The duchesses had to wait until they were officially members of the royal family to enjoy their privileges.
Royal weddings are that moment when real life resembles (slightly) princess stories. At least that's how the most enthusiastic have experienced it recently with the weddings of Charlotte Casiraghi or Princess Eugenie of York. This moment of dreaming multiplied exponentially when those who passed through the altar were Kate Middleton in 2011 and Meghan Markle in May 2018.
Part of the “magic” that surrounded both marriages was due to the fact that Middleton and Markle would become part of the royal family from commoners in a matter of a day – as happened with Queen Letizia in 2004 – but also to the dresses they wore on the occasion. your wedding day.
Of course, real life is not as beautiful as these fables in which no one considers who will bear the costs of an event of such magnitude. If an ordinary wedding already involves an economic effort, we can imagine that if it involves two heirs of the British Crown, much higher figures are reached.
According to the Chilean portal Página 7, the British Crown is responsible for the expenses of the ceremony and the subsequent celebration, which already adds up to a significant amount of money. However, when it comes to the bride's dress, "the Crown cannot take care of these expenses since they are not yet 'officially' part of the royal family, an issue that changes after marriage." We assume then that, like her daughters-in-law, Diana of Wales also paid for her wedding dress.
Therefore, the clothes and accessories they wore in their public appearances while they were still the brides of the princes – before going down the aisle – were also at her own expense.
In the case of the impressive wedding dress that Meghan wore from Givenchy, it was she herself, thanks to her salary as an actress in the successful series Suits, who paid for it. This, according to the Chilean media, was around $100,000, although different prices are being considered in other media. In the series starring Patrick J. Adams, the Duchess of Sussex earned $50,000 per episode, according to Fortune, and remember that, to announce her engagement to Prince Harry, Meghan wore a $56,000 Ralph and Russo design.
Kate, for her part, despite the fact that her incredible Alexander McQueen dress quadrupled the cost of Meghan's (if Page 7's data is correct) – it cost around $400,000 – she was not the one who paid for it, but her parents. her. Although she did not enjoy a high salary like her sister-in-law, it is known that the Middleton family has made “a great fortune thanks to her father's businesses.”
Now that they both hold the title of duchess, they enjoy the privileges that come with belonging to the royal family and the clothes they wear in public are part of the budget of the Duchy of Cornwall. However, they are prohibited from accepting gifts from brands.
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