Meghan Markle accused of ‘copying’ Princess Kate in latest look | Royal | News

Meghan Markle has been accused of copying Princess Catherine’s style after fans spotted a striking resemblance between the two women’s latest statement dresses. The Duchess of Sussex, 45, joined Prince Harry at the David Foster Foundation’s 40th Anniversary Celebration in Victoria, British Columbia, on August 7, where her dramatic floor-length black gown quickly became a major talking point.

But it wasn’t simply Meghan’s glamorous appearance that caught attention. The design’s unusual draped detailing sparked an immediate comparison with Princess Catherine, 44, with some royal watchers questioning whether Meghan had taken inspiration from the bespoke green Emilia Wickstead dress the Princess of Wales wore to the Wimbledon Men’s Final just weeks earlier.

Meghan opted for Greta Constantine’s ‘Fabrizio’ gown, a £1,329.46 [$1,795] one-shoulder design featuring a striking asymmetric neckline and a sweeping panel of fabric cascading dramatically from one side.

The timing is impossible to ignore. This was Meghan’s big gown moment, a rare opportunity to make a major fashion statement, yet the design she chose immediately invited comparisons with Catherine’s headline-making Wimbledon look just weeks earlier.

The sleek black gown skimmed Meghan’s figure before falling to the floor, but it was the dramatic fabric sweeping from her shoulder that drew the strongest parallels with Catherine’s recent Wimbledon look.

The Princess of Wales turned heads at Centre Court in a bespoke olive-green Emilia Wickstead wool-crepe midi dress, complete with an elegant cape-style top. The fluid overlay swept across her shoulders and fell at the back, bringing movement and drama to an otherwise beautifully streamlined silhouette.

The two dresses are by different designers and certainly aren’t identical, but the similarities are difficult to miss. Both place dramatic draping around the shoulders at the heart of an otherwise minimalist design – and coming just weeks apart, it was enough for some royal watchers to accuse Meghan of copying Catherine’s style.

One fan made the comparison particularly clear, writing: “My first thought was that it was a very badly executed riff on the beautiful green dress worn by the Princess of Wales on the final day of Wimbledon.”

Another went further, comparing how the two fabrics fell on each woman. They wrote: “The material Meghan’s dress is made from doesn’t look like it has good ‘hand.’ Looks heavy & awkward & doesn’t drape or flow well at all. As opposed to this dress recently worn by HRH The Princess of Wales.”

Meghan’s gown sparked criticism elsewhere too, with another social media user brutally comparing the dramatic design to a costume, writing: “Her dress looks like a toga costume.”

The Duchess kept the rest of her black-tie ensemble relatively understated, allowing the statement gown to take centre stage. She added a sentimental royal connection with Princess Diana’s butterfly pavé diamond stud earrings, alongside her Cartier Love bracelet.

Meghan and Harry, 41, were attending the 40th anniversary celebration of the David Foster Foundation, which supports Canadian families with children undergoing life-saving organ transplants by helping with the non-medical expenses that can arise during treatment.

David Foster is one of the music industry’s most celebrated producers and songwriters, with a career spanning decades. He is married to American singer and actress Katharine McPhee, who shot to fame on American Idol before establishing a successful career across music, television and theatre.

The evening was also a particularly personal engagement for Meghan and Harry. Meghan and Katharine’s connection stretches back years, with the pair reportedly knowing one another as children before reconnecting as adults in 2019. Their husbands subsequently formed a friendship too.

But despite the glittering occasion, it was Meghan’s dramatic gown – and its apparent similarities to Catherine’s recent Wimbledon look – that ultimately got royal fashion watchers talking.