‘I hope son of old friend Diana will live happily ever after’ – Costelloe
IRISH designer Paul Costelloe hopes Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan Markle live “happily ever after”, after meeting the young prince as a child.
Costelloe was one of Princess Diana’s preferred designers and a regular visitor to Kensington Palace during her lifetime.
Harry and his elder brother Prince William will always hold a special place in Costelloe’s heart because of his long-standing affection for their late mother, who not only launched his career but became a close friend.
“That was the beginning, that was one of the biggest things for my career was dressing Princess Diana.
“Meeting William as a young boy, he was no more than four or five, I met both – they wouldn’t remember a boring old man,” he laughed.
After Diana endorsed his work in the early 1990s, Costelloe went on to work with Zara Tindall and Princess Anne, both of whom are still clients.
But he believes that Meghan’s American attitude to fashion is the breath of fresh air the British royal family needs.
“I think she’s definitely a clothes horse, she wears colours very well.
“She’s going to be very important for fashion for quite a long time,” he told the Irish Independent from his studio in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood.
“She’s more directional and perhaps more adventurous than Kate, even though I think Kate’s got a nice, feminine, all-British girl look.”
Markle is rumoured to be wearing a €100,000 dress custom made by Ralph & Russo for her wedding tomorrow.