Meghan Markle met up with her wedding dress designer for a lunch date in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
The Duchess of Sussex and British fashion designer, Clare Waight Keller, ate at celebrity hotspot, Cipriani, in California.
The duo dined at the newly opened fine Italian dining restaurant in Beverly Hills, which also has a location in London.
The duchess travelled solo to the restaurant following a busy three-day visit to Canada with her husband, Prince Harry.
Meghan met with her wedding dress designer for lunch in Beverly Hills
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Keller is widely recognised for designing Meghan’s dress for her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018.
In an interview with Paris match, the designer said that the dress took 3,900 hours to make with a team of 50 people and required eight dress fittings.
She also described her friend, the duchess, as “a strong woman who knows exactly what she wants.”
Meghan has worn a number of Keller’s other Givenchy designs including for her June 2018 engagement at Ascot with the Queen.
Meghan presented the British Designer of the Year Womenswear Award to Clare Waight Keller
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In 2018, the duchess honoured Keller by making a surprise appearance at the British Fashion Awards and presenting her friend with the British Womenswear Designer of the Year award.
Keller left Givenchy in 2020 to make a more affordable range of clothing for Uniqlo.
The outing coincided with Meghan’s surprise engagement in London via video link at Mayhew Animal Home.
The Duchess of Sussex virtually opened a new wing of an animal charity named in honour of her late friend, Oil Juste.
Meghan and Harry married at Windsor Castle on 19 May 2018
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Keller and Meghan dined at a new Italian restaurant which also has a location in London
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The virtual visit was announced on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new website, Sussex.com alongside a statement about the new wing.
The statement said: "On Wednesday, UK-based animal rescue Mayhew Animal Home opened a new wing in their London facility to transform the Home, providing wonderful spaces for enrichment, training and therapy.
"The Wing, named in honour of Oli Juste, will provide greater care for dogs in need, and was dedicated in memory of the renowned dog trainer and animal behaviourist by his friend Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
"They shared many things throughout their friendship, among which was a deep commitment to animal welfare and a love of rescue dogs.”
