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...

I think you are right QOTA 🙂

I'm going to guess that the engagements involving welly boots and mud are still going to go to Kate I can't quite imagine Megan in wellies going hunting for bugs! She's definitely more of a heels person, isn't she?

I also love the terms Middletonian and Marklesque and shall be using them henceforth!

Love those last two looks! She really suits a hat!

I think that's the hat she wore with the Wickstead suit to the Remembrance Day service before she married. One her best-ever outfits.

Thanks parkinpig - I can't imagine the luxury of having someone else sort out my frizzy mess every morning. Bliss.

The umbrella photo is lovely, it seems that Harry is raising two fingers to protocol and is making the RF all the better for it.

I also think that Buckingham Palace will be open to the public 360 days of the year when Charles become King, which is no bad thing.

I thought Meghan looked a bit peaky this morning in the wickstead. She must be exhausted; jetlag; endless engagements, pregnant. I think they are due to fly to Fiji on Monday. I still hope she us going to stay put in Oz and have a break whilst Harry does the Pacific islands.

Why is she called Meghan when she was named Rachel ?

Yes agree that Meghan looks like she’s feeling the strain. Her hair looks much frizzier too. I wish she’d STOP fiddling with her hair in every single photo.

I don't know why she uses her middle name. Rachel Markle sounds nice! I was wondering if it was for acting and MM was a bit more memorable?

Article about Meghan's female bodyguard.
Also pictures of her bump really popping this week. It's incredible to see. Meghan talks about using yoga to combat jetlag. She's Apparently up at 4.30am. (Warning: DM link)

@Clionba
I don't know why she uses her middle name. Rachel Markle sounds nice! I was wondering if it was for acting and MM was a bit more memorable?
I would say so. I wonder if she’s always been known as Meghan though? I guess people do go by their middle names sometimes for whatever reason.

@VanillaScentedOozingSlimeEyes

The umbrella photo is lovely,
Isn’t it sweet!

Going by your middle name is fairly common - my brothers and father all do as they all have the same first name. Meghan's high school yearbook photos are out there somewhere but I can't remember if she went as Rachel then or was always Meghan.

Ah Meghan's finally brought out the Stella and who knew Gillian Anderson did a fashion range these days??

Meghan looks stunning in the recent Mirror pics at the Invictus Games reception. Her hair is suffering from good old Aussie humidity (note the huge storm rolling into Sydney!) and her coat is rumpled and she still looks amazing.

Lots of people are known by their second name. My mother's first name on her birth certificate was never used by herself or her family, it's her Aunt's name.

Does anyone think Harry is beginning to look incredibly like Charles? There is a photo of him in the Sun today (I know, I know) in which he looks so like his father.

I've just had a quick Google and she was Meghan in her school year book. I know a few people that are always known by their middle names reason are 1) tradition that first born son is always called X so he was given this as a first name and the parents choice as a middle name which they then always used. 2) initials formed a potential for teasing so the names were reversed to remove that possibility 3) name that was chosen by the father/was a family name in his family and the mother chose the middle name, relationship broke down and father has little/ no contact so the mother uses her preferred name and finally hated being one of a dozen Steves or Claires so used middle name to distinguish.

I'm guessing she adopted it for acting, but who knows.
I really think Harry looks like Charles. The nose and the eye shape! Very similar.

I am a bit  by someone complaining about being tired and also getting up at 4.30am for no real reason though.

Meghan is wearing gorgeous earrings at the invictus opening

I would guess that nerves/jet lag/general excitement would cause insomnia. Also sleeping in a strange bed every night in a foreign country!

I travel a lot for work and I always wake up at 4am so I sort of get it. But I don't set my alarm so I can meditate! It's an accidental by product of being in the wrong time zone. Sometimes a knackered pregnant woman should just sleep/doze/give herself a break.

If you read the article it says that she couldn't sleep so got up at 4.30 to do yoga to calm her mind. Not that she set an alarm.