Meghan Markle: Her transformation from series star to Duchess of Sussex
Created: 07/25/2022, 13:11
By: Annemarie Goebbel
Before her royal career alongside Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was an actress.
It took her a while to adjust her attitude to that of a Duchess of Sussex.
Initially rather open-hearted, Meghan found her own distinctive style over time.
1 / 20Meghan Markle has undergone a strong development alongside Prince Harry.
The series star became the Duchess of Sussex with a standing as a fashion role model.
But also with her some things went wrong on the way (photo montage).
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2 / 20Meghan at the age of 25 (right) in the company of US actress Mandy Moore (then 22 years, "This Is Us", 3rd from right) when going out in Southampton.
The current Duchess of Sussex looked like a chick at the time.
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3 / 20Meghan Markle (aged 27) attends the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
She poses proudly in a revealing “little black dress”.
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4 / 20Starting in 2011, Meghan played New York paralegal Rachel Zane in the hit series "Suits" for seven years.
Afterwards, she has the tough business style down while she sleeps.
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5 / 20But Meghan is changeable.
She is also pictured in 2010. It has been eight years since she made her television debut as a young actress in an episode of the soap opera General Hospital.
But Meghan effortlessly looks like she just stepped out of the Mickey Mouse Club in jeans, a sweater and a teenage pose.
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6 / 20At the presentation of the Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in the Spring Studios in New York, Meghan in 2015, now 34 years old, is the vamp with her open-hearted neckline in a silver glitter outfit and charcoal-rimmed eyes.
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7 / 20A year later, Meghan Markle looks as if he has fallen into the paint pot with deep red lips in January.
She certainly cannot yet imagine that she will meet her prince charming in the fall and later become a duchess at the "Women In Television Celebration presented by Hearts on Fire Diamonds and Olay" in the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles.
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8 / 20But it happens: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (then 32 years old) appear together at the Invictus Games in Toronto in September.
During wheelchair tennis at Nathan Phillips Square, the two chat very animatedly and obviously find each other very attractive in casual jeans and a shirt.
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9 / 20Half a year later, the prince and the actress are touring through Australia.
Meghan does without a lot of make-up, but looks next to Prince Harry in a spaghetti dress with a clear view of the leg, a tousled bun and XL sunglasses, as if she were a random tourist.
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10/20Announcing the engagement on November 27, 2017, Meghan looked super stylish.
The belted white fitted coat from Canadian fashion house Line The Label became a hit within hours, although the focus was certainly on her diamond engagement ring, which also features gemstones belonging to Harry's mother Princess Diana (36, † 1997). .
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11 / 20Prince Harry takes Meghan to Wales.
The first criticism of the style of the future duchess is loud.
Couldn't she make herself a decent bun, why were strands of hair constantly hanging in her face?
And why she keeps looking at the camera with her eyes are the points that the British apparently find questionable about Harry's fiancé.
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12 / 20 Even at events where Prince Harry takes his beloved, Meghan occasionally looks more like his lawyer than his fiancée.
Here the two are on their way to the Endeavor Fund Awards at Goldsmith Hall in London.
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13 / 20The "girl next door" style is obviously not easy to discard.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, Harry and Meghan visit a homeless charity.
Meghan waves shyly at the crowd and looks like she'd love to hide behind her hair.
She is miles away from the appearance of a seasoned duchess.
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14 / 20Prince Harry's world also includes the honorable royal family, as they gather at Westminster Abbey as part of the Commonwealth Service.
Meghan looks shy even in costume and even looks almost in disguise.
Kate and William have a much more spacious demeanor.
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15 / 20At the Dawn Service in London for Anzac Day, the commemoration day of Australia, New Zealand and Tonga, Meghan looks a bit resigned in April 2018.
Her look, on the other hand, is perfect.
Even if it's not a laughing day, the behavior is appropriate, the style impeccable.
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16 / 20Every sorrow is forgotten: Meghan and Harry are a radiant wedding couple on May 19, 2018 in Windsor.
In countless comparisons of the wedding dress with her now sister-in-law Kate Middleton, Meghan's styling is always described as less classic, but more modern and original.
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17 / 20A year later in September 2019, Meghan already has a completely different standing.
Son Archie is born, with stars like Venus Williams (then 39 years) and Vogue icon Anna Wintour (then 68) she is now in the same box.
The native American cuts a fine figure at the tennis tournament in New York.
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18 / 20Now everything fits in with social standing: the style, the hair, the attitude, the mood – the ducal couple is again attending the Endeavor Fund Awards, this time in Mansion House.
Meghan seems to be finding herself and her own style more and more.
But behind the scenes it was seething.
About a year after this recording, the two finally went private on April 1st.
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19 / 20Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2022: The Duchess shines in white from head to toe.
Her style is copied many times, her hair has long since become her trademark.
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20 / 20On the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's throne, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan attended the thanksgiving service with the Royal Family.
In addition to Zara Tindall (41) and Harry's extensive relatives, the Duchess now made a flawless appearance.
The relationship is still tense, but at least with the classy chic, Meghan no longer has a problem.
The former series actress has finally become the Duchess of Sussex.
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Montecito – Whatever the Duchess of Sussex wears, it soon becomes a styling tip on Instagram and usually sells out quickly.
But before she rose from the heavily made-up series star to the fashion Olympus, Meghan Markle (40) also had some more or less fashionable missteps that she would have been better left alone.