These photos didn’t get enough attention, so I’m glad I get to use them again. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a public appearance last weekend at Kevin Costner’s annual One805Live Concert. The concert has become quite the A-list event, with wealthy celebrities all gathering for the outdoor concert and fundraiser for first responders in the Santa Barbara community. Prince Harry has attended for concert for three straight years, and Meghan attended in 2023 and this year.
This year, Meghan wore a Carolina Herrera dress which was nice (if slightly unflattering). Meghan obviously wore her signature bracelet stack and some rings as well. Well, eagle-eyed lovers and haters have been trying to figure out if Meghan wore a new ring on her right hand, and they think they’ve ID’d it: Logan Hollowell’s Water Drop Moonstone ring in the “Classic Queen” size. The Daily Mail thinks that this ring was probably Harry’s birthday gift to Meghan this year. It retails for £3,185 and it looks like her style. Of course, the Mail is freaking out about that ring, and ALL of Meghan’s jewelry. They’re really torn up about the fact that Meghan has nice pieces and she likes to wear her beautiful jewelry when she leaves the house.
Meghan Markle caused quite a stir when she took to the stage at a recent Kevin Costner charity event dripping in gold and diamonds. After flaunting her pricey wardrobe and cookware on her Netflix show, experts are now questioning if she has completely lost sight of who her audience is. Appearing on Sunday at Costner’s home in Summerland, California, not only did Meghan wear Princess Diana’s Cartier Tank Française watch – worth more than $24,000 – she also donned a $7,000, solid-gold Cartier Love bracelet, a $5,000 Jennifer Meyer mini bezel tennis bracelet and, of course, her $160,000 engagement ring.
For years, Meghan has championed herself as approachable and down to earth – qualities that reportedly left her husband Prince Harry ‘delightfully surprised’. In an April interview with The New York Times, journalist Julia Moskin noted that Meghan seemed ‘clearly bothered’ by ‘accusations that she is unrelatable and out of touch.’
‘Don’t they know my life hasn’t always been like this?’ Meghan told the Times, as she gestured to the ‘sweeping views’ from her $14million Montecito mansion. But, experts say, she could now be losing grasp of that persona.
‘Meghan may desire to connect with everyday people, but if so, she has to be fully committed,’ Ryan McCormick, Managing Partner at Goldman McCormick PR, told the Daily Mail. ‘Wearing that kind of expensive jewelry communicates, “I am in the upper class.” So we have two conflicting messages here, and that’s one of the reasons why it could be challenging for some members of the public to emotionally connect with her.’
Hey, at least they’re not pretending that Meghan absconded with royal jewels anymore, or acting like the crown paid for the jewelry Meghan has owned for years before she even met Harry. Now they’re just whining about how Meghan’s everyday jewelry, including her engagement ring and watch, makes her look “unrelatable.”
I've had several people ask me about the ring that Meghan is wearing in this photo from last weekend at the One805 live event. It’s a bit difficult to say for certain which ring she’s wearing without clearer details. The first piece that came to mind is the Logan Hollowell design… pic.twitter.com/qMPiZNbZGX
— What Meghan Wore (@whatmegwore) September 25, 2025
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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- Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, makes an appearance at the One805Live! benefit concert with proceeds benefitting first responders of Santa Barbara County. The benefit concert is held on Kevin Costner’s estate in Santa Barbara, USA, Saturday 20 September 2025.,Image: 1039020846, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ/Avalon
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- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle Duchess of Sussex along with actor Rob Lowe make an appearance at the One805Live! benefit concert with proceeds benefitting first responders of Santa Barbara County. The benefit concert is held on Kevin Costner’s estate in Santa Barbara, USA, Saturday 20 September 2025.,Image: 1039020954, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ/Avalon
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- Santa Barbara, CA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended Kevin Costner’s annual ‘Rock for First Responders’ One805 Live! event, joining stars to honor first responders. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex brought their support to this meaningful Montecito gathering, filled with live music and heartfelt tributes. Pictured: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Los Angeles, CA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle present awards on stage with a dog and First Responders at Kevin Costner’s annual ‘Rock for First Responders’ One805 Live! Event Pictured: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Los Angeles, CA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle present awards on stage with a dog and First Responders at Kevin Costner’s annual ‘Rock for First Responders’ One805 Live! Event Pictured: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Los Angeles, CA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle present awards on stage with a dog and First Responders at Kevin Costner’s annual ‘Rock for First Responders’ One805 Live! Event Pictured: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA Prince Harry and wife Meghan appear together at the One805 Live! event at Kevin Costner’s Santa Barbara polo field to honor first responders. The couple arrived together at around 5pm (Sept 20). They greeted well wishers in the backstage area and went to a VIP section. Meghan appeared briefly onstage with Harry as he gave an award to a first responder called Sam Dudley who helps colleagues with their mental health