Meghan Markle's new book club appearance spàrks ang£r due to outfit choice

Meghan Markle's latest appearance at a book event in California prompted the same disappointed response from royal fans.

The Duchess of Sussex made a surprise appearance at Goodmothers bookstore in Summerland, California, as she joined close friend Oprah Winfrey for a special book club session. Meghan spoke at the intimate event alongside actor Marco Leone and astrologer Dr. Jennifer Freed, and looked chic in a navy sleeveless jumpsuit by Club Monaco, teamed with diamond earrings.

However, her outfit choice didn’t sit well with some fans, and they took to social media to complain about the mother-of-two’s “plain” ensemble. “What is her obsession with NO SLEEVES. And no colour,” one fumed, as another agreed: “Why does she continually wear these shoulder revealing clothes.” One royal fan also complained about her sleeve length, as they tweeted: “Her stylist should advise her to wear a different length sleeve to avoid this look,” while another furious fan grumbled: “Cut off sleeves are 90s fashion.”

Her appearance at the book event was lauded by her loyal supporters, who were impressed with her lowkey yet stylish outfit for the surprise book event. “Meghan looks great in this jumpsuit and it fits well. Meg clearly doesn’t skip shoulder day!” one tweeted, as another chimed in: “That's a very flattering cut for her on top.” One fan noted she looked “great”, as another commented: “Love this jumpsuit on her! She’s looking FABULOUS.”

Goodmothers is co-owned by literary agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, and ahead of Oprah’s book club session, she revealed the store had been specially designed to highlight “local” authors, including Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. In a video on Instagram, Jennifer filmed a display of books in the front of the store, which featured Spare and Meghan’s children’s book The Bench, as she said: “This is our local authors shelf when you first walk in,” she began.

“I want it to be when you first walk in so that authors who are local to the area know that this is their hometown bookstore. And we celebrate our hometown authors as if they were our hometown heroes, because to us they are,” Jennifer added. Meghan has been close friends with Oprah for a number of years, and the women live in the same neighbourhood - Montecito - so it was no surprise the former Suits star rocked up to the book club event, given that it was quite close to the mansion she shares with Harry and their two children, Archie and Lilibet.