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Meghan Markle's sweet souvenir that she hid in her wedding dress

Odette Odendaal
Sep 24, 2018
08:53 A.M.

Wedding secrets of Meghan Markle shared.

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Queen of the World, a two-part documentary about the royal family will be coming to HBO on October 1.

The documentary will feature the Queen’s role as head of the Commonwealth and features many of the royal members.

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MEGHAN ON HER WEDDING

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Meghan Markle makes an appearance on the documentary and reveals secret details about her Givenchy wedding dress.

Markle has described her new life as a royal and an ‘exciting’ time and looks back on her wedding as a ‘magical day’.

As is the bride’s tradition she needs something borrowed, something blue and something old, and it’s by using this tradition that she hid something in her dress.

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SECRET OF THE DRESS

Sewn into her gown was her ‘something blue’, a piece of a dress she had worn on her first date with Harry.

Her ‘something borrowed’ came from the monarch herself, the Queen Mary’s diamond bandeau tiara, which held the veil in place.

This tiara was made in 1932, the entire brooch dating back to 1893 according to the Kensington Palace.

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Meghan’s veil was made of five-meter long silk tulle hand-embroidered in silk and organza featuring the flora representing the Commonwealth countries.

Having not seen it until the wedding day it complimented the Waight Keller bridal gown which was simple and classic.

Her father was unable to attend the wedding due to health issues, while her mother, Doria Ragland was seated in the second row, alone. To find out why read Why Duchess Meghan's mother Doria Ragland sat on her own at the wedding.

Observers of the Royal wedding noticed that Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, attended the ceremony alone and that she was seated in the second row.

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Reunited with her wedding gown as it's prepared for a new exhibition Meghan says:

“It’s nice to see it again. It’s beautiful.”

The duchess quoted on the ITV website:

"It was important for me, especially now being a part of the royal family, to have all 53 of the Commonwealth countries incorporated. I knew that it would be a fun surprise as well for my now husband, who didn't know, and he was really over the moon to find out that I would make this choice for our day together."

THE EXHIBITION

Meghan shares secrets about her wedding dress as they ready for an exhibition being organized by The Royal Collection Trust.

It will feature the wedding dress, jewelry, shoes and an identical frockcoat to the actual one worn on her wedding day on 19 May 2018 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

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