Meghan Markle's wedding dress 'last moment' to reflect her 'human side'

The designer behind Meghan Markle’s evening gown at her wedding to Prince Harry has revealed the dress was the “last moment” the bride could reflect the “human within her”.

Speaking to the BBC, Stella McCartney said she was “proud” to have been asked to make the stunning halter neck dress for the Duchess of Sussex’s reception at Frogmore House.

“When you come to a wedding you don’t know go, here this is what you’re wearing,” she said.

Designer Stella McCartney says Meghan's evening gown was her "last chance" to reflect her "human side". Picture: Getty

Meghan and McCartney worked together on the dress. Picture: Getty

“That person has to feel like a million dollars, they need to feel like they own it.

“The role she’s taken on is very austere, it’s very serious and I think there’s a great weight that she has acquired through that and I think she takes it very seriously.

Stella McCartney said she was "proud" to have been asked to make the gown. Picture: Getty

“I think it was the last moment that could reflect, sort of the other side to her and you know…the joy, and the human within her.”

McCartney also revealed she and Meghan worked “together” on the dress.

The first time the dress was revealed was as the newlyweds hopped into a vintage Jag to go to their evening reception at Frogmore House. Picture: Getty

“It was very much her dress, and I felt very proud that she came to me for that part of the wedding and that she got to reflect [herself] in it.”

The dress, described by Kensington Palace on the day as a “bespoke lily-white, high neck gown made of silk crepe” was first spotted when the newlyweds drove to their evening reception.