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When Meghan Markle visited Hong Kong: the Duchess of Sussex arrived in the city in 2012 for a Suits press tour, ate dim sum and char siu, and visited Sam’s Tailor – years before meeting Prince Harry
STORYFaye Bradley
- Before she became a royal, Markle starred as Rachel Zane in Suits, a hit TV show – she came to Hong Kong in 2012 as part of a press tour where she arrived in style wearing Zac Posen and Kaufman Franco
- During her trip, the self-proclaimed foodie tried local cuisine and ate dim sum, chicken congee, fried noodles and loved char siu; she also says she went to China Club and Hong Kong Park
Wait – did Meghan Markle really come to Hong Kong?
Princess Diana’s nieces, Lady Amelia and Eliza Spencer, might be the British royals who most recently caused a stir by touching down in the city, but the Duchess of Sussex actually did the same 10 years ago.
That’s right. Before she received her royal title, Markle, 41, visited the fragrant harbour for a Suits press tour in Asia.
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So what did she do during her trip? Let’s take a look back down memory lane …
The warm welcome
Markle came to Hong Kong from late October to early November in 2012. While her personal Instagram page (@meghanmarkle) and lifestyle blog The Tig no longer exist, photos screenshotted online show a record of what she got up to in her pre-royal life.
She was welcomed with open arms by award-winning TV presenter and personality Dom Lau, who described Markle as “hands down my best interviewee” in a Twitter post in October 2013.
Faye Bradley is a Hong Kong-based contributing online editor for Style by SCMP, where she covers topics in luxury, pop culture, celebrity, influencer, entertainment, travel, trending news, food and drinks, and lifestyle. As a freelance writer, her work has been featured in CNN Style, Business Insider, Michelin Guide, Travel + Leisure Asia, China Daily, Design Anthology, BurdaLuxury, Skyscanner, and Hong Kong Tourism Board. With a BA (Hons) in art and design from the University of Leeds, she is the co-founder of Paradigm Haus, a print publication that covers artists, creatives and entrepreneurs the world over, and the founder of CSP Times, a digital luxury lifestyle website. She is also an editor for luxury wellness travel publication Compare Retreats.
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