Overview

• Meghan attended Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer 2026 show to support new creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli, with the brand featuring her first in a social-media carousel promoting the collection.
• She shared an Instagram clip from a chauffeured ride showing Paris landmarks including Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides, which critics said lay on the route toward Pont de l’Alma.
• Royal commentators and PR specialists labeled the post insensitive and tone-deaf, arguing it shifted attention from her fashion positioning to an avoidable controversy.
• Sources close to Meghan rejected any deliberate reference to Princess Diana and called the speculation unfair, saying the clip was simply a snapshot of an evening in Paris.
• Some outlets reported the Instagram Story was later removed, as coverage noted the episode overshadowed her first European public appearance in years without Prince Harry.