Duchess Meghan Wears a Touching Jewelry Tribute to Princess Diana on Nigeria Trip

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The Duchess of Sussex found a special way to honor her late mother-in-law during her recent trip to Nigeria.

Duchess Meghan paid tribute to Princess Diana by wearing a necklace that once belonged to the former Princess of Wales. Prince Harry gifted Meghan the meaningful jewelry piece, which features a diamond-encrusted cross pendant attached to a gold chain, People reports.

Meghan wore the accoutrement on May 11 when she and Harry attended a reception dinner hosted at the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in the city of Abuja. As for the rest of her outfit, the duchess additionally wore a strapless ivory column dress from St. Agni, gold knot earrings from Dior, nude Aquazzura heels, and her go-to Cartier Tank watch and gold bracelet.

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britain's meghan, duchess of sussex, looks on as she attends a sit out with britain's prince harry unseen, duke of sussex, at the nigerian defence headquarters in abuja on may 11, 2024 as they visit nigeria as part of celebrations of invictus games anniversary photo by kola sulaimon afp
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Meghan often wears jewelry that once belonged to Diana, from a pair of diamond butterfly earrings to the royal’s famous aquamarine cocktail ring. In fact, Meghan’s own engagement ring features two round-cut diamonds from Diana’s personal collection, both of which flank a larger center stone cushion-cut diamond sourced from Botswana.

Diana isn’t the only family member to have received a special sartorial tribute during the couple's recent trip to Nigeria. During another event on Sunday, the duchess stepped out in a familiar yellow dress—the same Carolina Herrera garment that she had worn to celebrate Prince Archie’s first birthday in 2020 and to announce her pregnancy with Princess Lilibet in 2021. She accessorized the sentimental look with a green striped shawl, nude slingback leather sandals, gold hammered disc earrings from Jennifer Meyer, and a gold AURate collar necklace.

lagos, nigeria may 12 britains prince harry l, duke of sussex, and britains meghan r, duchess of sussex, visit the lagos state governors office on may 12, 2024 in lagos, nigeria photo by ibrahim mansuranadolu via getty images
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