{"id":441506,"date":"2026-01-27T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441506\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:18:09","slug":"meghan-markles-subtle-olive-branch-to-royal-family-revealed-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441506\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle’s subtle olive branch to Royal Family revealed | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharp-eyed onlookers have spotted Meghan Markle<\/a> wearing a friendship bracelet at the Sundance Film Festival 2026, which could be a subtle hint the Duchess of Sussex is sending an olive branch to the Royal Family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Members of the Firm including King Charles, Princess Charlotte, and Prince George, have adopted the friendship bracelet trend<\/a>, and the bracelets have become a symbol of connection, also breaking away from traditional royal jewellery. A friendship bracelet in general suggests a desire to rebuild bridges, and the beaded detail worn by Meghan could mark the first step towards a thaw in the frosty family dynamic.<\/p>\n

As Meghan stepped out in Utah wearing a blue trench coat and skinnny jeans, she was spotted with a friendship bracelet featuring a neon green string and white square beads.<\/p>\n

The documentary follows a troop of Girl Scouts and their quest to sell cookies, a time-honoured tradition which Meghan herself participated in when she was a young girl.<\/p>\n

During the event, Meghan was also spotted comparing another friendship bracelet with a young girl, who sported a purple band on her wrist.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the audience about the film, Meghan gave a speech: “Yes, it’s probably the cutest film at the festival. But I’m also going to go out on a limb and say it’s one of the most powerful and meaningful depictions of an American tradition.”<\/p>\n

Meghan and Harry stepped back as working royals in 2020 and eventually resettled in Montecito, California, where they live with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.<\/p>\n

Since stepping down, the couple have been involved with airing their version of events inside the Firm. They gave a tell-all interview with US host Oprah Winfrey detailing their own version of events while working as senior members of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Since their departure, Harry has often expressed his desire for reconciliation<\/a> with observers suggesting Harry’s efforts are driven by a need for “access” to the Royal Family for commercial reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharp-eyed onlookers have spotted Meghan Markle wearing a friendship bracelet at the Sundance Film Festival 2026, which could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[125147,229581,64,63,447,134,229577,229579,33664,5513,5514,229578,229580],"class_list":["post-441506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-as-ever","tag-as-ever-meghan-markle","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-friendship-bracelets","tag-harry-meghan-latest","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family","tag-sundance-festival","tag-sundance-festival-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}