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Meghan Markle wasn’t at the SAG Awards yesterday, but she was on Instagram. The Duchess of Sussex and former Suits actress shared a series of Instagram Stories showcasing her life at home, particularly as she wandered around her garden in Montecito, California. In one Story, Meghan appears wearing a Northwestern University sweater. In another, one of her children (5-year-old Archie or 3-year-old Lilibet) helps her water plants.
Meghan’s Northwestern top got a lot of attention. Some royal observers were quick to link it to Meghan’s late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, who wore a Northwestern sweater herself in 1996. People noted that Diana had received the top as a souvenir during her visit to the university in June of that year.
Princess Diana while at Northwestern University’s school of law in June 1996
But Meghan’s homage to the school is even more personal than that. Meghan is an alumni of Northwestern; she graduated in 2003 with a double major in theater and international studies.
In 2014, she made her first visit to the university since finishing her degree. The actress had been promoting Suits at the time and told North by Northwestern magazine, “It’s surreal being back because I haven’t been back since I graduated, and as I am walking around I remember things like the schlep of getting to South Campus from up north. The 24-hour Burger King also definitely helped me put on the Freshman Fifteen.”
More than 10 years later, Meghan is now based in California and gearing up for the release of her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, out on March 4. She is also on the cusp of launching her lifestyle brand, As Ever. Meghan shared a vision board for As Ever last week, which included some Easter eggs from her life as an actress in the 2010s, running her lifestyle blog, The Tig.