Yes, Harry, she did look AMAZING!

YOU look amazing.’ So mouthed Harry as he looked up to drink in his bride. He was echoing what every woman in the land was yelling at the TV screen as Meghan emerged from her Rolls-Royce.

It was a thoroughly modern fashion moment. The bride, impatient to climb those steps towards her future, revealed a wedding gown that was, in the end, very plain and simple. Because who needs embellishment when you have that face?

The months of speculation as to the designer were at an end. Meghan had chosen Clare Waight Keller, a British designer, who made headlines last year when she became the first woman to head a Paris couture house: Givenchy. Girl power at its best!

Meghan had already said the dress she dreamed about was the one chosen by Carolyn Bessette for her wedding to JFK Jr – a simple satin sheath by Calvin Klein.

This dress looked simple, too, but was anything but: the silhouette was achieved with no fewer than six seams. The neckline was wide, to narrow the waist and frame the face. The sleeves were braceletlength to extenuate those lean arms, and to avoid swamping the bride with cloth. But best of all the fabric – subtly matt silk cady that doesn’t crease – was white, denoting not virginity but a fresh start.

The silk tulle veil, just 16ft of it (Vogue tactfully called the train ‘polite’), was embroidered with the flora of the 53 Commonwealth nations, plus wintersweet, picked by Harry from the grounds of their temporary home in Kensington Palace, and the California poppy, from her place of birth.

The embroidery took hundreds of hours, with the embroiderers having to wash their hands every 30 minutes as they kept sweating under pressure. Meghan’s veil was secured by Queen Mary’s bandeau. Jewellery was by Cartier and her shoes, closed duchess satin, were also Givenchy, in a retro, pointy design.

Any quibbles? Just that a boatnecked bodice using such thick cady can be bulky over the bust, but I still prefer the soft outline to the pointy corset Sarah Burton at McQueen gave Kate.

There were shouts of ‘puritanical’ on Twitter but I think Meghan feels she’s shocked enough.

Her Serge Normant updo became a little messy as the ceremony progressed but Daniel Martin’s makeup was near-perfect. I loved the smoky eye but feel false lashes are over: maybe she only wore them to stand out for the crowd.

And here’s a lovely thing: Meghan commissioned milliner Stephen Jones to make hats for all her friends. What a generous gesture.