Meghan Markle isn’t your typical royal and she’s certainly not going to have a ‘typical’ wedding dress, now is she.
It appears the very glamorous women’s advocate and future duchess of somewhere fancy will be kitted out in a frock that draws inspiration from the true Queen: Beyoncé, of course.
Israeli designer Inbal Dror, known for her luxurious wedding dresses and evening gowns, has been enlisted to sketch potential designs for the Suits star’s upcoming wedding to Prince Harry.
“We received a request from the royal family to send a sketch,” a spokesperson for the label confirmed to People magazine, adding, “Unfortunately it’s a secret and I can’t give more details about the sketch.”
The designer is a favourite of Beyoncé, who wore one of his creations to last year's Grammy awards.
The plot thickens, because the dress Queen Bey wore is actually a wedding dress from the Dror's 2016 bridal collection. Bey obeys no rules.
That also means that technically Beyoncé worn a dress that is very much like the one Markle will walk down the aisle in. Which is clearly almost the same thing as her wearing Megan's actual dress.
Also, Beyonce wore a wedding dress to the Grammys, because she can do what she likes.
TMZ has published three of the sketches for Markle's potential gown, which feature the designer's penchant sheer panels and high necklines, and look a heck of a lot like Bey's Grammy show stopper.
There is one tradition that Markle is keeping - all three designs have long sleeves, a standard that royal brides including Kate Middleton, Pirncess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles have all adhered to.
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Dror's wedding dresses run around $10,000 USD ($13,000 AUD) retail, but seeing as Kate Middleton's dress allegedly cost half a million, and Markle is having hers custom made, we imagine $10 grand will be the beading budget alone.
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Well she dodged a bullet with that dress. U.G.L.Y
They also have a list of requirements that they have to fulfill. in respect of what parts of Megan's body need to be covered. Anything the Royal's request is always governed by committee & is refined & signed off on through this whole process. Which those in Beyonce's world never have to really deal with. So yeah as Rush noted don't count your chickens.....
Not to mention that that whole thing is usually kept heavily under wraps - sometimes the people making things like lace don't even know who it's being made for.