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Meghan Markle looks unrecognisable in a throwback snap where she is dressed as a sexy Miss Santa.
The Duchess Of Sussex appears dramatically different to her current style and image in the photo shared by Howie Mandel. She was pictured dressed in a red-velvet halter neck mini-dress complete with white fur trim to the neckline and hem. The US TV host shared the picture to his Instagram page from a 2006 Deal Or No Deal Christmas special.
He posted: "#happyholidays #meghanmarkle #dealornodeal #christmas." Meghan wore her long dark hair down in voluminous waves for the photo as she laughed and smiled, flanked by lots of other Miss Santa's while they posed with Howie. Meghan appears to enjoy a more lowkey Christmas these days as fans saw in her Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary.
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Meghan looks very different in the photo
The Duchess Of Sussex looked gorgeous in the festive attireOne scene in the hit show saw fans catch a glimpse inside the former Royal's Montecito mansion as they celebrated the festive season. The huge tree in the centre of the living room at their £11million nine-bedroom home appeared to be a real with deep boughs laden with dark green needles.
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But that's where the extravagance ended as the tree was very simply adorned with warm white lights and a tasteful amount of decorations in simple shades of red and white. In the clip, Meghan's cousin Ashleigh is watching over Princes Lilibet as she enjoys some tummy time and plays with her toys on the floor of the living room. The clip was likely filmed almost two years ago as the Princess has now turned two.
But it's likely the couple's decorations have remained largely the same and the family are thought to have spent Christmas at home this year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex last spent the festive period with the Royal Family on the Sandringham Estate in 2018.
Meghan starred on Deal Or No Deal before finding fame with SuitsPrince Harry spoke about his first Christmas without the Royal Family in his explosive tell-all, Spare. He explained that he and Meghan bought a "magnificent" tree for their Montecito home in 2020.
He added that they had purchased "one of the biggest spruces" from a pop-up in Santa Barbara, and decorated it with a very special ornament that paid tribute to his family in the UK. The couple opened presents on Christmas Eve, in line with Harry's family tradition which made him feel both "happy" and "weird," he wrote.
"One present was a little Christmas ornament of...the Queen! I roared. What the—? Meg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it. I held it to the light. It was Granny’s face to a T," Harry said in his memoir. "I hung it on an eye-level branch. It made me happy to see her there. It made Meg and me smile."
He went on to share that their son Prince Archie, then 19 months old, had a small accident with their tree and the ornament that Meghan had bought for him. "But then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell. I heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor," Harry explained.