Throwing tradition to the wind, Meghan Markle joined the Royal Family at Sandringham for her first Christmas as a (soon-to-be) member of the Royal Family. It marked the first time that a fiancée of a member of the family has attended the festivities. Today, we got a glimpse of Meghan with the other members of the Royal Family making the journey to Sandringham church for Christmas Day service.
Image via Karen Anvil on Twitter
Following a full English breakfast, the Royal family undertook the 330-yard walk to the Church of St Mary Magdalene on Christmas morning.
Meghan looked happy and at ease with her new extended family, obviously having fit in well to the Royal Family’s traditional Christm
as festivities based on the smiles and camaraderie demonstrated as the family walked to Christmas service.
It’s believed that Meghan and Harry arrived at Sandringham for the festivities on Christmas Eve, including a black-tie dinner and present opening.
Coat: Sentaler wide collar wrap coat in camel
Bag: Chloe “Pixie” bag
Hat: Bespoke Philip Treacy Hat
Shoes: Stuart Weitzman Boots
Earrings: Birks “Snowflake” jacket earrings
Dress: Club Monaco Tay Dress
Gloves: Marks & Spencer Leather Gloves
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Here are some video feeds of Meghan and Harry at the church – including Meghan’s curtsy to the Queen!
Meghan looks chic and beautiful. So lovely to see her. I love her style.
Gosh Meghan looks dreamy!! Bless Kate, what is she wearing…?
Camel and chocolate tones are so classic <3
I’m so interested to see a gloves ID – good ol’ Dents, a truly classic choice, I’d have been lost without them during my city working years!
Oops this reply has repeated itself from lawmon’s post below – so sorry ?
Merry Christmas to you too guys and thank you for keeping us up to date with everything Meghan related! Keep up the good work!
Meghan looks amazing as usual and I love seeing Meghan and Harry with William and Kate. Hope we get to see more of the four of them before the wedding.
What does TBC mean?
Hi Imke,
It means To Be Confirmed – meaning we’re not quite sure yet! Thanks for being a reader of the blog!
xo,
The MM Team
Merry Christmas to you and yours MM!! And Merry Christmas to Audrey!!
Gosh Harry and Meghan look so happy together, it’s just a joy to see!! I’m so happy for Harry to have found someone to share his life with, no more third wheel for him!
I love Meghan’s monochromatic look today, very chic!! While I love the shape and style of her hat, I’m not sure if it’s the best color for her.
I am loving her boots and purse!! She has a truly fierce handbag game!!
I’m looking forward to the videos of her interacting with everyone who came to see the royals, imho that’s the best part of the walk back to the House.
I thought Meghan looked fabulous today, and I’m afraid I’m a big fan of that mahogany shade as it’s something which works well on yours truly!! I think it suits her very well and she’s clever to work the shades of brown to her advantage. I thought she looked a little lost at times among such a formidable royal line-up and was touched to see how she was flanked on either side by both Harry and William & Kate, guiding her through the melee 😀
I also think the tie belt works quite well here, as I’ve said elsewhere that it rarely works. This time Meghan has somehow got a softer fabric in the coat to just fold nicely above the belt and not bulge out awkwardly as her engagement announcement one did. How in heaven she can get a knot to tie so flat is beyond me — clearly a style queen in the making!
Lol, she did have a “deer in the headlights” look at times, but recovered swiftly.
I agree about the tie on the coat! I love the look but it just doesn’t work for me 🙁
Sooo…the coat is baby alpaca, which explains how well the belt ties and the coat hangs. A bit like my winter dressing gown ( which is only alpaca & wool mix, but, hey, what’s half a goat or so between friends 😉 ) and an awful lot less dishevelled, and which is so dead comfy there’s nooo need to get dressed come the winter weather 😀
Thanks for the wishes, Lauri – the very same back to you! Merry Christmas!!
xo,
MM Team
Don’t like the look. I find it has too much going on between the I’ll fitting hat, big coat and bag. Surprised she picked a Chloe bag – find the brand too mainstream e.g ‘every’ blogger has a Chloe bag.
Dear Meghan’s Mirror,
I like your blog but realize that you might not be posting my previous comment because I don’t like the outfit. It’s always nice to see a balance of opinions. I didn’t say anything disrespectful.
Thanks and happy holidays!
