Meghan Markle was all smiles from ear to ear as she hit the red carpet at the 2024 Paley Honors Fall Gala on Wednesday night.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was pictured after arriving at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills for a soirée to cheer on her friend Tyler Perry, who received the highest honor from the Paley Center for Media. He agreed to be photographed.
The Suits alum wore a black strapless dress by Oscar de la Renta, which she accessorized with Celine heels.
She accessorized with a custom Logan Hollowell necklace and Cartier Love bracelet.
Her husband, Prince Harry, did not attend.
Markle and Perry were seen hugging and catching up with each other on the red carpet.
The former actress congratulated the Hollywood director on winning the coveted award before taking a seat at a table alongside director and actress Kerry Washington.
At the star-studded event, Perry, 55, received the Paley Honors Award, the Paley Center for Media's most coveted honor.
The Sussexes famously allowed the filmmaker to stay in their $18 million Los Angeles mansion after they quit royal life and moved across the pond in 2020, and they have a close friendship with the filmmaker. proud of.
Perry is godfather to his daughter, Princess Lilibet.
Markle's appearance at the swanky gala was confirmed last week. She and Harry were members of the organizing committee, along with Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King and Taraji P. Henson.
Prince Harry did not attend the gala, but attended another event that evening in New York City, 4,799 miles away.
The exiled royal arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to attend the New York Times Dealbook conference.
Prince Harry has set the record straight about the couple's marriage after they were spotted separately appearing at work engagements in recent weeks, sparking divorce rumors.
The move, dubbed a “professional separation,” was reportedly part of a new “twin-track” approach to overhauling their image.
Asked about his marriage, Harry jokingly replied: “Apparently we've bought and moved houses 10 or 12 times.” “It's like we've been divorced probably 10, 12 times. So it's just like, what?
“It's hard to keep up with it, but that's why we ignore it. It's the trolls that I feel sorry for the most,” he continued. “Their hopes just build and build and they're like, 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,' and it doesn't come true. So I feel for them. I really do.”
The Duke took the baton from his wife, who appeared at the summit in November 2021.
That year, Markle participated in a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin entitled “Addressing the Inequality” about how women can achieve equal pay.
Harry's New York trip begins in just two months He was last in New York to attend a series of events as part of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week and Climate Week.
The couple's separate appearances on both coasts demonstrate a new so-called “twin-track” approach to overhauling their image.
