Hold onto your hats, folks! Meghan Markle made headlines for all the right reasons during her first solo royal event on September 25, but it wasn’t her chic Givenchy dress or her newly straightened locks that got everyone buzzing. Instead, the Duchess of Sussex caused a stir by doing something as simple as shutting her own car door when she arrived at the Royal Academy of Art. And let me tell you, the internet went wild over this unprecedented move.
Meghan’s Casual Gesture Goes Viral
After gracefully stepping out of the backseat of the navy blue vehicle that transported her to the event, Meghan, 37, greeted her host with a friendly handshake. But before heading inside, she did something that caught everyone off guard: she casually closed the open car door behind her. This seemingly mundane moment was perfectly captured in a video by People’s chief foreign correspondent, Simon Perry, and quickly went viral online. Many people were quick to praise Prince Harry’s wife for her down-to-earth behavior despite her royal status.
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“First time I’ve seen an on-duty Princess shut her own car door…” one person commented via Twitter. The Sun’s royals correspondent, Emily Andrews, echoed the sentiment, writing, “A Princess who still takes the time to shut her car door. Well done, Meghan!”
Why Did This Gesture Cause Such a Stir?
Now, you might be wondering, why exactly is everyone making such a fuss over something as ordinary as closing a car door? Well, here’s the deal: traditionally, members of the royal family wait for their staff to handle such tasks, including opening and closing doors. By closing her own door, Meghan technically broke royal protocol and challenged long-standing royal traditions. It was a small but significant gesture that resonated with people around the world.
Etiquette expert William Hanson explained to the Daily Mail, “The Duchess of Sussex closing her own car door is yet another silent signal that she is going to be doing things her own way and helping adapt and progress the British monarchy. Whether she thought long and hard about it before it happened, I doubt it. I suspect it was force of habit, but it’s interesting to see that so many people have noticed. Usually, dignitaries have a member of staff to do this for them.”
