Meghan fan pays four times list price to own handbag just like hers

THE LAST available bag like the one Meghan Markle carried on her first Royal engagement has sold for £1,819 in a charity auction, almost four times the retail price.

The Strathberry Midi Tote Tri Colour sold out within 11 minutes after images emerged showing Prince Harry’s future wife, inset, carrying the bag on the couple’s visit to Nottingham on December 1.

As part of their visit, the prince and Ms Markle lent their support to a World Aids Day charity fair hosted by the Terrence Higgins Trust.

Strathberry had one remaining bag from the same production run as Ms Markle’s tote which has now been auctioned to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

It sold for £1,819 on eBay, almost four times the £495 retail price.

A Strathberry spokesman said: “We are very excited and happy to support the Terence Higgins Trust.” The Edinburghbased company has seen its website traffic soar 5,000 per cent since Ms Markle was pictured carrying the bag. After it sold out the same colourway of Strathberry bag was subsequently reselling on eBay in the US for $2,350 (£1,760), marked up from a retail price there of $675 (£505).

A second batch of the bags, which cost £495 in the UK, will be available for pre-order soon with an anticipated shipment date of the end of February 2018.