The Duchess of Sussex has left her coastal California enclave for New York City.
On Thursday night, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex enjoyed a night out with friends during a surprise visit to New York. The As Ever founder looked glamorous in a nearly all-black outfit, comprised of a black collared blouse with rolled up sleeves and a black-and-white houndstooth maxi skirt from Carolina Herrera. She elevated the look with a sparkly diamond necklace, her signature stack of Cartier jewellery, and black heels.
Markle's rare night out included grabbing a bite to eat with friends at Polo Bar, per Page Six, before heading to Broadway to watch Audra McDonald’s revival of Gypsy. After the show, she went backstage to meet McDonald and the rest of the cast. She later reflected on the experience in a touching Instagram tribute.
“If you get a chance to see @gypsybway, you absolutely must. Congratulations to the tremendously talented cast and crew for creating magic on that stage,” she wrote. “And meeting @audramcdonald for the first time last night…. Her performance will leave you absolutely speechless. Full body chills. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house, and if the theater didn’t have to close for the night, the standing ovation would still be happening.”
McDonald, a six-time Tony Award-winning actress and singer, has previously voiced her support for Markle after she and husband Prince Harry stepped back from their roles as senior members of the British royal family in 2020.
When asked who she admires most during a 2023 interview with Vanity Fair, McDonald replied, “Meghan Markle. I don’t know how she continues to walk through this world with the grace, strength, and purpose that she does given the unbearable amount of vitriol and hate she has been subjected to, but she does. I wish she didn’t have to.”
McDonald also defended Markle in 2019, when the duchess was pregnant with her first child, Archie. “I cannot believe what this woman has had to endure from social media and the press,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Then today to read about how ‘weird’ her body language is by a supposed women’s magazine that supposedly prides itself on celebrating fierce, independent, strong women who can do anything and have it all?!? Do better.”
