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Meghan Markle paid subtle tribute to Queen Elizabeth with her funeral dress

A side-by-side of Meghan Markle in 2018 and 2022.
Meghan Markle paid tribute to the Queen at her funeral. Karwai Tang / Contributor / Getty Images
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Meghan Markle paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth with the dress she chose for the late monarch's funeral. 

Queen Elizabeth's state funeral was held on Monday, September 19, 11 days after Her Majesty's death. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were among the 2,000 people who attended the event. 

Harry walked behind the Queen's casket alongside his brother and father, King Charles III, while Meghan rode with Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to the funeral at Westminster Abbey

Meghan wore a black cape dress designed by Stella McCartney. 

Meghan Markle walks in a black dress at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.
Meghan Markle at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.  Karwai Tang / Contributor / Getty Images

She paired the look with black pantyhose, black gloves, and a wide-brimmed black hat. 

Meghan's elegant ensemble may have looked familiar to some royal fans, as the Duchess of Sussex wore the same dress in navy a few years ago.

She wore the blue version of the dress to the Queen's 92nd birthday party at Royal Albert Hall, where Shawn Mendes and Sting performed.

Meghan styled the look similarly in 2018, as she wore blue shoes to keep the ensemble monochromatic and kept her hair in an updo. 

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Meghan Markle wore the same dress in blue in 2018.  Getty Images

Meghan also nodded to the Queen with the earrings she accessorized her funeral outfit with.

The duchess wore diamond and pearl earrings that Queen Elizabeth gave to her after she and Prince Harry announced their engagement in 2018, as a spokesperson for Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed to Insider.  

Meghan Markle at the Queen's funeral
Meghan Markle wears the gifted pearl and diamond earrings from the Queen.  Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Meghan was photographed crying at the funeral, where she was publicly seen with Prince George and Princess Charlotte for the first time since her and Prince Harry's step back from the royal family.  

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Samantha Grindell Pettyjohn is a Senior Lifestyle Reporter at Business Insider with more than eight years of experience in the lifestyle space.At Business Insider, Samantha's coverage focuses on unique living situations, interior design, celebrity style, and books. Her work includes features on multigenerational living and one-of-a-kind houses, timely articles on celebrity fashion, live coverage of award shows and pageants, and fun pieces about popular book series. Samantha also loves reporting on celebrities on her beats, from HGTV stars Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa to authors such as Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros.Samantha appeared on Scripps News and CBS in 2022 to discuss the royal family, and in 2023, she won an Anthem Award for her work on Business Insider's package "Better Me."Samantha received her B.A. in English from Birmingham-Southern College in 2017, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She later earned her M.S. in Publishing from New York University in 2019. Samantha was previously a staff writer at Romper, and her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Mic, and Oprah.com. Today, Samantha lives in Atlanta with her husband and dog.Email her at sgrindell@jkmperu.com and follow her on X.