It’s a wedding weekend forMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry!
The royal couple have been spotted in Rome to celebrate the wedding of Meghan’s close friend,designer Misha Nonoo, to American energy entrepreneur Michael Hess. Sources confirm they arrived via a commercial airline.
The festive weekend comes before the royal couple head to South Africa for the start of their tour — along withfour-month-old Archie,who did not make the trip to Italy — on Monday.
The wedding is set to be a star-studded affair, withHello!reportingthatKaty PerryandOrlando Bloom,Ivanka trumpand Jared Kushner,Karlie Klossand Joshua Kushner, and Harry’s cousinsPrincess BeatriceandPrincess Eugenieare among the expected guests.
Chris Jackson/Getty. Inset: Andrew Toth/Getty
Nonoo has been a close friend of Meghan’s for several years, and it has been speculated that she helpedintroduce Meghan and Harry. The Bahrain-born business woman, who was raised in London, has long run in royal circles. Until 2016, she was married to Paddle8 founder Alexander Gilkes, who is one of Harry’s closest friends. Shortly after Meghan met Harry, she and Nonoo took a trip to Spain together.
Andrew Toth/Getty Images
Meghan turned to Misha Nonoo to design a crisp white shirtfor her capsule collectionon behalf of theSmart Workscharity. At the launch, Nonoo told PEOPLE the project “aligned so closely with my values of empowering women and dressing women for their professional pursuits, so there was no way I’d say no to it. I was asked specially to do the white shirt because that’s our signature. It was actually a very, very easy process. The Duchess is a consummate professional. It’s been a real pleasure to work with everyone on the team.”
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images
Meghan Markle/Instagram
“She is an extraordinarily supportive, kind and loving friend,” Nonoo told PEOPLE after the launch of the capsule collection last week. “From the beginning of our relationship we bonded over our shared ethos about supporting other women — it was something that we absolutely felt, and as friends who support each other over the years, you see that.”
source: people.com