Hi Lulu,
Thanks for taking the time to comment – we absolutely love to see all different kinds of opinions reflected! Your comment was tied up in our moderation queue. It’s been approved now.
Have a very happy Holiday as well!
xo,
MM Team
Looks like Meghan is working on the understated look after splashing out on the engagement photos. She pulls it off brilliantly, her choice of colours is brilliant with that mahogany tone in her hat for contrast.
I love the quietly cheeky styling in the hat with it’s quirky upsweep on the stiff beret outline, almost as if she and Kate coordinated hat shapes. It was equally canny to go for a neat round bag to compliment the hat and those boots are to die for.
Is this a new coat for her? She wears the tie belt really well and neatly and I like the seaming details at the cuffs. I can’t get over how she carries her gloves like she’s done it all her life — a real Royal in the making.
I quite agree Bertie! While I don’t love the color of her hat, I really like how well the hat, boots and purse work together to elevate this look. I have a feeling that I’m going to be suffering greatly from purse and boot envy as Meghan’s royal career moves forward!
I’m in deepest envy already! But I’d need to mortgage the house to buy all these handbags ??
Altho not so much £££ for the Chloe bag I see! Wow, cool Meghan making a snappy pick at that price ?? #peoplesprincess
Whoops – that was the price of the lookalike. Doozy old me #beenatthegin
Megan’s choice of earthy caramels and browns are understated, elegant and the slightly modern tailoring make the total outfit classic. Using different textures in the fabrics and accessories helps to make the outfit interesting and so warm and snug looking. Keep your chin up Megan over the next half of the year, it must be a big change, exhausting and having to learn about the family and expectations at the same time as planning a wedding, missing your family and familiarity of home.
I must say I quail at the thought of the challenge facing Meghan and sometimes I get a feeling of a small bird trapped in a cage. I hope she makes it! I can understand her hanging on to Harry as the one familiar face among a sea of newbies in a strange country. Big changes. Wholly agree with your verdict of understated elegance for her debut outing.
Catherine: What a lovely post; so thoughtful about Meghan’s predicament. And yours too Bertie. But although on Christmas Day Meghan seemed at times overwhelmed, I think she will soon get used to it and relax from the outset. But one of the give-away signs that she might not be as relaxed was in her “curt” curtsy to The Queen when she barely smiled and in fact bowing her head with eyes looking downward instead of at HM as she quickly bobbed. Had she been more relaxed like Catherine Cambridge, she might have looked at Her Majesty with a smile and head held upward. But also bear in mind that her dog Guy is hospitalised with two broken paws, she may still be worried about its recovery too. It is so easy for us to forget that all this is so new and that even Catherine after 6 years of marriage is still finding her way. I only hope that the hereditary Princesses such as the Queen’s own daughter The Princess Royal (Anne), Beatrice and Eugenie or those who are close to the Queen such as Sophie Wessex or The Princess of Wales aka The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) both of whom have been married for over 12-20 years now with years of being around the Monarchy prior to that, will not hold back in offering her help and advice. The Royal Family led by The Queen already seems to be very fond of Meghan and is very happy with her, hence Meghan being included within the heart of the Royal Family so very soon. I have no doubt that Meghan’s inclusion is a signal to the world from Her Majesty the Queen that they are 100 per cent behind Meghan/this union with Harry. They would have been impressed by her endeavours, personal and humanitarian, over the years. She is indeed an excellent fit for The Royal Family and I am so pleased that we can now claim her as our own with USA/Canada.
Can anyone hopefully find out information on the dress Meghan was wearing underneath the coat on Christmas Day? I’m not sure the below photo is truthful and not photoshopped, but it looks like someone’s camera caught a glimpse of the dress underneath the coat when the bottom of Meghan’s coat flared out in the wind. Can you try to identify the dress from this photo:
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Whatever you can find out is much appreciated. Some say they feel the dress is made of velvet. What do you think?
It looks like a red-ish velvet dress to me, I don’t know how the camel colored boots would go with that. I saw another glimpse where her dress looked black but it’s hard to tell. This is the downside to the Christmas morning walk, we never get to see the gorgeous dresses under the coats. 🙁
Personally, I’d love to see what all the ladies wore to the Christmas Eve dinner! I’ve read that they really dress up for that dinner in jewels, tiaras, the works! Oh to be a fly on the wall for that event.
