Royal Style and Gossip: The Sussexes Down Under; Meghan is glowing

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Harry & Meghan have arrived in Sydney.
The purple folders coordinating with her coat will not slow down speculation...

Harry is looking as grumpy as his brother during any photo that isn’t very evidently a photo call. Is he in protective‘Dad’ mode already? At least Meghan LOOKS like she is enjoying herself.

Harry looks grumpy? Are we looking at the same photos? He seems perfectly content to me, and he's hardly going to be grinning from ear to ear while giving a speech about mental health and male suicide rates!

From the side; you can definitely see how much Meghan’s figure has changed. ( However; I would be more than happy with her current pregnant figure.)

I’m talking about when the cameras are NOT on him.

Agree her waist has thickened (I thought the same with the green leather skirt). She is so slender that it is more obvious. I imagine she must think she looks huge.

But how would we see images of him unless the camera was on him?? Maybe he's still feeling a bit jetlagged - it's a long old flight, even if you are travelling in first class, and there's the time difference too.

When the cameras are not officially on him! And before you say that people don’t go around smiling, Meghan is smiling in the same photos.

Maybe Harry has got the male equivalent of a bitch resting face?

I really liked her outfit today. I thought she had a nice balance between looking like she’d made an effort but not too glamorous when visiting a region that’s really suffering due to the drought. And it wasn’t all ridiculously expensive either.

I don't overly mind Meghan not wearing UK designers though I agree a tour should be a bit different. J get the impression that she's happy with her place as 'different' and has decided to embrace it rather than conforming to the royal look. She's the glamorous one!

Worth bearing that in mind though whenever we're bored of Kate's outfits - Meghan has a much, much wider pool to choose from.

I do think the Serena coat is a bit off however. Perhaps whoever advises her hadn't made that sort of thing crystal clear? Given Meghan's background, wearing a mate's label would have been an entirely normal, nice thing to do..,but not in this new role.

Ah well, when it comes to royal foibles, wearing your mate's brand is hardly up there with paying your SiL millions for "decorating" work or being pals with a convicted sex offender, is it?

I have to say Meghan looks amazing for a woman who surely must be exhausted!? Jet lag and early pregnancy as well as having to be ‘on’ all the time for the tour.

It might not be so bad if she's in her second trimester now - I remember having much more energy at that stage. I was lucky to have no sickness either and it looks like Meghan has been the same too. Poor Kate must be green with envy - Pippa said she didn't suffer from sickness either!

She certainly is. She really is incredibly beautiful. Did her friend go with her in the end? Is she managing her wardrobe? Hopefully giving her lots of pregnancy care tips too.

Yes, everyone’s different I suppose and I guess she must be past 12 weeks since they’ve announced it? My energy picked up around 14 weeks or so, she’s doing very well whatever the case may be!

Catching up with the thread. Lovely photo of Eugenie and the bridesmaids.

It has been reported that Meghan is 4 months pregnant. Making baby due March/April.

Liked the Karen Gee dress Meghan wore on Tuesday.

Loved Meghan's outfits so far, as well as the lovely footage of her and Harry. She missed a trick not wearing something like a Harris tweed blazer though to showcase a British brand. Some of the more au naturel photos snapped by crowds show her looking much more visibly pregnant

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Yes Jessica Mulrooney has been seen in Sydney with her husband.
Given that outfits for Royal tours are planned months in advance, I’m still of the opinion that Meghan will not be going to the Pacific island and will have a rest, whilst Harry nips off for 3 days. Hence Jessica being there in a friend, not stylist capacity.

It’s 76 engagements, notwithstanding the jet lag and pregnancy, so no wonder Meghan has said she is a bit tired.

@legolammb Dubbo can be hot and humid - she'd boil in Harris tweed! She does look more pregnant in today's photos but that may be down to the oversized white shirt she's wearing.

She is definitely more than three months. She practices yoga, she has to have strong abs. Since it is her first baby, I really don’t think she’d have such a bump already. It makes more sense if she is four months.

American media has been reporting four months.

My pregnancy didn't really show until I hit the about the 5 month mark, and even then only in tight-fitting clothes, so it wouldn't surprise me if Meghan was further along. The palace are always pretty vague when it comes to dates. With Kate they had to reveal early because of her HG but even after she was past 12 weeks they didn't say anything more than "due in the spring/summer".

They probably told Doria in person last month. I wonder if the palace medical team find out all the information they can about family history so they are as armed as possible for every scenario prior to a royal birth. I imagine they find out as much as they can?