Meghan Markle Will Not Attend the 2020 Met Gala After Royal Step Back

Well, it’s all happening, folks! has arrived, which means that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially started their non-royal lives. While they’ve already made some of the big changes, like move to away from the U.K. to Canada, they’re still easing into others, like the whole giving up their royal titles thing.

The 2020 Met Gala has become the latest high-profile event postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may have stepped down as senior members of the royal family, but Queen Elizabeth still holds a special place in her heart for them, one pal insisted. “[Meghan, Harry and their son Archie are] much loved members of the family,” a friend of the couple told People magazine for this week’s issue.

Alex Rodriguez is staying tight-lipped when it comes to his time hanging out with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The 44-year-old former New York Yankees star appeared on Monday's , where he was asked in a Q&A segment about rubbing elbows with the royals. 

"We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen," the statement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle read, a few months ago, which shocked the Royal Family to its very core. It was a controversial and monumental decision made by the couple, which was ultimately accepted by Queen Elizabeth.

Back to work! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended their first royal engagement in the United Kingdom since confirming that they would be stepping down from the royal family.

Those dreaming of seeing Meghan Markle at the 2020 Met Gala will have to wait at least another year despite reports that surfaced this weekend claiming the Duchess of Sussex plans to attend May's prestigious New York City bash.Hello! set the record straight today, writing that it understands, via its own sources, that "the Duchess will not be attending the star-studded bash this year." The Sun, one of the tabloids Meghan and Prince Harry are suing, started the rumor that Meghan was going to go.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have stepped down as senior members of the royal family, but their new non-royal roles don't fully take effect until the spring. So while we've already seen Meg and Harry start doing things differently—like move to Canada, speak at a private JP Morgan event, and ask people not to use their royal titles—we have yet to see just how far Harry and Meghan will take this whole normie thing.

It will be one of her first major non-royal appearances. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have stepped down as senior members of the royal family, but their new non-royal roles don't fully take effect until the spring.

It will be one of her first major non-royal appearances. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have stepped down as senior members of the royal family, but their new non-royal roles don't fully take effect until the spring.

Meghan Markle is believed to have received an invite to the exclusive Met Gala this year alongside her pal British Vogue editor Edward Enninful. According to reports the wife of Prince Harry, who is now going by just his first name after stepping back from royal duties, will attend as Enninful's plus one.