Feb. 26, 2026

Duchess Wrinkle Pants: Meghan’s $1K refugee camp outfit, football flop and faux royal tour fury

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Harry and Meghan arrive in Jordan for their first overseas trip in 18 months, but the spotlight lands on a $1,000 designer suit, “Duchess Wrinkle Pants,” and a penalty kick against a child. Critics call it a faux royal tour with political undertones, while the couple highlight WHO partnerships, Gaza child evacuations and mental health work. Humanitarian mission or Sussex brand management?

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Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pounds Intry. I

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am your host, Mark, Francis, Harry and Meghan apparently didn't

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like being out of the new cycle, so they thought

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to themselves, how do we get people to pay attention

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to us? The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had visited

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a refugee camp and a hospital in Jordan as part

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of a two day tour focused on supporting communities affected

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by conflict and displacement. We'll give you the details in

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a second, but let's start with the fashion choices one

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makes when visiting a refugee camp. The Duches arrived in

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Jordan alongside Prince Harry wearing an off white designer ensemble

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with a reported total value exceeding one thousand pounds. Meghan

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chose the Eves Tweed jacket by Veronica Beard, one of

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her preferred labels. The off white Italian tweed piece is

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priced it over a thousand pounds and is designed with

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a slim waist, defining fit and colonists double breasted cut.

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According to the brand's description, it is tailored to perfection,

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crafted from off white Italian tweed. The Eaves jacket features

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a slim waist to finding fit with a clean, colorless

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double breasted silhouette, the sort of thing one wears to

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a refugee camp. A cutaway hem further accentuates the waist,

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while fringe trimmed patch pockets ad dimension style with denim

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and a heeled booty for a classic VB look. She

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paired the jacket with matching off white Veronica Beard Marbeaux

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wide leg trousers, retailing the four hundred and forty eight pounds.

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The trousers are described as a relaxed, roomy pant that

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still fills, polished, and yet gives off the vibe that

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one really cares about the children in the photo ops.

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Later in the day, Megan opted for a different look,

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drawing attention for a pair of crinkled trousers that trailed

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along the ground. The crinkled fabric appeared longer than her frame,

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with the hems brushing the ground and partially covering the

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soles of her shoes. She paired the trousers with a

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brown belt, a white shirt, and an olive green tea

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shirt whose brunette hair was stard in a sleek ponytail.

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As she joined the duke for the engagement at the camp,

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which is home to displaced Syrians. That look did not

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go over well on social media, as many commented on

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duchess wrinkle pants. When user joked wrinkle wrinkle, little star,

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How I wonder what you are? Another commented neither Dan

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nor Princess Catherine would dress in a wrinkled mess. One

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simple comment asked, what the hell is she wearing paper

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bags for pants? Harry appeared to be dressed in some

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sort of short sleeved casual polo and pants well describe

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as normal and unwrinkled. It also appears from the photos

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that Meghan had never kicked a ball in her life

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before Wednesday. At the quest Scope Youth Center in the

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Zatari refugee camp, which is home to tens of thousands

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of displaced Syrians, Meghan joined a group of young girls

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taking part in an outdoor football class. Megan, not showing

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much form, tried out some passing drills. She stepped up

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for a penalty and sent a right footage shot past

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a young goalkeeper. She raised her hands in the air

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in triumph, earning playful bragging rights over her husband, who

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had the smarts not to score on a young girl.

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In a refugee camp. Social media reaction to footage of

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the Dutchess playing football in Jordan was swift, with some

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critics drawing comparisons to the Princess of Wales. One commenter wrote,

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cos playing Katherine again, Meghan is obsessed with Katherine. Another added, Okay,

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this is actually kind of funny. Never kicked a ball

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in her life, laughing face emoji, With Prince Harry also

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joining in the football drills. A third wrote, o MG,

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they are trying so hard to be William and Katherine

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laughing face emoji. They left RF because they hated this

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kind of event and now look at them laughing face emoji.

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They are so ridiculous. Look at her laughing face emoji.

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The Daanly Mail apparently covered an entirely different event on

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Bizarro World. Their headline reads bended like Meghan Duchess celebrates

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scoring a goal against a child and proves she's a

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match for Kate when it comes to playing the beautiful game.

