Meghan Markle's Royal Blue Cardigan Has a Sweet Double Meaning

glamour.com:

into her outfits like the bonafide fashion diplomat she is. This time, the , alongside hubby Prince Harry, visited Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base in San Diego, California, wearing a royal blue cardigan embroidered with red flowers.The visit comes on the eve of both Veteran's Day and Remembrance Day, the American and British holidays honoring service members who risked their lives for their countries. (Both holidays fall on November 11, the date of the end of World War I in 1919.) Not only is Markle's cardigan appropriately patriotic in color, but the flowers—vibrant poppies—are a nod to the UK's symbol of “remembrance and hope." , , , and often wear poppy pins on their lapels as a show of respect for the British armed forces.

In fact, Prince Harry was wearing the meaningful emblem on his own jacket during the visit to Pendleton.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry visited Camp Pendleton on November 8, followed by a stop at the Navy SEAL Foundation’s Warrior Fitness Program West Coast facility in San Diego on November 9.The , which Markle paired with a black pencil skirt by Lafayette 148, is already sold out.That Meghan Markle would find the sartorial language to express her support for the American and British troops is no surprise to anyone who been paying attention to the 42-year-old's public appearances.

This is the woman who spotlights female designers (reminder: Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan immigrant who became a US Citizen in 2009) and sustainable fashion brands on the regular, and whose accessories are often laden with nods to her children, four-year-old Archie, and two-year-old Lilibet.