In her performance before Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex winks at the women who preceded her in her escape from the English throne: she copies the look of the stylish Wallis Simpson and pokes the Windsors on television with Lady's left hand.
Yes, there are two women who, before Meghan, put the English Monarchy in check, they are Wallis Simpson, wife of Edward VII, who for her love renounced the Crown, and Diana Spencer, first wife of the future King of England, Prince Charles. of Wales. Perhaps for this reason, the Suits interpreter, Meghan Markle, has not avoided giving rise to comparisons in her interview with Oprah.
When Prince Harry announced in 2017 that he would marry Meghan Markle, some British media compared her to Wallis Simpson. Like her, divorced and American, Meghan broke all the stereotypes of women called to walk around Buckingham Palace.
The outfit chosen by the Duchess of Sussex for the interview with the most powerful woman on American television has generated endless comments and comparisons. In it, Meghan wears a black Armani dress, with a belt at the waist, and a white lotus flower print that adorns her chest and right shoulder. With natural makeup and her hair tied up in a casual bun parted in the middle, her image evokes the inimitable style of Wallis Simpson, one of the most elegant royal women.
As soon as the broadcast of Oprah's long-awaited exclusive began, an image went viral on social media in which the look chosen by Prince Harry's wife was compared to the one chosen by Wallis, in 1936, in an official image in which he showed a practically identical style. The image has caused many thousands of users on Twitter to comment not only on the similarity of the outfits worn by both but also on their lives.
It is not the first comparison that has been made regarding Meghan's look. As soon as the promo for the interview aired, the most observant were quick to point out that she was wearing one of Princess Diana's bracelets. According to People, the choice of this jewel, one of Harry's wife's favorites, was agreed upon by both since the couple wanted "Diana to be with them." The bracelet, made by Cartier for Lady Di, is a very special piece for the Sussexes, since two diamonds were extracted from it to make Meghan's engagement ring.
But Markle's followers, in addition to the outfits, have focused on deeper issues such as the similarities in the lives of this triumvirate of women who, in their own way and with different motivations, put one of the oldest monarchies in the world in check. and they were a symbol for millions of women of different generations.
If the love story between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson was a turning point in the history of the United Kingdom that saw its line of succession to the throne altered, the presence of another woman at the marriage of the Princes of Wales that made the Four winds to Lady Di that “in our marriage there were three of us”, she was on the verge of ending Charles of England's aspirations for the succession. With her nod to them, Meghan's message demanding her freedom and resonating on Women's Day, has deeply penetrated a millionaire audience that has been surprised to learn that the British court never accepted the color of her skin.
