{"id":414849,"date":"2026-02-08T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/414849\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:19:11","slug":"meghan-markle-makes-surprise-red-carpet-appearance-without-harry-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/414849\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle makes surprise red carpet appearance without Harry | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> surprised royal fans on Saturday night as she stepped out at a red carpet event without her husband <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> by her side. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was all smiles as she attended the Fifteen Percent Pledge Fundraising Gala.<\/p>\n<p>The gala, which was held at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, aims to celebrate black-owned businesses. The Fifteen Percent Pledge, founded by Aurora James, gives support to these businesses by providing access to capital, mentorship, skills training, and opportunities to partner with other companies.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan looked delighted to be in attendance at the gala, wearing a striking gown believed to have been designed by Harbison Studio.<\/p>\n<p>This was a popular look among Meghan\u2019s fans, with many taking to X to praise the duchess.<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: \u201cPerfection. Meghan has done it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cGlowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meghan was not the only famous face at the red carpet, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2126146\/meghan-markle-emma-grede-martha-stewart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Emma Grede<\/a> and Tina Knowles &#8211; who was being honoured at the gala &#8211; also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities to have walked the red carpet last night include Winnie Harlow and Olandria Carthen.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of Meghan Markle\u2019s first public appearances of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle surprised royal fans on Saturday night as she stepped out at a red carpet event without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,100,105933,153542,4577,4578,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-414849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-meghan-markle","tag-meghan-markle-gala","tag-meghan-markle-la-red-carpet","tag-meghan-markle-prince-harry","tag-meghan-markle-royal-family","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}