Meghan Markle makes for one beautiful bride.
The 36-year-old actress stunned in a gorgeous white Givenchy boatneck dress on Saturday, marrying Prince Harry at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Meghan also wore a Queen Mary tiara with her hair up, and a dramatic long veil.
Meghan’s wedding dress is designed by the acclaimed British designer, Clare Waight Keller. Waight Keller became the first female Artistic Director at the historic French fashion house Givenchy last year.
According to the Palace, Meghan and Waight Keller worked closely together on the design.
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The former Suits star is expected to wear two gowns, one for the ceremony and one for the reception.
Prior to the wedding, many speculated that Ralph & Russo would design her all-important wedding dress. The British label was favored after Meghan previously wore a showstopping black tulle dress from their Autumn/Winter 2016/2017 runway collection for her memorable engagement photos with Prince Harry.
Founded in 2007 by real-life Australian couple Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo, the atelier is based in London and has been designing extravagant and detailed wedding dresses and gowns for the past 11 years.
In January, a source told ET that Meghan had her first fitting for her wedding dress at Kensington Palace with her close friend, Jessica Mulroney, who flew in from Toronto, Canada, to help with wedding planning. Mulroney is a top stylist, her high-profile clients including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. According to the source, Meghan’s goal for the dress was for it to be “simple and elegant.”
Meghan had her final fittings in late April, a source told ET.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET in March that when it came to her wedding dress, Meghan had no plans to try to “upstage” her sister-in-law Kate Middleton’s memorable Alexander McQueen wedding dress from Kate’s 2011 nuptials to Prince William.
“I think when it comes to her wedding dress, she knows that this is a very, very important dress,” Nicholl said. “It’s got to fit for the occasion, it’s got to suit the regal historical backdrop that is Windsor Castle.”
“There have been reports that [Meghan’s] considering spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on a wedding dress. I think that’s incredibly unlikely,” she further noted. “Kate Middleton’s dress cost 150,000 pounds. It was her parents, Carol and Michael Middleton, who paid for that bill. I think it was very unlikely that Meghan would spend more than that and in doing so try and upstage a future queen.”
Earlier this month, Meghan’s close friend, actress Priyanka Chopra, hinted that Meghan cried when she chose her wedding dress during Chopra’s appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. Watch the sweet moment below:
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