Who was that figure in a white cape taking her seat at the very last moment before the Balenciaga show began at Paris Fashion Week? Was it a supermodel, Meryl Streep or an HRH? No, it was Meghan, Duchess of Sussex making her front-row debut in the fashion capital.

The former Suits actor upstaged front-row companions Lauren Sanchez-Bezos , Anne Hathaway and PinkPantheress with her unexpected appearance at the debut of former Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli as creative director of Balenciaga.

During her acting days as Meghan Markle, she was a regular fixture at New York Fashion Week, with her most recent fashion show RSVP to a runway at Toronto Fashion Week way back in 2015. A front-row seat in Paris is a right royal step up.

“Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attended the

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