Meghan wears £85 M&S blazer to set off £20,000 outfit as she meets her wedding reception hairstylist for lunch at restaurant near Kensington Palace

Meghan Markle has been spotted heading for lunch with her royal wedding hairstylist at a celebrity hotspot less than a mile from Kensington Palace. 

The Duchess of Sussex, 45, dressed in another outfit worth more than £20,000, was joined by A-list hairdresser George Northwood, 47, and a member of her PR team at The Park in Bayswater.

Meghan was seen arriving at the restaurant and bar with Northwood on Wednesday, just a week after having afternoon tea with Malala in London.

Staff said the Duchess was 'lovely' and 'talked to everyone' after choosing a table by the window overlooking Hyde Park.

The Park in Queensway is just a short walk from Nottingham Cottage, Meghan's first home in Britain with Harry, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.

Meghan appeared to have had her hair freshly styled, with a suitably glamorous outfit to match.

The former Suits star, who is said to be keen to return to acting, supported Marks & Spencer by wearing an £85 black tuxedo jacket. She paired it with a £16,210 diamond and emerald chain necklace by California designer Logan Hollowell. 

Meghan also carried her favourite Chanel bag, worth around £6,000, and wore Anine Bing jeans costing up to £320 with sand suede stilettos by Jennifer Chamandi at £650 a pair.

Meghan Markle reunites with her wedding reception hair stylist George Northwood (right) for lunch in London

Meghan wore a emerald and diamond necklace worth £16,210 - paired with an M&S tuxedo jacket

The Duchess of Sussex has been in London twice in a week

Mr Northwood styled Meghan for her evening reception and then accompanied on her first royal tour of Australasia in 2018 

PR executive Sarah Corney also joined the Duchess of Sussex for lunch at The Park in Bayswater

The trio spent two hours at the celebrity hotspot on Wednesday

Meghan with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala after a 'private' tea at Claridge's a week earlier

Her leisurely lunch came a week after she met Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai for tea, cake and sandwiches at Claridge's. Their hug on the steps marked Meghan's first public appearance in London since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in 2022.

This time she was joined by Mr Northwood, the stylist who swept Meghan's hair into a messy bun for her evening wedding reception in Windsor after she married Harry in May 2018.

George, who has also created signature looks for Alexa Chung, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Lily Collins, accompanied Meghan on her royal tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand later that year. The pair have remained close ever since.

A waiter at The Park, a New York-inspired restaurant, said Meghan spent two hours there.

'I was thrilled, to be honest, when I saw her come in. I didn't know she was coming beforehand,' he told the Daily Mail.

'She sat by the window and I think people were surprised she was here. She was lovely, though. She interacted and talked to everyone.

'We get celebrities here all the time. She's only a human being, but it's someone you're not familiar with. It was surreal.'

Film director Steven Soderbergh is a regular, while singer Joe Jonas has visited in recent weeks.

The restaurant, set up by acclaimed restaurateur Jeremy King, is known for dishes including lobster rolls, chicken Milanese and New Orleans crab cakes, as well as build-your-own ice cream sundaes.

Meghan and George were joined for lunch by PR executive Sarah Corney, who worked at Netflix for almost a decade.

She promoted the six-part bombshell documentary Harry & Meghan, as well as the Duchess's With Love, Meghan series, which was axed after two seasons.

Sarah has since joined Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis, the PR firm that famously represented Meghan during her time on Suits and continued to support her after she moved to the UK to marry Prince Harry.

Meghan stands by her Range Rover

She was met at the restaurant by Sarah Corney, the managing director of Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis' London office

Meghan has popped up twice in London in a week

Before this month, she was last seen in the capital at the Queen's funeral four years ago

Meghan has the door held open for her at the New York-inspired restaurant and bar in Queensway

Staff said that Meghan has been 'lovely' to serve

Their lunch came less than 24 hours before Meghan and Harry made their first public appearance together since their extraordinary return to the UK.

The Duke of Sussex repeatedly put a protective arm around his wife as they were cheered by crowds and stopped for selfies during a series of royal-style engagements in Nottingham on Thursday.

When a supporter welcomed her back to the UK, Meghan smiled and replied: 'It's wonderful to be back.'

Their royal-style charity engagements in the East Midlands, just six weeks after returning to live in Britain, came after the King described the Sussexes as 'private citizens'.

Critics have called the visits, organised by Team Sussex, a 'cynical' attempt to return to royal duties 'by stealth'. Harry was in playful mood and was pictured tickling a man's ginger beard.

Meghan has been busy in the past fortnight, launching a new advent calendar and a collaboration with Malala.

She is donating a day's proceeds of all jam and tea sales from her Californian brand As Ever to Yousafzai's charity, the Malala Fund, in honour of the International Day of the Girl on October 11.

Although the Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff revealed that this may end up being less than the £2,000 value of the trousers she wore when they met at Claridge's last week.  

The Sussexes looked very happy to be in Nottingham, with Harry putting a protective arm around his wife on their first UK appearance for four years on Thursday

Meghan flew the flag for British fashion in a £1,495 wool and cashmere coat from Joseph teamed with the brand's cashmere turtleneck jumper, costing £345, and the £695 mini loaf bag

On Sunday, alongside a shot of her grinning at that tea, as Malala looked solemn, the Duchess shared a joint statement from the pair. 

'When we support the girls today, we empower the women of tomorrow. Access to education is the key to unlocking this,' she said.

She then told her 4.9million followers: 'This International Day of the Girl, in partnership with Archewell Philanthropies, 100 per cent of net proceeds from As Ever jams and teas will support Malala Fund and its vital work to ensure every girl has access to free safe quality education. Tea for Two has never felt so good. Shop at asever.com'.

Her office this week declined to confirm any sales figures from Sunday.

Even a generous extrapolation from the only available data suggests a day of proceeds from tea and jam will add around £1,900 to the Malala Fund coffers. 

Despite becoming increasingly active in the UK, including through a number of visits to London, the couple have yet to meet King Charles and remain estranged from the Prince and Princess of Wales.

One source claimed the Sussexes have taken their Christmas plans into their own hands because they 'know they're not invited' to Sandringham.

Harry and Meghan are understood to be planning to spend school holidays and half-term breaks either in California or Portugal, where they also own a property. 

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