issues via a ‘Peer Support’ scheme. Meghan left the stage after Harry said to her ‘Oh hi hi hi’ and said nothing. She was criticized when she appeared at the same event two years ago for taking the spotlight away from those being paid tribute. Harry also made friends with and kissed the Sam’s dog, Rhonda. There was no sign of Kevin Costner himself at the event. Also spotted in the crowd were Rob Lowe, Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver. Pictured: Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA Prince Harry and wife Meghan appear together at the One805 Live! event at Kevin Costner’s Santa Barbara polo field to honor first responders. The couple arrived together at around 5pm (Sept 20). They greeted well wishers in the backstage area and went to a VIP section. Meghan appeared briefly onstage with Harry as he gave an award to a first responder called Sam Dudley who helps colleagues with their mental health issues via a ‘Peer Support’ scheme. Meghan left the stage after Harry said to her ‘Oh hi hi hi’ and said nothing. She was criticized when she appeared at the same event two years ago for taking the spotlight away from those being paid tribute. Harry also made friends with and kissed the Sam’s dog, Rhonda. There was no sign of Kevin Costner himself at the event. Also spotted in the crowd were Rob Lowe, Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver. Pictured: Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA Prince Harry and wife Meghan appear together at the One805 Live! event at Kevin Costner’s Santa Barbara polo field to honor first responders. The couple arrived together at around 5pm (Sept 20). They greeted well wishers in the backstage area and went to a VIP section. Meghan appeared briefly onstage with Harry as he gave an award to a first responder called Sam Dudley who helps colleagues with their mental health issues via a ‘Peer Support’ scheme. Meghan left the stage after Harry said to her ‘Oh hi hi hi’ and said nothing. She was criticized when she appeared at the same event two years ago for taking the spotlight away from those being paid tribute. Harry also made friends with and kissed the Sam’s dog, Rhonda. There was no sign of Kevin Costner himself at the event. Also spotted in the crowd were Rob Lowe, Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver. Pictured: Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Whining about the jewelry she has worn for years now is a bit much but they never miss an opportunity to attack Meghan for having nice things and a husband who loves to give her nice things.
Pretty sure she has this necklace also if I remember correctly, it’s beautiful. I just love moonstones.
Why on earth would this PR nitwit think it important that the public is able to connect with her emotionally via jewellery? Really? Should she not wear her engagement ring or Diana’s watch? Or her bracelets? Or a gift from her husband? And nobody would know what they’re worth if the Daily Fail didn’t tell them. Absolute nonsense.
I think Ryan McCormick should get some messages from us.
I love moonstone! Very cool choice on Harry’s part.
Good for her!!! I like that she showcases her expansive jewelry collection purchased with her own money. Unlike jewelry worn by the royals, it’s not plundered from colonies with the blood and sweat of conquered enslaved people.
Her audience is Americans who like to see rich people wear nice things, expensive or reasonable and supporters around the world who see her as Prince Harry’s wife and expect her to wear nice expensive things because she is a Princess.
I don’t think the dress is unflattering at all. I think it’s a cut and style that suits her and perfect for the relaxed setting of the event.
Also love moonstone. It’s got such an ethereal and dreamy vibe. We don’t know if Meghan got herself this jewelry or if it was a gift from Harry. Either scenario would drive the DM up the wall.
My inner swiftie: is that opalite?
It is a pretty ring.
so I actually find her jewelry relatable, because I think its easy to imitate her general look. I got a zodiac/constellation necklace after seeing hers. Was mine as diamond-y and as expensive as hers? No, I got it from etsy for something like 50 bucks lol. but I loved it (it got broken when traveling, whomp whomp.)
I wear stacked “gold” bracelets because I like the look of hers. Not the same pricewise but the same general look.
That’s where I think she is doing well – she wears expensive and high end pieces, but a lot of her general looks can be created for a lot less.
Meghan’s jewelry look is just classic most of it I just have to look in my jewelry box for.. I’ve had a similar style watch for at least two decades along with a three stone engagement ring and tennis bracelet. I did buy a similar evil eye tennis bracelet from Etsy after seeing Meghan’s, I wear it often.
I got one of those zodiac constellation necklaces too and I’m wearing it. I actually think I linked to it from here when they used to do those link posts.
LOL, she was NOT “dripping in gold and diamonds.”
She wears her jewelry tastefully.
Camilla goes out dripping in gold and diamonds (and pearls). Kate does when Camilla lets her. Meghan does not.
Yes, now that was some dripping and drooping.
I thought Meghan’s dress fit her incredibly well and she looked very nice. Love her embrace of halter dresses.
Gawd my sister-in-law is a pediatrician who has worked primarily with working class and lower income patients for decades. She wears this much jewelry going to book club, as she has every right to do. What do they expect Meghan to do, show up in a barrel held up by suspenders?
The old “save it for special occasions” no longer applies and people are wearing beautiful pieces while going about their day, which I love and applaud!!
The BM won’t be happy until Meghan is wearing sackcloth and ashes when she appears in public. That deranged, perverted fantasy about her being paraded naked in public while people throw offal at her wasn’t just Jeremy Clarkson’s fantasy — it was the fantasy of all the rota rats.
