The Symbolism Behind Meghan Markle's Jewelry in 'Harry & Meghan'

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, it is that everything to do with the image of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and is . Nothing is left to chance as the couple tries to take control of their narrative after feeling like they have been “fed to the wolves” and made a “scapegoat for the palace.” From the  in the new docuseries interviews‚ a catalogue of normalcy—to the jewelry Meghan models as a symbolic nod to a certain member of the royal family, the Sussexes have PRed their personal brand to the nth degree for this latest attempt at putting the record straight.While the montage clips recapping the couple’s are designed to show an ordinary girl from LA getting swept up in the world of a prince—all denim shorts, plaid shirts and talisman charms—the Meghan who sits before Team Netflix is a businesswoman.

Her gold Cartier jewelry speaks volumes about her values—investment and sentiment over impulse decisions—and where she’s at in her life now, while she tries to shape a legacy for her own children and rewrite the tale of the outsider getting shunned by the Firm.

Her gold Tank Française timepiece, for example, once belonged to Diana, , who is name-checked numerous times in Harry & Meghan, as her son shares his wish to protect the Duchess from suffering the same fate as his mother at the hands of the press.

The Tank Française, which Meghan first wore at a Fortune magazine summit back in 2020, suggests the connection the former Suits star feels towards the mother-in-law she never met and semaphores strength.Inspired by photographs of Renault FT-17 tanks deployed on the Western Front, Louis Cartier drew on the power of the engines, as well as the growing Cubism movement, for the 1917 rigid rectangular design.