Youngest son of King Charles III, Prince Harry left the British royal family in 2020. That year, he made the decision to move to California with his wife Meghan Markle. Since then, the couple has regularly attended events bringing together many celebrities across the Atlantic. However, they were not present at the latest edition of the Met Gala, which took place in New York on Monday May 6, 2024.
However, some people thought they saw Prince Harry on the Met Gala red carpet last night. Indeed, a video quickly went viral on social networks. However, it’s not the Duke of Sussex on this one. In fact, this famous video shows a little hand working on the Met Gala.
Prince Harry: his Met Gala lookalike is causing a buzz on social networks
This employee, responsible for helping certain stars with their extravagant outfits as they climb the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, looked exactly like Prince Harry. Indeed, the morphology of the two men is almost similar. The lookalike of Meghan Markle’s husband also has exactly the same look as the Duke of Sussex. The resemblance is such that the two men both seem to have the same type of baldness.
As a reminder, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have never participated in the Met Gala until now. This annual event was created in 1948 by Eleanor Lambert, a renowned fashion journalist. Its aim was to raise funds for the newly founded Costume Institute and to inaugurate its annual exhibition.
The gala became more celebrity-focused beginning in 1972
When Diana Vreeland, former editor-in-chief of Voguebecame special advisor to the Costume Institute In 1972, the Met Gala began to evolve. It has thus become a more glamorous event. Even if it was always intended for society as a whole. The event also began to become more celebrity-focused.
Each year, the Met Gala has a specific theme. It includes a cocktail and a formal dinner. At cocktail hour, guests arrive to walk the red carpet and tour the themed exhibit. Then, they settle down for dinner which offers entertainment presented by some of the hottest artists of the day. The theme sets the tone for the annual exhibition but also for the guests who dress in the announced style.
