Glamorous Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are given a guard of honour as they touch down in windy Fiji

Meghan Markle was forced to hold on to her hat as she touched down in a windy Fiji with Prince Harry on the next leg of their marathon Commonwealth tour.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were given a guard of honour as they disembarked the royal jet - but the blustery conditions saw the red carpet blown around as officials struggled to keep hold of it. 

The royal couple travelled by charter flight from Australia to the capital Suva, embarking in casual shirts and jeans and stepping off the Qantas plane in more formal attire.  

Meghan wore a dress by Australian label Zimmerman, a Stephen Jones hat, earrings which were a gift from the Queen, worn in Chester at their recent joint engagement there, and a bracelet which was a gift from the Prince of Wales.

Leaving the Qantas charter flight in light rain and strong winds, the couple were introduced to the Hon Frank Bainamara, Fiji's Prime Minister and his wife, Maria, Ro Teimumu Kepa, leader of the opposition, Alessandro Truppia, the High Commissioner's wife and Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto, commander of the RFMF.

The Duchess was presented with a bouquet of flowers by a flower girl from the chiefly island of Bau, the island home of Ratu Apensia Cakobau, who ceded Fiji to Britain in 1874 - Queen previously visited Bau in 1982 - before Prince Harry made his way to a dais on the runway.

Prince Harry and Meghan observed a royal salute, Meghan positioned a few metres behind him with the welcome party, as the national anthem was played and the red carpets on the tarmac blew-off in the wind.

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