When the Duchess of Sussex attended David Foster’s foundation gala in Canada two weekends ago, she ended up wearing a pair of earrings which once belonged to Princess Diana. Meghan had worn the earrings before – they are the small, sapphire-and-diamond butterfly earrings. Prince Harry has obviously given Meghan several pieces of his mother’s private jewelry collection, and Meghan’s engagement ring even includes a diamond from one of Diana’s pieces. Well, the royal commentators are irritated by all of this. How dare Diana’s daughter-in-law wear a pair of Diana’s earrings! They are never irritated when the other DIL copykeens an entire look from Diana. Weird!
Meghan Markle is “trying to stake a claim on Princess Diana’s legacy” after her choice of earrings last weekend, a royal expert has claimed. Joined by husband Prince Harry, Meghan attended the David Foster Foundation’s 40th anniversary gala over the weekend.
The Sussexes’ connection with David Foster runs deep; the music mogul helped the couple find a place to stay in Canada in 2019, merely weeks before they famously quit their royal duties. So, to celebrate the special occasion, hosted in British Columbia, Canada, Harry suited up in a tux, while Meghan chose a striking black one-shoulder draped gown by the Canadian label Greta Constantin.
Notably, however, the duchess completed the look with diamond and sapphire earrings from the personal collection of the late Princess Diana. Per reports, they were the exact pair worn by Diana when she visited British Columbia back in 1986.
It was made particularly poignant, being just weeks after the Sussexes took their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to Diana’s final resting place on the Althorp Estate in Northamptonshire for the first time.
However, the Daily Mail’s Richard Kay feels the subtle nod may be more significant.
“It does feel to me she is trying to stake a claim on Diana’s legacy,” he said. “It would have taken an enormous amount of research to find out precisely what Diana wore on a visit to an obscure part of Canada. No offence, but it was a remote part of Canada back in 1986. She does look to me like she’s trying to channel the mother-in-law she never met.”
Meghan possesses a notable collection of her late mother-in-law’s jewellery. Among the pieces are Diana’s butterfly earrings with a matching cuff bracelet, a diamond tennis bracelet, her Cartier Tank Louis watch, and the famous aquamarine ring – often referred to as Diana’s “divorce ring” – which Meghan wore on her wedding day in 2018.
By the way, I’ve always wished that Diana’s aquamarine ring would get more outings because it’s gorgeous! I wouldn’t blame Meghan if she wore that ring every single day. As for Meghan wearing the earrings in Canada, do you honestly think she researched where and when Diana wore those particular earrings? I’m not so sure. And didn’t Diana wear that particular pair quite often? Chances are, those earrings were seen in many other countries. This is bizarre though: “She does look to me like she’s trying to channel the mother-in-law she never met.” Kate “never met” Diana either, you guys. And people always praise Kate to the hilt whenever she “channels” Diana, down to having almost exact replicas of Diana’s clothes made so that Kate can wear those replicas to certain events which Diana also attended.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Meghan’s Instagram and IG Stories.
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Both harry and scooter inherited their mother’s property but only keen can wear diana jewelery . Keen even makes a point to show off big blue. Diana would be ashamed of kay. Diana’s ring was a divorce ring that keen wears
The press can’t criticize the Waleses; instead, they attribute all their moronic, psychedelic antics to the Sussexes so they can criticize them to their heart’s content.
No matter how you look at it, criticizing Meghan for her earrings—while right next to her you have a deranged copycat who’ll dress up head-to-toe like other women and show up in the same places looking just like them—is absolute lunacy.
I’m sure I’ve made this comment about Big Blue before, but I still think it’s absolutely WILD that William chose to give it to Kate as-is. I mean, my own wedding band once belonged to my husband’s grandmother, who was happily married to his grandfather for almost 60 years. Very touching, very romantic. Diana and Charles, on the other hand, had one of the most infamously disastrous marriages of all time. You don’t have to be particularly superstitious to think that there’s some seriously bad juju attached to that ring! Even at the time of their engagement, I remember thinking that William not at least resetting the gems suggested some level of thoughtlessness or indifference towards his bride-to-be. And the years have certainly borne that out, haven’t they? I guess he was lucky that Kate was too empty-headed to see the bad omen.
