{"id":9509,"date":"2021-08-05T01:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=198343"},"modified":"2021-08-05T01:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T01:53:01","slug":"meghan-markle-40th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/meghan-markle-40th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Wore Loungewear And Manolos For Her 40th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198362\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1024px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198362\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1211054343.jpg?resize=1024%2C1528\" alt=\"Meghan Markle\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite early reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-lilibet-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a> was planning an A-list soir\u00e9e to be held at her Montecito home for her 40th birthday, it was later revealed she\u2019s be having a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/meghan-markle-40th-birthday-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-key day<\/a> with Prince Harry and her two young children. Markle did not fail to commemorate the big occasion however and instead announced a \u201cchallenge\u201d for her close friends.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the couple\u2019s Archewell Foundation website, the Duchess of Sussex released a video with comedian Melissa McCarthy to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/archewell.com\/40x40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">40\u00d740<\/a>, \u201ca global effort encouraging people around the world to commit to giving 40 minutes of their time to support women going back to work,\u201d her office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198352\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\" style=\"width: 768px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-198352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/archewell-meghan-markle-1.png?resize=768%2C475\" alt=\"Meghan Markle birthday\" width=\"768\" height=\"475\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Archewell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor my birthday, I have asked 40 friends, activists, athletes, artists, and world leaders to help kickoff a global effort by contributing 40 MINUTES OF MENTORSHIP to support women re-entering the workforce,\u201d Meghan said on the site. \u201cWith this time, I hope they each help someone advance a professional life on her own terms, and, I hope that they inspire countless others to give 40 minutes of their time as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In true work from home style, Markle delivered the message via a laptop precariously stacked on a number of books. She also dressed down for the occasion and wore a cream sweater, tank top, lounge pants with the chic addition of brown suede <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manoloblahnik.com\/au\/bb-14560.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manolo Blahnik pumps<\/a>. If you need motivation while WFH we guarantee this ensebmle will help \u2013 comfortable and oh so stylish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198353\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 768px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198353\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/archewell-meghan-markle.jpeg?resize=768%2C478\" alt=\"Meghan Markle birthday\" width=\"768\" height=\"478\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Archewell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eagle-eye fans will also notice that Markle also layered two zodiac necklaces in honour of her two children: a Taurus constellation for Archie and a Gemini constellation for newborn Lilibet (you can shop similar styles <a href=\"https:\/\/reliquiacollective.com\/collections\/star-signs\/products\/pearl-zodiac-necklace-taurus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/reliquiacollective.com\/collections\/star-signs\/products\/pearl-zodiac-necklace-gemini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry\u2019s cousin, Princess Eugenie, shared Markle\u2019s birthday message on Instagram urging her followers to join the movement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1024px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198351\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198351\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_2238.jpg?resize=1024%2C1786\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1786\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Instagram @princesseugenie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":9513,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meghan Markle Wore Loungewear And Manolos For Her 40th Birthday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite early reports that Meghan Markle was planning an A-list soir\u00e9e to be held at her Montecito home for her 40th birthday, it was later revealed she&#039;s be having a low-key day with Prince Harry and her two young children. 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