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Happy Birthday Meghan Markle! A Look Back at Her Most Relatable Pre-Royal Looks

By Isabel Slone

Date August 4, 2018

Before Meghan Markle was a beautiful princess married to the man sixth in line to the British royal throne, she was a beautiful actress. And not just any beautiful actress, she was once so eager to become a public figure she attended countless red carpet premieres, galas and gifting lounges, and was once photographed with an over-the-counter brand of flu medication. In honour of the beautiful royal princess’s 37th birthday today, we’ve compiled this slideshow of Meghan’s most #relatable pre-fame looks that make us seriously nostalgic for the mid-2000s.

Royals, they’re  were just like us!

 

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2005 – Meghan Markle during the Kari Feinstein Pre-Emmy Style Lounge in Los Angeles, California.

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2006 – Meghan Markle at a Great Chefs of LA Event For The National Kidney Foundation.

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2007 – Meghan Markle at an ABS by Allen Schwartz red carpet.

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Meghan Markle photographed in front of the exact same red carpet backdrop, also in 2007.

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August 2010 – Attending the Some Kind-a Gorgeous Style and Beauty Lounge at the Chateau Marmont.

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2011 – Markle and then-husband Trevor Engelson arrive at the Anti-Defamation League Entertainment Industry Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills.

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January 2012 – Markle arrives at the 13th Annual Warner Bros. and InStyle Golden Globe After Party.

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February 2012 – Attending the USA Network and The Moth presentation of “A More Perfect Union: Stories Of Prejudice And Power” at Pacific Design Center.

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June 2012 – Meghan Markle attends a “Suits”-themed fashion show in New York City.

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November 2012 – Meghan Markle attends the TV Guide Magazine Hot List Party.

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January 2013 – Meghan Markle arrives at the InStyle And Warner Bros. Golden Globe Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.

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January 2013 – Meghan Markle attends The Paley Center for Media’s presentation of An Evening With “Suits.”

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January 2013 – Meghan Marble attends the ELLE’s Women in Television Celebration at Soho House in West Hollywood, California.

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January 2013 – Meghan Markle arrives at Entertainment Weekly Screen Actors Guild Awards Pre-Party at Chateau Marmont.

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July 2013 – Meghan Markle attends an event hosted by Diane von Furstenberg at DVF Accessories Shop in New York City.

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September 2013 – NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 11: Meghan Markle attends Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

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October 2013 – Meghan Markle attends the American Ballet Theatre’s Opening Night Fall Gala in New York City.

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September 2014 – Meghan Markle poses backstage at the Herve Leger By Max Azria fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

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