Meghan Markle stepped out in a recycled yellow dress during her and Prince Harry’s three-day trip to Nigeria.
While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may not have spent Mother’s Day with their children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 2, it’s been said Meghan honored them with her clothing. However, a PR expert says Meghan’s colorful look may have had a “much deeper meaning.”
The Duchess of Sussex pulled a previously seen dress from her closet for Mother’s Day, May 12, 2024, in Nigeria. Although she and Harry weren’t with Archie and Lilibet to celebrate, Meghan seemingly honored them with her outfit choice.
The 42-year-old wore a bright yellow Carolina Herrera dress she’d worn at least twice before. The first glimpse the public got of Meghan in the silk dress came in 2022. A clip from Archie’s first birthday in 2020, as seen in Netflix’s documentary about the duke and duchess, showed Meghan wearing the dress as Archie enjoyed cake.
Meghan donned it again the following year, in February 2021, when she and Harry announced they were expecting Lilibet. (The pair sat in the grass in a black-and-white photo taken by photographer and friend Misan Harriman.)
Thought to be “paying tribute to her kids” by wearing the yellow dress, per Mirror, an expert shared it could’ve held a “much deeper meaning.”
“Choosing to wear the same yellow dress on Mother’s Day was deeply symbolic,” Brenda Christensen, a celebrity PR expert, told the publication. “Especially since she previously wore it for other meaningful family milestones. It’s a celebration of motherhood.” Meghan, who has been known to stick to predominantly neutral hues, confessed she’d injected her outfits with more color on day two of the trip to “fit in” with Nigerian style.
