Meghan shares deliberate royal fashion choice: ‘I rarely wore color’

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, often wore neutral tones when attending events with other members of the royal family — something she has now revealed was a deliberate choice.

“Most of the time that I was in the U.K., I rarely wore color. There was thought in that,” the former Meghan Markle said in her and Prince Harry’s new Netflix documentary series, “Harry & Meghan.”

The duchess said she believed it would have been frowned upon for her to wear the same color as the late Queen Elizabeth II or another, more senior member of the royal family, so to play it safe, she often stuck to neutrals.

“So I was like, well, what’s a color that they’ll probably never wear? Camel? Beige? White? So I wore a lot of muted tones but it also was just so I could blend in,” she said. “Like, I’m not trying to stand out here. There’s no version of me joining this family and trying to not do everything I could do to fit in. I don’t want to embarrass the family.”

There were certainly times when Meghan wore vibrant colors at royal events, but the duchess often seemed to favor muted shades for official appearances — though she has not shared which of her past outfits in particular she wore to "blend in."

During her first Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham, she wore a camel coat with a brown hat, purse and gloves.

In June 2018, she sported an off-white dress for her first official engagement with Queen Elizabeth, who was known for her vibrant outfits with matching hats.

The duchess also wore white as she attended a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in 2019.

And she sported neutrals once again during a visit to New Zealand in October 2018, when she revealed her first pregnancy.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex opened up about the early days of their relationship in the first three episodes of their Netflix docuseries, which was co-produced by their own production company, Archewell Productions.

The final three episodes of the series will be released Nov. 15.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com