Hi Olinda,
It’s extremely doubtful we’d ever find out unless a designer would be able to specifically confirm… But we’re reaching out to the usual suspects to see what we can determine!
xo,
The MM team
ooh, thanks for sharing that picture! now that i see the dress, i finally like the outfit! it looks to me like a beautiful cranberry/deep red velvet, which makes SO much sense for christmas. this whole time i’ve been thinking (while i agree with everyone that her coat/hat/boots/bag/gloves ensemble is very chic) that she doesn’t look dressed for this specific occasion, esp. in comparison to everyone else. i am a HUGE fan of camel but it’s just not a christmas color, and i’d been thinking, i’d have loved to see her in a jewel tone. well it turns out she WAS wearing a jewel tone, just underneath! and it works perfectly with the camel and brown IMO, bringing everything together. plus those fabrics all worn together — how divine! a deep red velvet (from the sheen and fineness, it looks like a silk velvet to me), alpaca, wool, leather, suede… altogether yummy.
Hi a.,
The dress is now confirmed. LOVE the look. So unique and unexpected for a dress for a royal Christmas. Exactly what we were hoping for from Meghan… and a Canadian brand too!
Happy New Year!
Another cool pick from the style queen ??
I really like the outfit. The hat is a bit big, but I cannot imagine a style of hat that would look as chic – perhaps one that’s a bit smaller, like Kate wore to the Epsom Derby soon after her wedding (the Whiteley 434/318). Hats like this are easier to pull off when the hair underneath is styled somewhat – meaning pulled back or worn up. I’ve only seen a few pictures of MM’s hair worn other than down, so perhaps that’s something she’ll try in future.
I was surprised so many commenters like the drape of the coat. I really like the styling of Sentaler – the ribbed sleeves they favor are interesting – but have tried their coats on with a view to buying but have always taken a pass because the material is stiff and it doesn’t want to drape at all. It’s like a stiff boiled wool.
I have the Stuart Weitzman boots in the Lowland style in the same brown. The color, quality and material is beautiful.
The Chloe bag is gorgeous. I went to theRealReal to see if any were available but the 2 on the site were sold. Crumbs.
Her and Harry look very natural together – at points he appeared to support her, but there were moments of vice versa. I like that she took her glove off when going to the crowd. She’s a natural!
I’m so interested to see a gloves ID – good ol’ Dents, a truly classic choice, I’d have been lost without them during my city working years!
I read elsewhere that her hat is from Philip Treacy, by the way. I don’t know if that’s accurate, but the article I read it in (which I can’t remember now) said it was confirmed. Just FYI.
As a fellow American, I am of course thrilled for Meghan! And I’m sure she’ll be able to use her worldwide platform as a member of the Royal Family to expand her charitable work, which is already impressive. She’s going to follow right in Diana’s footsteps — I can see why Prince Harry is so crazy about her! She’s a girl just like his mum!
Hi Laura,
Thanks for the note, and we’ve updated our post with the information from the designer. Media departments were slow on Christmas Day, we guess 😉
Have a wonderful holiday season, and all the very best for the coming new year.
xo,
The MM team
So true; love your post.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2018 to all at Meghans Mirror. You show good taste and have been marvellous and unstinting in your support of Meghan Markle who continues to make us feel proud in turn. When you chose to support Meghan, just like Prince Harry, you hit the jackpot for she is a winner all the way. Please keep up the good work, for even the British media seems to rely upon your site for information; can you believe it!
And as the old year comes to an end, so much of which to look forward in the New Year, not least the wedding on 19th May, Meghan’s full emersion into the Royal Family and she as either HRH Princess Henry of Wales or HRH The Duchess of [?] together with Prince Harry representing the Monarch around the world and doing whatever they can to help those in need then, finally I suspect that towards the end of the year announcing expectation of one or two addition to their family in 2019 – wow, it’s going to be a busy and exciting period for us all.
May God Bless You All.
Patricia,
Thank you for your extremely kind words. We are so thankful for you joining us on the blog and wish you and your family all the best in 2018.
xo,
The MM Team
You are all appreciated and deserve the recognition, thank you nevertheless.
PS: I have just noted my malapropism in the previous post. Please note for “emersion” insert/read instead “immersion”☺️