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If William hadn’t given her that ring, the Middletons would have clawed it out of him. Carole has lived a royal fantasy—driven by her obsession—for ages, and then she infected her daughters with that same obsession. Pippa has partially stepped away from it, though she happily takes advantage of all the perks, even going so far as to skirt the law. Kate, on the other hand, took that obsession even further than her mother—it’s as if she’s been completely brainwashed. To be Diana, to be Elizabeth, to be Meghan… and, of course, to get the crown… a crown she and Carole can take turns wearing while eating breakfast :)))))
Kate wouldn’t have let anyone put any other ring on her finger, even if that one had been burning her. Admittedly, I’m convinced she was given a replica to wear, but I’m sure she doesn’t mind. The important thing is that it’s visible; even though she’s been married for years, she still constantly puts her left hand on display, often in an unnatural way—it’s pathetic… If William finally decides to get a divorce, those two Middletons will completely lose their minds…
I have a few rings from my mother and godmother, both dead. And when I meet with family I wear their rings not to copy them but simply to virtually have them present at these meeting. It’s symbolic, maybe simplistic but it make me happy. I guess Meghan does the same to make Harry happy.
Richard Kay is a hater for sure, but also a person who lack deep understanding of human sentiment.
Harry has got to protect his skin. A strong sun block and moisturizer can help reduce the effects of sun exposure.
These people are so unwell. Millions of people around the world wear family heirlooms without any fuss. She was gifted these items and she’s wearing them. Do they expect her to put them in a museum?
This suspiciously sounds like they’re saying “how dare this American Black woman wear our English rose’s jewelry? This does not belong to her.”
These people need to get a life and stop commenting on Meghan’s every move.
Don’t remember which of those deranged “reporters” had an absolute conniption fit when a pic was published of M hiking with friends around Montecito, and *GASP* SHE WAS WEARING “DIANA’S GOLD WATCH!!! TO HIKE!!!!” You could literally hear the bodies explode in outrage across the ocean, and drop to the floor in a dead faint.
Kay should be ashamed of himself. He must read the deranger comments saying meghan should never have gotten Diana’s jewelry. Keen never met diana. And she’s so not like diana. Diana left a will and she left both her sons her property to divide up.
Kay and co., are irritated because I read that the pieces Meghan received and wears, are from Diana’s personal collection, and as such belong to Meghan, (and eventually Lili)— while the pieces Kate wears, belong to the crown.
My sister and I have pieces from our mom and grandmother and wear them daily. For me, it’s their presence being with me, with our family, all the time. About 2 yrs after my dad passed, I was cleaning out boxes and such to prepare for my reno, when I found my dad’s Longines gold watch; it was my mom’s wedding gift to him. Both my sister and I wanted to wear it, of course (*no* arguments about all the other jewelry lol). I came up with a plan: she wears it January through the end of June (her birthday falls in February), and I wear it July through December (my birthday falls in October). Works for us 😊
I’d LOVE to know all the pieces M has from Diana! I sure wish she’d wear more of it. And yes to the Aquamarine! That ring is a STUNNER!
That’s a lovely idea to “split” the watch so that you and your sister will both get to enjoy it! I’ll bet it feels more special to wear it if you know it’s only for half the year, and this will also now be part of the watch’s history. Thanks for sharing!
Maybe scooter was upset that he had to divide up Diana’s estate with harry. Good thing she made that will.
I really doubt Meghan did a deep dive to see what Diana wore when she visited British Columbia in the 80s. Meghan has worn those earrings before and Diana also wore them on several occasions. This is just the press bemoaning the fact that Meghan has ANYTHING that belonged to Diana.
Sounds to me like Britmedia making sure they profit off both Meghan and Diana at the same time.
I don’t understand the outrage. This was not the first time Meghan has worn these earrings. The British press is grasping at straws now. Plus why are they not outraged when Kate wears Diana’s jewellery.
There’s so much dumb stuff here, but I’m stuck on “expert” Richard Kay claiming that Vancouver is an “obscure” and “remote” part of Canada. I mean, possibly to him because it’s clear he never leaves his bubble, but the reason Diana was there in 1986 was that they were hosting the World Expo. That’s when the Skytrain first opened!
Wait I missed that part! LMAO. How out of touch can you be? I’ve been to two cities in Canada: Montreal and Vancouver. I had to fly to both (I’m in Texas) so they’re equally “remote” to me. Does he not know Vancouver is a world class city? Does he not know that we have, like, airplanes now and everything? We ain’t trekking across mountains on horseback. What an idiot.
GTFOH with the ‘remote in 1986’ business. Victoria is the capital of the province ya jerk. It is NOT remote.
On behalf of Canadians, Kay is an insufferable tw*t.
Imagine calling British Columbia ‘obscure’, some unchartered wilderness as if it appears on some blue on a map from the 1700s … it is 8 times larger than little England with a population of 5 million + people. To add to his coloniser arrogance – its capital Victoria, which is more English than England, is literally named after their bloody queen.
As a Canadian in London, may this horrible little man be condemned to ride the Central Line in summer for the rest of his days.
I have a very similar aquamarine ring, color and size. I adore it but can’t wear it every day as aquamarine is too soft for daily wear. My favorite stone and my favorite ring.
The British royal propagandists will denigrate anything and anyone for their constant campaign against Meghan and Harry.