--- title: Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Giggle Through First Outing description: Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth were all smiles at first royal solo outing in Cheshire. canonical: https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-14T13:16:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:24.799Z og:title: Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Are a Giggly Dynamic Duo During Their First Solo Outing og:description: Royal duties are actually a barrel of laughs og:url: https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d9b2e498ce6c74c/6989330bcf40a8d157c4c7ab/gettyimages-974108702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The Duchess Of Sussex Undertakes Her First Official Engagement With Queen Elizabeth II og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Are a Giggly Dynamic Duo During Their First Solo Outing twitter:description: Royal duties are actually a barrel of laughs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d9b2e498ce6c74c/6989330bcf40a8d157c4c7ab/gettyimages-974108702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Are a Giggly Dynamic Duo During Their First Solo Outing > Sponsored content. 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During the visit the pair will open a road bridge in Widnes and visit The Storyhouse and Town Hall in Chester. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) Queen Elizabeth II and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during a visit to the Catalyst Museum by the Mersey Gateway Bridge on June 14, 2018 in Widnes, England. Meghan Markle married Prince Harry last month to become The Duchess of Sussex. This is her first engagement with the Queen. During the visit the pair will open a road bridge in Widnes and visit The Storyhouse and Town Hall in Chester. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) Mark Cuthbert—UK Press via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 14, 2018 1:16 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217561/meghan-markle/), Duchess of Sussex, and Queen Elizabeth were all smiles at their first official solo outing together. The 36-year-old Duchess and Queen Elizabeth, 92, were in Cheshire on Thursday for the opening of the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre. Markle wore a caped cream dress by the same French design house [behind her wedding gown](http://time.com/5245809/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-dress/), Givenchy. The Queen wore a suit in her signature neon green designed by Stuart Parvin, who also designed her royal wedding getup. But the best thing they wore were their smiles. In fact, the newly minted Duchess of Sussex appeared to make the Queen chuckle as she leaned toward her in one photo, and the adorable giggly scene quickly made the rounds online as people pointed out that the two are already getting along famously. > [](https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1007209429228511233) > [](https://twitter.com/boohoo/status/1007237133193576448) During the event, Markle and the queen watched a drama performance by local students called“Drop in the Ocean.” Queen Elizabeth also revealed a plaque to officially declare the bridge was open. There was also a moment of silence that paid tribute to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on its one-year anniversary. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1007237189040836608) > [](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1007219032854953985) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1007237189040836608) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Are a Giggly Dynamic Duo During Their First Solo Outing","datePublished":"2018-06-14T13:16:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:24.799Z","description":"Royal duties are actually a barrel of laughs","url":"https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d9b2e498ce6c74c/6989330bcf40a8d157c4c7ab/gettyimages-974108702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d9b2e498ce6c74c/6989330bcf40a8d157c4c7ab/gettyimages-974108702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duchess Of Sussex Undertakes Her First Official Engagement With Queen Elizabeth II","caption":"Duchess of Sussex and Queen Elizabeth laugh in photo","creditText":"Mark Cuthbert—UK Press via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5312136/meghan-markle-queen-photos/","name":"Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth Are a Giggly Dynamic Duo During Their First Solo Outing"}}]}] ```