She’s beautiful, and she wears clothing and jewelry beautifully. Suck it, BM!
Also we know Meghan has jewelry that I ment to honor her kids and Harry. Moonstone is one of the birthstone for June. Which is Lili birthstone. She also has this same style in necklace form with emerald. Emerald Is Archie birthstone.
One of my favorite things about Meghan’s style, and what I most frequently copy, is the wearing of diamond tennis necklaces with jeans and button-up shirt, wearing a very expensive Cartier necklace with Zara trousers, the high/low of her choices really inspires my fashion choices. Of course, I don’t have the type of jewelry that Meghan has but I have some very nice costume pieces and a few real pieces that I love wearing with jeans and a white tee.
That is a very common style in Southern Europe and Brazil: casual chic style. Wear nice casual clothes with real jewelry. We should all wear our family jewels with jeans or a sundress!
I wish she’d wear the aquamarine more. It’s my favorite stone and mine is pretty similar to hers.
Other that, I got nothin’. I’ve never liked wearing a watch.
This article is unhinged. None of her fans have a problem with her jewellery.
I don’t like this Carolina Herrara dress. It looks like Banana Republic Factory. I’m usually a fan of CH and Meghan’s fashion.
Insert my usual “Breaking news: independently rich woman wears expensive stuff” comment here.
I’d be ashamed to have my name associated with such a bitchy article. The resentment and jealousy is palpable.
Reading that article in the Daily Fail, the first thing that came to mind was this: who’s truly more relatable — Meghan, or Kate and the rest of the royals? Especially considering they just had a lavish state dinner decked out in jewels that were, let’s be honest, mostly stolen from other nations.
The whole point of these endless smear pieces about Meghan is clear — to paint her as unreachable, unlikable, and even “ugly” in the public eye. It’s not just about image; it’s about economics. If they can make her appear unrelatable, they can discourage people from buying her products or supporting her ventures.
It’s almost like there’s an unspoken rule: no one is allowed to thrive and become successful outside of that family — not on their own terms, and certainly not on a global stage. But here’s the thing: no one is buying what they’re selling.
People know celebrities are wealthy.
Viewers and consumers aren’t naïve. They buy celebrity goods and watch their shows — whether it’s cooking, crafting, or lifestyle — fully aware those celebrities are rich. Relatability isn’t the main selling point; inspiration, style, and entertainment are.
The hypocrisy is glaring.
Writing an entire article dissecting Meghan’s so-called “excesses” while completely ignoring the royal family’s extravagance is laughable. It screams hypocrisy, and the audience sees right through it.
At the end of the day, this smear campaign hasn’t worked — and it won’t. The double standard is too obvious, and it only exposes how desperate they are. They really need to try harder.
No one ever asks how much the bespoke suits Harry is wearing costs, it’s always why are you spending money you earned on expensive things. At the end of the day, they don’t like that she is able to do so. One because they’re most fervent wish it’s for the Sussexes to be broke, but like their freak out about Harry’s announcement of his donation they don’t want people to realize that they are successful outside of the institution.
And they’re kind of insulting the fans themselves by implying that she’s unrelatable, because none of her fans can afford to wear what she has. Beyond the fact that others have mentioned, we can easily replicate it. The British media writes articles every single day about how you can copy Kate’ look for less, it’s not like everyone is broke. Given how most of the stuff that she wears sells out, pretty sure a lot of her fan base can afford the stuff she wears and don’t find her unrelatable because of it. And the ones that can’t, can replicate it with cheaper items.
That’s a good point…I can’t afford her designer pieces LOL but a LOT of her supporters can. Meghan wears an expensive scarf or has a Hermes blanket and those things sell out. Le Creuset isn’t cheap and Meghan had people lining up for those pans.
A lot of her supporters can and do buy the higher end pieces she wears or uses.
They both are owners of that mansion. Not just Meghan.
The attacks on Meghan and Harry just seem to get sillier and sillier.
It sure does especially the longer it goes on..
Oh so a woman who works for her own money can’t wear nice jewelry but a lazy one who lives off the British taxpayers can drape herself in gold gowns and raid the tower’s jewelry boxes for all she can fit on her head and everywhere else. These people just grate on my last nerve.
I always scratch my head when they start in on the jewelry that Meghan wears. I’ve NEVER been to any event or party where I started counting up the costs of the jewelry that someone was wearing. If there’s a striking piece, I’ll comment on how much I like it or that its beautiful. That’s it.
Isn’t it interesting how much (I have to assume) the classes in the UK make such a difference?
This is crazy. The Fail acts like Meghan was not a royal bride wearing an antique diamond tiara in a wedding that was broadcast world wide. Why wouldn’t she have nice things including a beautiful and expensive engagement ring? I’m not getting the “relatable” argument at all. To me relatable is someone I would enjoy being around , someone for whom I wouldn’t have to put on a front in their presence. If you compare that to WanK, the Sussexes win hands down.