The romantic detail you never noticed on Meghan Markle’s wedding dress

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It's becoming a bit of a tradition for royal brides to have a special tribute sewn into their wedding dress. Kate Middleton had a bit of Princess Diana's blue ribbon sewn into her dress, as did Meghan Markle.

However the Duchess of Sussex went one step further, adding a rather romantic detail for her 'something blue'.

In a teaser of the new documentary Queen of the World (25th Sept, 9.15pm on ITV), Meghan revealed that she had a bit of the dress she wore on her first date with Prince Harry sewn inside her skirt.

In the clip, she asks the interviewer, 'Somewhere in here, there's a piece... Did you see it? The piece of blue fabric that's stitched inside? It's my something blue, a piece of fabric from the dress that I wore on our first date'.

The interviewer replies, 'That's about the most romantic thing I've ever heard', making Meghan giggle (watch the clip below).

Meghan previously revealed of said first date, 'It was a blind date' to which Harry replied, 'I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her. I was like, "Okay, well I'm going to have to up my game"'.

Oh, and if that wasn't romantic enough, Meghan revealed her wedding veil, with which she paid tribute to the Commonwealth countries, was kept as a surprise for Harry.

She said, '[Harry was] really over the moon to find out that I would make this choice for our day together.'

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.