Meghan Markle is channelling Princess Diana's subtle tactics, it has been claimed.
The Duchess of Sussex wore a floral landscape dress for a visit to a children’s hospital, which was a very different style to her usual look.
The late Princess Diana was often pictured wearing a Bellville Sassoon dress in cobalt blue.
According to its designer, David Sassoon, it was the dress she would reach for when visiting children (particularly those in hospitals around the world).
This was in an attempt to bring some joy to the children who were kept in hospital.
The Duchess of Sussex adopted the same style strategy as she joined story time at a children’s hospital in Los Angeles.
Meghan, 42, wore a £2,776 Oscar de la Renta chiffon style dress, the hem of which featured a floral landscape.
The mother-of-two hugged and posed for photos with patients and staff.
The dress was not a new addition to her wardrobe, as it was seen in the 2022 Netflix documentary series, Harry & Meghan.
In those clips, she was barefoot in the family’s garden with Prince Harry, 39, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two.
Diana rewore her floral dress on several public occasions after it was created for her in 1988.
This included visits to Lagos, Nigeria, São Paulo, Brazil, and also a London Aids hospice.
The repetition reiterated her point that bright colours and florals appealed to her audience.
Sassoon told The Telegraph: “She would say, ‘I keep being told not to wear it, but I love this dress, my caring dress’.
“Of course, Diana was the first member of the Royal Family to break all the rules.
“She happened to wear that dress when visiting a hospital, and children seemed to clamour round and like it.
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“If you are like the Princess of Wales, who loved children, you don’t want a strictly formal suit for a hospital visit.
“You pick a very informal dress with bright colours, which that dress was. The reaction is one of awe from young children.”
As Meghan prepares to launch her new lifestyle business, American Riviera Orchard, she could perhaps be experimenting with more florals and bright colours.