You Can Buy Meghan Markle’s T-Shirt Tribute To Ruth Bader Ginsburg For Just £20.99

As a full time royal, Meghan Markle had to master the art of diplomatic dressing. Like Kate Middleton, she quickly became expert at sending outhidden – but nevertheless very much there – messages via her clothes and accessories (all while following the rules of royal protocol and being ready for the glare of the global spotlight). For Markle, this meant pieces by female designers, brands that boasted sustainable and ethical credentials, or ones that hailed from her adopted home country, Canada. Every look was ripe for decoding.

Since stepping back from her full time royal duties and relocating to the US, Markle has become more outspoken. Now this is translating to her wardrobe. Appearing alongside Prince Harry on the Teenager Therapy podcast to discuss mental health this weekend, Markle wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s initials (£20.99 by FerrisBuilt and available on Etsy) and a mask bearing a quote by the late Supreme Court justice (also available on Etsy): ‘When there are nine’ (the full quote in context for you: ‘And when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.’)

This canny outfit choice comes just weeks after Ginsburg, only the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court and widely regarded as a feminist icon, passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. Following her death, Markle released a statement: ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg will forever be known as a woman of brilliance, a Justice of courage, and a human of deep conviction. She has been a true inspiration to me since I was a girl. Honour her, remember her, act for her.'

Markle’s latest outfit choice will do little to dim the noise that she has political aspirations. That is, of course, pure speculation and besides, it misses the point. Markle has always been outspoken in championing women’s rights and causes. Her latest outfit move chimes with her proud feminism rather than hinting at a play for elected office. As she said on the Teenager Therapy podcast, Markle has had to endure ‘almost unsurvivable’ trolling. She knows that whatever she wears/says/does will be analysed, and she will inevitably be criticised for it – but having the courage to stand for something (and who can really fairly criticise her for paying tribute to a feminist icon?), in the face of that knowledge, should always be applauded.