Royal nail etiquette has long operated on the principle that the less your manicure has to say, the better. No neon polishes, no tiny motifs, and certainly no bedazzled fingertips (in another life, chrome). Just short, clean nails that wouldn't know a scandal if it chipped them. See: Kate Middleton’s pared-back Japanese manicure . But Meghan Markle has ever so slightly meddled with the royal rulebook, giving the classic neutral look a slightly rosy twist.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, traveled to Nottingham earlier this month, the same city where they made their first appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017.…