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- Meghan Markle showed a navy notebook featuring her royal cipher on her Instagram Stories
- Meghan’s royal emblem depicts a House of Windsor crown above a cursive “M”
- The Duchess of Sussex has previously sent notes with her royal emblem
Meghan Markle recently revealed a royal touch to her personal stationery in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment on her Instagram Stories.
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On Oct. 28, the Duchess of Sussex, 44, posted a video from her home office in Montecito, California, where a navy notebook with her royal monogram was spotted.
Meghan shared the quick video shortly before the launch of the holiday collection from her As ever lifestyle brand, where the notebook was on a desk next to a laptop and a candle from the product drop.
The notebook with the royal cypher appeared to be a new addition to her suite of stationery, and she received the emblem at the start of her royal life.
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The Duchess of Sussex got the monogram after she married Prince Harry in May 2018, and the cipher depicts a House of Windsor crown above a cursive “M.”
Meghan undoubtedly approves of the elegant letter, as she had a side gig as a calligrapher during her early days as an actor.
Royal family members typically use their respective cyphers on official correspondence, and the Duchess of Sussex has continued to do so with hers after she and Harry stepped back from their royal roles in the U.K. in 2020.
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Earlier this year, it was revealed that Meghan sent letters with her cypher to Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast host Amanda Hirsch and her friend Jamie Kern Lima.
Hirsch shared the handwritten card from the Duchess of Sussex on Instagram in March, showing off a note that featured the royal monogram in gold on both the envelope and card.
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The following month, Kern Lima shared a photo of a gift basket she previously received from Meghan, which came with a printed card featuring the royal cypher in blue ink.
“With compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex,” said the message.
The note was tucked into a basket with two pints of organic ice cream and a jar of jam, possibly an early prototype from Meghan’s As ever brand, and Kern Lima referenced the present when Meghan joined her in a surprise episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast.
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PEOPLE understands that although the Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not use their HRH titles for public or commercial ventures following their step back from their royal roles, their formal titles remain.
Earlier this month, Meghan revealed a tote bag monogrammed with the letters “DS,” interpreted as an abbreviation for the Duchess of Sussex, during her trip to Washington, D.C. for the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit.
