‘I wanted to blend in’: Meghan Markle claims she had to ‘tone down’ her wardrobe to avoid wearing the same colour as the Queen or other senior royal women in bombshell Netflix documentary
- Duchess 41, said she stuck to camel, white and beige when out with the royals
- The mother-of-two said she ‘wanted to fit in’ with her new relations
- However, the former Suits star continued wearing colour on solo engagements
- Read More: Moment Meghan Markle mocks her attempts at royal protocol with a deeply exaggerated curtsey as stony-faced Prince Harry watches on
Meghan Markle has claimed she ‘toned down’ her wardrobe while she living in the UK to avoid clashing with more senior members of the Royal Family.
The Duchess of Sussex, 41, made the claims in the third episode of her new £88m Netflix series, which landed on the streaming platform this morning.
While speaking with a producer, the mother-of-two was quizzed about how she adapted to life in the Royal Family and revealed she even had to Google the UK’s national anthem.
The former Suits actress said trying to wrap her head around the ‘royal wave’ and learning how to curtsy for the Queen while being under public scrutiny was a ‘baptism of fire’ for life in the Firm.
The Duchess of Sussex said she wore ‘beige, camel and white’ while around other women to avoid clashing with their outfits. Pictured: Meghan with The Queen in June 2018
In an effort not to step on any toes within the Royal Family, the Duchess said she also adapted her wardrobe accordingly.
She said: ‘Most of the time I was in the UK, I rarely wore colour.
‘To my understanding, you can’t ever wear the same colour as Her Majesty if there’s a group event but then you also shouldn’t be wearing the same colour as one of the other more senior members of the family.’
To respect this rumoured royal protocol, Meghan says she started dressing almost exclusively in shades of camel, beige and white.
Meghan Markle pictured with Queen Consort Camilla shortly after her wedding in May 2018
Left: Meghan Markle pictured in an all-beige ensemble while on a solo visit to the Mayhew animal charity in January 2019 – three months before she gave birth to son Archie. Right: Meghan Markle leaving the National Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022
Meghan Markle claims she had ‘tone down’ her wardrobe after marrying into the Royal Family
She continued: ‘I wore a lot of muted tones but it was also so I could just blend in. I’m not trying to stand out here.
‘There was no version of me [that was] joining this family and trying not to do everything I could to fit in. I don’t want to embarrass the family.’
However, Meghan did still continue to wear colour on solo engagements – including her visit to a community centre in Birkenhead, where she wore a bright red coat over a purple dress.
Although it is unclear whether royal women are asked to abide by this hierarchical dress code, the Queen famously wore bright colours for public engagements.
Meghan Markle said she wanted to ‘blend in’ with her new family by wearing more muted shades. Pictured leaving Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham on December 25, 2017
Meghan said she would ask herself which colours other royal women might wear and pick a neutral shade to avoid any clashes. Pictured at the Commonwealth Service in March 2019
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in 2012, royal biographer Robert Hardman claimed this was an active decision Her Majesty to set her apart from crowds.
Although he didn’t reveal when or where the late monarch made the comment, the expert said: ‘My favourite remark she ever said was “I can never wear beige because nobody will know who I am.”‘
In a 2015 interview with InStyle, Meghan revealed that the colours she gravitates towards give an insight into her mindset.
She said: ‘I think our clothes are such a reflection of how we’re feeling. If you’re in love, you’re probably going to wear things that make you feel like more romantic when you put them on.
The royal family pictured arriving for a Christmas Day church service in the Sandringham estate in 2018
Left: Meghan Markle pictured in a purple dress and red coat as she arrives at a community centre in Birkenhead with Prince Harry in January 2019. Right: Meghan Markle pictured in a white off-shoulder dress as she arrived at the Ripple of Hope Awards in New York with husband Prince Harry on Tuesday
‘Or when you’re going through a stressful time, the same can be said for wearing things that are more monochrome or darker in tone.’
Elsewhere in the episode, Prince Harry blasted the ‘invented protocols’ that were appearing in the press around the time Meghan was being introduced into the Firm – alleging that the former Suits star had stepped out of line with her choice of hairstyle or by signing an autograph.
What’s more, Meghan compared the first encounter with Her Majesty in 2016 to a lowbrow themed dinner at America’s ‘Medieval Times’.
Recounting the ‘intense’ moment, she performed a deep curtsey as husband Harry watched on, stone-faced, before he glanced off camera appearing awkward. The pair then chuckled afterwards.
Awkward: Meghan appears to perform a deeply exaggerated curtsey recounting what it was like when she first met the Queen, while her husband Harry watches on
Beaming: Meghan recounts the first moment she was introduced to the Queen while husband Harry looks on as part of the couple’s new Netflix docu-series, released today
Meghan met the Queen for the first time during a lunch at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, shortly after her and the Duke revealed they were dating, in 2016.
But she said the whole occasion felt like an antiquated banquet at Medieval Times, a family dinner theater in the US featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting.
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The Queen was the first senior member of the Royal Family that Meghan met after she and Prince Harry announced their relationship in 2016.
‘She had no idea what it all consisted of,’ Harry tells the docu-series, as he sits with his arm around his wife. ‘So it was a bit of a shock to the system for her.’
Grinning, Meghan added: ‘I mean. it’s surreal. There wasn’t like some big moment of “Now you’re gonna meet my grandmother”.
‘I didn’t know I was going to meet her until moments before. We were in the car and we were going to the Royal Lodge for lunch, and he [Harry] was like, “Oh, my grandmother is here, she’s gonna be there after church.”.
‘I remember we were in the car, driving and he’s [Harry] like, “You know how to curtsy, right?”. And I just thought it was a joke.’
The Duke continued: ‘How do you explain that to people? How do you explain that you bow to your grandmother? And that you would need to curtsy, especially to an American. That’s weird.’
Meghan then tells the documentary: ‘Now I’m starting to realise this is a big deal. I mean, American’s will understand this. We have Medieval Times dinner and tournament. It was like that. Like, I curtsied as though I was like… “Pleasure to meet you your Majesty.”
‘It was so intense. And then when she left, Eugenie and Jack and Fergie say “you did great!”. Thanks. I didn’t know what I was doing.’
Meghan and Harry’s Netflix documentary is out today and begins with an attack on Buckingham Palace’s decision not to co-operate with the series that declares a fresh war on the Royal Family and the media.
The highly-anticipated series is being put out in two parts, with the first three episodes of the six-part docu-series now available to stream.
The series contains tears from Meghan, who Harry repeatedly compares to Princess Diana claiming that both his mother and wife were being hunted by the press.
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