It looks like royal life hasn’t changed Meghan Markle a bit.
OK, so she’s only been officially royal for a few days but, you know, she’s still pretty down-to-earth.
That’s the impression her wedding day makeup artist got, anyway.
Daniel Martin has worked with Meghan for years, long before she knew Prince Harry.
He was tasked with beautifying the bride on the morning before she headed up the aisle, giving him a behind the scenes look into the wedding of the year.
Daniel told People that while most brides are nervous, Meghan was very relaxed and was playing “1950s, chilled music” on Spotify as she got ready.
“She didn’t seem nervous. She was very cool, she was regular Meghan,” the makeup artist shares.
“I think we were nervous, but we didn’t want to make her nervous so it was very chilled. Of course, brides have nerves, but if we didn’t put so much expectation on it, it wouldn’t have made her nervous. It was very even, very easy.”
He admitted that he had a moment of uncertainty when he first saw her.
“I asked her that. ‘Do I bow to you? I don’t want to disrespect you, but I’ve known you for almost ten years. What’s up? She started laughing and she said, ‘I’m always going to be Meg. Meg.'”
“But next time I see them I will be respectful and know my protocol. But Meg is always going to be Meg, that’s how it is!”
He was one of four people, including her mum Doria, hair stylist Serge Normant and Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller, who got to witness Meghan putting on her wedding dress.
“It was so beautiful and so architectural, and when she put it on it was like a glove. It was so easy. The spectacle of the veil and the crown and it was, ‘Oh my goodness, this is really happening.’
“Nothing really hit any of us until we got there and we saw the people and the magnitude of everything. The last thing we said to each other was, ‘We’ll see you on the other side.’”
What an incredible moment to be a part of.
