Designer duds can add up, and boy does Meghan Markle know it.
Designer duds can add up, and boy does Meghan Markle know it.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl is dishing on the expensive cost of the Duchess of Sussex’s glamorous — and often bespoke — wardrobe since her engagement to Prince Harry. All added up, it comes out to $1 million!
And who’s picking up the hefty tab?
“It does fall now, that she is married into the royal family, to the Prince of Wales…to cover the cost of her working royal wardrobe,” Nicholl told ET.
Breaking it down, her Givenchy wedding gown racked up over $440,000, while her Stella McCartney reception dress was more than $157,000.
“It may be that Meghan contributed certainly some of the costs for either of those wedding dresses, or perhaps both of those wedding dresses, I believe was also picked up by the palace.”
Although pricey, Nicholl said the cost is worth it for the Palace.
“Meghan is now an ambassador for the royal family. Look at the publicity she has brought in run up to the wedding. I’d argue that’s worth every penny.”
The custom cream cape dress by Markle’s go-to designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy worn on her first solo outing with the queen came in at $18,000. The gorgeous printed Oscar de la Renta maxi she radiated in to Princess Diana’s niece’s wedding cost almost $6000.
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We’ve also noticed the duchess has a penchant for light shades of pink. She wore the hue for the Queen’s Young Leaders Reception in a Prada open-neck skirt suit. She donned it previously at the Trooping of the Colour in a $4,000 Carolina Herrera off-the-shoulder top and skirt. For Prince Charles’ garden party, Markle sported a $643 sheer blush dress by British label Goat. Some are saying it’s the romantic in her, but there might be a more practical reason to why she repeatedly chooses the feminine shade.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – JANUARY 24: Actress Meghan Markle attends the ELLE’s Women in Television Celebration at Soho House on January 24,2013 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for ELLE)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 26: Actress Meghan Markle attends the Entertainment Weekly Screen Actors Guild Awards pre-party at Chateau Marmont on January 26,2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
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