Meghan Markle’s long peach dress is called “Windsor”

It’s only been a day and Meghan Markle’s “royal tour” wardrobe is already the talk of the internet. And not just because she’s incredibly beautiful (have you seen her zebra cutout dress?), but also because one outfit in particular included an unexpected appeal to the royal family.

The Duchess of Sussex kicked off her Nigerian tour with Prince Harry on Friday – the couple’s first official tour since leaving the royal family in 2020 – in a peach-colored maxi dress with a high neck and a backless cut from the Californian designer. Heidi Merrick. Coincidentally, the dress is called “Windsor”, which is also the name of the current British royal family.

Given the timing (the dress is part of the brand’s 2018 collection and it’s been four years since she left her Windsor Castle home), critics are convinced that Markle’s decision to wear the dress now was actually not a coincidence at all, but rather, a snub. “I’m convinced she’s doing this on purpose at this point. Infamy is his goal, not approval,” one person said tweetedwhile another wrote: “They tried to completely erase the Windsors from their lives but here is Mrs Sussex wearing a dress called ‘Windsor’.”

A third added: “Made like a snub. CERTAINLY.”

Snob or not, there was no denying that Markle looked stylish, pairing the dress with a pair of gold button-shaped Lanvin earrings, a wooden beaded necklace, and a bohemian twisted ponytail with pieces ample framing the face.