Meghan Markle didn’t have husband Prince Harry on her arm during her red-carpet appearance — but that didn’t stop her from serving total glamour from head to toe.
Meghan, 43, attended the Paley Honors Fall Gala on Wednesday, December 4, at the Paley Center in Los Angeles. The Duchess of Sussex donned a gorgeous black gown with a high slit for the event, pairing the look with black open-toe stilettos and dainty diamond jewelry. For glam, she kept it simple, and wore her hair pulled back to highlight the dress’ heart-shaped neckline.
Meanwhile, Harry, 40, was busy across the country appearing at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York City earlier in the day. He spoke with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin about leaving the U.K. for the United States and how his mother, the late Princess Diana, would have reacted to the move. It “feels as though it’s the life that my mom wanted for me,” he said.
While Meghan might have been solo when she arrived at Wednesday’s gala, she was anything but alone. The Suits alum could be seen chatting away with various other guests on the red carpet, including the night’s honoree, Tyler Perry.
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Perry, 55, is godfather to Meghan and Harry’s 3-year-old daughter, Lilibet. The couple, who also share 5-year-old son Archie, relocated to America after announcing in January 2020 that they planned to step down from their roles as senior working royals. They initially resided with Perry before moving into their current home in Montecito, California.
While attending the NYT Summit on Wednesday, Harry squashed rumors that he and Meghan are headed for divorce.
“Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times,” he joked. “We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it’s just like, what?”
Sorkin, 47, asked him about the public fascination with his marriage as well as speculation as to why he and Meghan have attended recent events separately.
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“‘Why are you making, doing independent events? Why aren’t you doing them together?’” Sorkin questioned, to which Harry replied, “Because you invited me, you should have known!”
Harry, whose mother’s every move fueled tabloid fodder, said all the attention they get is “definitely not a good thing.”
The prince observed, “It’s hard to keep up with, but that’s why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls. Their hopes are just built and built, and it’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,’ and then it doesn’t happen. So I feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do.”
