WHAT’S MEGHAN TRYING TO TELL US
A new ‘H’ ring – and glossy shots of her chi-chi home that may hint at what a Kensington Palace makeover might look like . . .
WITH this ring do I espy a fresh declaration of love in the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle romance stakes? The American actress was spotted shopping in London, wearing what many suspect to be a new gold ring bearing Harry’s initial.
Others suggest that it is the crenellated top of a castle, which again would be freighted with intent were it to be a gift from a lovesick prince.
The pictures of Harry’s love buying flowers in Kensington were not the only ones to emerge yesterday — the brunette beauty has given fans an insight into the way she lives back at home in Canada.
So we now know that she likes a statement mirror — all the better for staring into while taking another selfie. Mwah!
She insists on a neutral palette, with room after room decorated in a whip of cream and white shades. She obviously won’t be doing the cleaning!
She loves fresh flowers, is partial to a glass of wine or two and she lets her dogs sit on the snowy linen sofa in her elegant drawing room.
At the moment, the actress is ensconced in a Kensington Palace love-nest, snuggled up with her blue-blooded beau, 32, behind the walls of the royal estate. But usually, she lives with her dogs, Guy and Bogart, in Toronto, where she is based when filming TV drama Suits.
AND, like many of her generation, 35-yearold Megan shares much of her life on her social media accounts. In these pictures from Instagram, it’s almost as though she has invited us all round for wine o’clock, to bond over a glass of Merlot and seethe with silent envy as she shows off her Cinderella shoe cupboard — which is marginally smaller than an aircraft carrier and crammed with a bunion- inducing collection of high heels.
Within these walls, clues abound as to the kind of person she is, what she holds dear and why she is never more than 3 ft away from a cashmere throw or an expensive candle.
As her romance with Prince Harry grows more serious by the day, is this how Meghan would decorate a royal abode if she were given the chance?
Certainly, her style is very high-maintenance princessy; chic, luxe, romantic and achingly fashionable.
Through the fug created by her fig- scented Dyptique candles, one can make out modern furnishings, a white marble dining table, clouds of peonies in maxi vases, lots of cosy fur blankets and a nude watercolour, which the saucebox has hung above the bed in the spare room.
She has colour co- ordinated stacks of books to make little tables, while her coffee table books — always a window into the soul — all seem to be by fashion writers on Vogue.
One cookbook is prominently on display: the self-consciously stylish Kinfolk Table, which features recipes from cool people you have never heard of for dishes you don’t really want to eat.
Grim-faced hipsters wearing rough linens show you how to make tea-smoked eggs, grilled prawns and Nanny Frannie’s Apple Strudel. Poor Harry!
Speaking of which, who is that shy, gingery creature snuggled under her armpit as Meghan poses in a menage a trois?
Relax, everyone, it is only her pet dog Guy, with pooch Bogart on the other side. Sweet!
Elsewhere, our girl seems to spend an inordinate amount of time staring into elaborate mirrors and taking selfies.
All this seems to suggest that Meghan is the kind of mellowliving, friendly homemaker who would thrive in the Royal Family and adore living in a royal palace — so long as she could paint everything white.