Meghan Markle beamed from ear to ear as she hit the crimson carpet on the 2024 Paley Honors Fall Gala Wednesday evening.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posed for photographs after arriving on the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills for the soirée to assist her pal Tyler Perry, who obtained the very best distinction from The Paley Center for Media.
The “Suits” alum rocked a black Oscar de la Renta black strapless robe, which she paired with a pair of Celine heels.
She accessorized with a customized Logan Hollowell necklace in addition to a Cartier Love bracelet.
Her husband, Prince Harry, was not in attendance.
Markle was captured alongside Perry because the duo embraced they usually caught up with one another on the crimson carpet.
The former actress congratulated the Hollywood director on receiving his coveted award earlier than sitting down at her desk alongside the filmmaker and actress Kerry Washington.
At the star-studded occasion, Perry, 55, obtained the Paley Honors Award — The Paley Center for Media’s most coveted honor.
The Sussexes boast an in depth friendship with the filmmaker after he famously allowed them to remain in his $18 million Los Angeles mansion after they give up royal life and moved throughout the pond in 2020.
Perry is the godfather to their daughter, Princess Lilibet.
Markle’s look on the swanky gala was confirmed final week. Both she and Harry had been on the internet hosting committee, alongside Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King, Taraji P. Henson and others.
While Harry didn’t attend the gala, he appeared at one other occasion 2,789 miles away in New York City that very same night.
The exiled royal arrived within the Big Apple to attend the New York Times’ DealBook convention on Wednesday.
There, Harry set the report straight on the couple’s marriage after they had been plagued with a slew of divorce rumors in current weeks after they had been seen showing individually at skilled engagements.
Dubbed a “skilled separation,” the transfer was reportedly a part of a brand new “twin-track” method to overhauling their picture.
“Apparently we’ve purchased or moved home 10, 12 instances,” Harry quipped when requested about his marriage. “We’ve apparently divorced perhaps 10, 12 instances as nicely. So it’s identical to, what?’”
“It’s exhausting to maintain up with, however that’s why you simply kind of ignore it. The folks I really feel most sorry about are the trolls,” he went on. “Their hopes are simply constructed and constructed, and it’s like, ‘Yes, sure, sure, sure, sure,’ after which it doesn’t occur. So I really feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do.”
The duke picked up the baton from his spouse following her look on the summit in November 2021.
That yr, Markle took half in a dialog with Andrew Ross Sorkin referred to as “Minding the Gap” about how ladies can attain equal pay.
Harry’s NYC journey comes simply two months after he was final in NYC, having attended a string of occasions as a part of the UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week.
The couple’s separate, bicoastal appearances showcase their so-called new “twin observe” method to overhauling their picture.
