Meghan Markle’s social media war continues with a major tribute to Prince Harry’s mother: recreating Princess Diana’s iconic style in a Northwestern sweatshirt. But she wore it horribly!

Meghan Markle’s social media blitz has continued with a significant nod to Prince Harry‘s mother, Princess Diana.

Duchess of Sussex has filmed herself walking around her garden in Montecito wearing a purple Northwestern sweater made famous by her late mother-in-law.

Meghan, 43, smiles in sunglasses in a sepia-tinged reel that features her husband and children and is captioned: ‘A small break from work to soak in the weekend sunshine.’

One of her children is heard saying ‘mummy, I can do it if you want me to’ before Meghan shows either Lilibet of Archie watering plants with a hose. Harry giggles while his wife finishes making a sparkling cocktail using an orange from their grounds.

The Duchess of Sussex’s purple college sweater appears to exactly match the one Harry’s mother wore regularly in public in 1996 – the year before her death.

Princess Diana was gifted the jumper when she visited Northwestern’s Evanston campus in 1995 to raise money for the university’s Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center.

It has been named the ‘Princess Diana Sweatshirt’ and is sold on sites such as Etsy and eBay. It is not known what happened to Diana’s own one.

Meghan was a double major in theatre and international studies at Northwestern in Illinois, graduating in 2003.

After leaving the college she moved back to her hometown, LA, to pursue a career as an actress, landing various movie and small-screen roles such as Deal or No Deal before getting her big break – being cast as Rachel Zane in the smash hit legal drama Suits.

Meghan wears a sweater from Northwestern University matching her late mother-in-law’s from the 1990s in an Instagram video titled: ‘A small break from work to soak in the weekend sunshine’
Princess Diana wore a matching jumper in 1996 having visited Northwestern the year before to support a cancer fundraiser
Meghan’s former classmate recently shared a throwback snap on Instagram from her days at Northwestern University during a salsa class. She is pictured far left

She then walked away from acting when she met Harry in Toronto and fell in love.

Meghan’s latest sun-soaked video appears to feature her children watering their garden.

The Duchess, who does not speak, also picks citrus from a tree and then squeezes it into a cocktail as music plays and Harry is heard in the background.

There is also footage of her trees with blossom growing to show the start of spring.

And their surviving beagle dog is shown running around on the lawn as is a pond sparkling in the sun with lily pads at the centre.

The Sussexes’ adopted a nine year-old dog two years ago from a group of dogs rescued from the facility in the US. They named her Mamma Mia, or Mia for short. In January she said she was “devastated” following the death of her dog other beagle, Guy.

The new Instagram video comes just over a week before Meghan’s Netflix show ‘With Love, Meghan’, is released worldwide on March 4.

And its title about taking a break from work also reflects how she has relaunched her American Riviera Orchard brand after trademark problems in the US.

Meghan is filmed laughing and smiling in a purple Northwestern sweater that appears to match Diana’s
One of the Sussexes’ children is filmed watering the garden with a hose
The Duchess of Sussex gave a tour of the grounds of her mansion including blossoming trees
Meghan filmed the couple’s rescue beagle Mamma Mia on the lawn
The Duchess also showed her 2.1million Instagram followers her pond
Meghan picked a small orange from one of her trees and squeezed it into a sparkling cocktail
Meghan reveals latest rebrand in video filmed by Prince Harry

But it almost immediately hit bumps in the road with her beleaguered lifestyle venture after a small business with a nearly identical name has vowed to protect its brand and title.

Mark Kolski, the designer and owner of New York vintage clothing studio ‘As Ever NYC‘ said he has been left ‘reeling’ from the news that the Duchess of Sussex has decided to relaunch her ‘American Riviera Orchard’ company under the same name as his own clothing label.