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Photos suggest otherwise. The Daily Mail also stuck up for

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the Duchess wrinkle pants, writing down to Earth, Duchess Meghan

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has no time to worry about creased trousers as proudly

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focuses on her work in Jordan, with no oneentourage and

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no six foot ironing board like Andrew's valet used to

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carry around, as if that's the Andrew detail anyone is

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worried about. In the standard, Melanie mcdonnaugh asks, do Harry

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and Meghan not understand that this is not the time

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for minor royals to be showing off? She writes, what

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was doctor Ted Ross at Hahnum jebberasis, My apologies for

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murdering that name, Director General of the WORLDHORF Organization, thinking

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of inviting Harry and Meghan to Jordan to take away

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details that Meghan was wearing a severe white suit and

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a concerned expression, and Harry looked cross and didn't have

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a tie during their session at a roundtable discussion with

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various humanitarian agencies about the plight of refugees. I confess

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that the conference would simply not have registered on my

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radar if it hadn't been for the presence of Meghan

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and Harry the gruesome Tucson to pitch a phrase from

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Julie Burchill ditto. I fancy the rest of the British

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media we care, we so do about refugees. But there

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is nothing like a megan dimension to live and the

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thing up or Pallas in just a moment. As for

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the actual story from Jordan. Harry and Meghan arrived in

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Amman on Wednesday at the invitation of doctor Tedros, director

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General of the Worldhorth Organization. The visit marks the first

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international tour together in eighteen months. They were welcomed at

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the who's country office in the Jordanian capital by doctor Terros,

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before taking part in a roundtable discussion with representatives from

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the United Nations, its agencies, diplomatic missions, and major donors.

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During the trip, the couple are supporting the WHOSE efforts

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to highlight Jordan's role in the regional humanitarian health response. Later,

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they traveled north to Zatari refugee camp, where families live

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in semi permanent accommodation. At a youth center run by

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the social development organization Questcope, they met young people taking

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part in art, photography, music and sports programs designed to

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support well being and mental health. The couple listened to

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a music class, met violinists, visited classrooms, and joined a

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football game with teenage girls on an astro turf pitch

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In AmAm, the Duchess, met Maria, a fourteen year old

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burned victim from Gaza, during a visit to the specialty hospital.

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Over the coming days, the couple are expected to meet

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Jordanian leaders and senior health officials engaged with frontline health

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and mental health programs, and meet World Central Kitchen staff

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coordinating food relief for Gaza from the Jordanian capital. Philip Haul,

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the British Ambassador to Jordan, thanks for the pair, for

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making the journey, your visit, your support, your appreciation of

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the efforts that the United Nations, including of course the

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World Health Organization, the Government of Jordan and others are

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making here is enormously appreciated, he said. The Sussexes are

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also due to see initiatives they have helped to fund

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that medically evacuate children from the war in Gaza to Jordan.

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In September, the Archwall Foundation announced a donation of five

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hundred thousand dollars to projects including the WHO, to develop

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prosthetic limbs and provide support for children from Gaza and Ukraine.

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That included two hundred thousand to the WHO for medical

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evacuations from Gaza to Jordan, one hundred and fifty thousand

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to Save the Children for humanitarian assistance in Gaza, and

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one hundred and fifty thousand to the Center of Blast

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Injury Studies to advance the development of prosthesis for injured children.

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The couple first partnered with the WHO in twenty twenty

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one on a global campaign promoting vaccine equity and co

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hosted a higher level event at the United Nations General Assembly.

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Their foundation has also worked with the organization on initiatives

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aimed at ending violence against children in The Royalist Tom

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Sykes wrote on paper, it's a working humanitarian visit. In reality,

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it looks and feels very much like the faux royal

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tours they have been criticized for in the past. For

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all the emphasis on health and humanitarianism, the strip is

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unavoidably political. By centering their visit on Gaza's displaced children

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and on the regional response to the war, Harry and

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Meghan are stepping firmly into territory that the Palace has

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traditionally steered royals away from, precisely because of the risk

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of being seen as taking sides in international conflicts. They

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have already found themselves having to answer the question directly

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does this mean they are pro Palestine and anti Israel

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In a Q and A circulated media, the team sets

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out a stock answer. No. It says they are pro family,

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pro children, and pro peace and decency. Their continued humanitarian

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work has reflected this on a global, nonpartisan, non politicized level.

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That may not satisfy everyone psychs does observe that given

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the current royal news cycle, this maybe one time with

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the Royals welcome Harry and Meghan distracting everyone and they

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