Daily Times

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle had the most expensive royal wardrobe in 2018, E news reports. According to a royal fashion website Markle topped their list for the most expensive wardrobe of 14 royal women, including Kate Middleton, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, with a grand total of $508,258.

In the course of the year, we saw her don the likes of Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Armani and Jason Wu and Victoria Beckham. Markle has certainly had a lot to dress for, including her May wedding, dozens of public engagements, pregnancy and her first royal tour-a two-week marathon through Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand with Prince Harry.

Needless to say, many outfits were needed. However, there are a few caveats to the website’s findings. First of all, they looked at newly debuted clothing, so repeats were not included. The sums also only include the new items that could be priced or estimated, so only 254 pieces of the 323 new pieces she wore were tallied up.Additionally, a Cartier reflection wedding bracelet and earrings reportedly gifted to her from Prince Charles, which amount to approximately $233,000, were included in the total as it has not been confirmed if they were gifts or not. Even without them, though, Markle would still top this list.

Published in Daily Times, January 7^th 2019.