Meghan Markle, 38, looked gorgeous in a black and white print wrap dress when she and Prince Harry, 35, stepped out in Cape Town. The couple left baby Archie Harrison with the nanny as they embarked on the first engagement of their 10-royal tour. While Meghan’s outfit was a huge hit with royal fans, there was one element to it the Queen would not have liked.
Royal Family members are expected to stick to a strict dress code for official engagements.
From only wearing nude stockings to the using a suitable shade of lipstick, there is a traditional code royal women should stick too.
Meghan Markle and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge have style icon status with every outfit they wear being carefully scrutinised.
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The Duchess of Sussex prompted a purchasing flurry when she wore a striking Valentino gown to Misha Nonoo’s Rome wedding at the weekend.
The same was to be said of the £69 eco-conscious dress she wore out in Cape Town today.
The ethically produced gown has already sold out on sustainable fashion website Mayamiko.
However, the dress was not the bit of her outfit which would have displeased the Queen, it was her shoes which were the problem.
Queen Elizabeth II is said to intensely dislike platform heels or wedges and may have turned her nose up at Meghan’s Espadrille heels today.
The royals are said to be well aware of the Queen’s distaste for wedged-heels and tend to avoid wearing them in her presence.
A source told Vanity Fair: “The Queen isn’t a fan of wedged shoes.
“She really doesn’t like them and it’s well known among the women in the family.”
While Meghan is thousands of miles away from the Queen in Africa, she may feel she is safe to bend the rules.
Meghan and Harry delighted fans dancing with members of the welcome party at a Cape Town workshop that ateaches children about their rights.
From there the Sussexes will tour the District Six Museum, a memorial to the 60,000 residents forced from their homes in the area during apartheid in the 1970s.
They will hear about the work being done to reunite families separated by the regime.
Meghan and Harry will round off their first day by joining a community cooking activity with former District Six residents.