, like Kate, wears at least some extensions for volume. Nothing wrong with that.
@Maeve, it is not just Holloywood’s expectations but society in general. People tend to be incredibly racist towards black women’s hair. I along with many of my girlfriends have too many stories about how our hair is policed by society. Natural hair is unfortunately often political.
Megan definitely knows this and is trying to avoiding it by not keeping her hair natural.
Yami and Sunny – what a sad world we live in!!! I can understand why, as an actress, she would straighten her hair for a role, but when she no longer works in that capacity, it shouldn’t be necessary. Aside from the fact that it’s probably not good for her hair, the time and effort involved….
Meghan seems like a confident person and not one to hide her racial background.It’s a shame if she feels she has no choice but to “conform” to certain expectations
It’s not just a actresses or people in the industry, it’s not at all uncommon for people with curls or any kind of texture to straighten their hair in this society.
Sure, there is a complicated racial aspect and majority of black entertainers, mixed or full, are walking around with straight hair they don’t have naturally (Rashida Jones is an example of someone with straight her), but it’s not like it doesn’t extend to white people in the industry too. Taylor Swift, Nicole Kidman, Emmy Rossum, Mariah Carey (she’s mixed), are just a few names who began their careers with curly straight and have been wearing it straight for years now.
I wouldn’t hold my breath with the expectation that Meghan will ever wear her curly hair. It seems she was increasingly wearing it straight by her college years, that’s a two decade habit.
As for whether she wears extensions, I think every women in the public eye wears them sometimes. Certain hair styles require it. But seeing as Meghan wears a bun for the majority of her outings, I’d say she’s not doing it all the time because there’d be no point. We’d never really know though because she doesn’t seem to overstuff it and it certainly looks real. And it’s true that it the younger pics of her with straight hair, it didn’t look any less full.
@Scram I think you make an excellent point about other curly haired women straightening their hair as well but miss my point about context.
My point was that for women of colour, there are punitive consequences to not keeping our hair straight, it is not solely a matter of preference.
She was almost definitely wearing extensions for this engagement, you can actually see it on top. I don’t think Meghan’s hair is thick anymore.
As an African-American woman, I would like to believe that I have developed an eye for determining when another woman of color wears extensions and/or weaves. In Meghan’s case, I don’t see any indication of her wearing extensions on this outing. I think the puffiness in her hair could be attributed to what we black women experience when our hair is subject to air with high humidity, rain, snow, etc. Whenever I go out in inclement weather, I have to take great pains to wear a scarf or hat on my head to prevent the hair closest to my scalp from “puffing up”. I maintain my hair by getting silk presses (which I also believe Meghan receives now since it wouldn’t be a great idea to get relaxers or Keratin treatments) and my roots are the first to revert back to my natural hair texture whenever it has been exposed to the elements.
I feel bad for Harry..since he got married, all of the photos are just focused on Meghan..when he was single, we would have photos of him in this kind of events..is that why he looks grumpy sometimes? I do hope they would take photos of Harry too..
Harry is not Charles.
You would look grumpy too, if the media was trying to destroy your wife with their racism and classism, sure he should walk around with a smile on his face.
I don’t think Harry cares about getting his picture taken, he had 34 years of getting his picture taken.
He is not jealous of his wife getting attention, he is proud of her.
Get use to it, he loves his wife, so keep looking for excuses to satisfy your need that he doesn’t.
The banana messages were cute, Meghan said she got the idea from a school lunch program where affirmations were written on bananas to make kids feel empowered so she just copied it.
Giving credit when it’s due, you go Duchess.
I think she is beautiful. I think she gives a future Michelle Obama type vibe. I think she will try too move mountains. I think this is why William fell in love with her.
Now that gives an entirely different flavor to the scarf-straightening scandal!
Just kidding. I know you mixed up the names in some sort of text-equivalent slip of the tongue.
You may be kidding but who knows, since we have all fallen in love with her why wouldn’t Willam? 😜
Absolutely beautiful. What a stunning lady she is.