Meghan wears Diana's £18,000 watch as she and Harry are accused of 'exploiting'
Meghan Markle dazzled in Princess Diana's £18,000 Cartier watch in new photos to promote her podcast.
The Duchess of Sussex posed in the timeless keepsake as she relaunched her podcasts. Meghan looked glam as she showed off the stunning gold watch that belonged to her late mother-in-law Diana.
The former Suits actress layered her jewellery for the shot adding an extra £5,000 bracelet. She showed off her toned arms in a sleeveless deep grey polo-neck Toteme dress for the shot.
As she folded her arms she revealed the gold timepiece that Diana, renowned for her style and glamour, often wore for occasions.
Royal author Phil Dampier was sceptical of the move, telling The Sun: "Meghan doesn't often wear Diana's jewellery, but to wear it in a photo like this adds to the feeling they are trying to project their royal status."
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hit headlines this week as they rebranded their website. Their previous site, Archewell, now automatically redirects to Sussex.com.
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An expert said the photos of Meghan were designed to project "royal status" (Misan Harriman/Instagram)The plush website consistently refers to the couple by their official royal titles. It features a photograph of the pair, with the text 'The Office of Prince Harry & Meghan, The Duke & Duchess of Sussex', alongside a royal coat of arms.
It comes as the couple were accused of "exploiting he royal family." Harry and Meghan left the Royal Family to seek “financial freedom” and quickly set about signing commercial deals with streaming giants Netflix and Spotify for an estimated £100million.
But their decision to quietly launch a Sussex.com site, using Meghan’s coat of arms and detailing their children's prince and princess titles, was last night branded “exploitative in the extreme”.
Royal historian Hugo Vickers said: “It goes against everything the Sussexes promised they would not do. They are trading on their royal titles and associations in every way you look at it. From the royal coat of arms used, to their Sussex titles to the titles of their children. It doesn’t matter what parameters you judge it on, the man on the street would identify those behind the website as part of the royal family. It is exploitative in the extreme.”
The duo also changed their kids' names on their new look royal website - ending a 64-year-old royal naming tradition.
Now fans have seen little Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie's names have had a makeover too.
Instead of being known as Mountbatten-Windsors, Archie and Lilibet have taken the surname Sussex since the Coronation. The new look website was launched on Monday, replacing their old Archewell site.
The surname Mountbatten-Windsor was decreed by the Privy Counsel - the official advisors to the late Queen Elizabeth II - in 1960 and applied to male-line descendants of Her Majesty and Prince Philip.
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