Meghan Markle was beaming from ear to ear as she walked the red carpet at the 2024 Paley Honors Fall Gala on Wednesday evening.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posed for photos after arriving at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills for the soirée to support her pal Tyler Perry, who received the top honor from the Paley Center for Media.

The Suits alum wore a black strapless dress by Oscar de la Renta, which she paired with a pair of Celine heels.

She accessorized with a custom Logan Hollowell necklace and a Cartier Love bracelet.

Her husband, Prince Harry, was not present.

Markle was captured next to Perry as the duo hugged and they met on the red carpet.

The former actress congratulated the Hollywood director on his coveted award before sitting down at her table next to filmmaker and actress Kerry Washington.

At the star-studded event, 55-year-old Perry received the Paley Honors Award – the Paley Center for Media’s most coveted award.

The Sussexes boast a close friendship with the filmmaker after he famously allowed them to stay in his $18 million Los Angeles mansion after they gave up royal life and moved across the pond in 2020.

Perry is the godfather of her daughter, Princess Lilibet.

Markle’s appearance at the swanky gala was confirmed last week. Both she and Harry served on the host committee alongside Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King, Taraji P. Henson and others.

While Harry didn’t attend the gala, he did perform at another event that same evening in New York City, 2,789 miles away.

The exiled royal arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to attend The New York Times’ DealBook conference.

There, Harry set the record straight about the couple’s marriage after they were plagued by a series of divorce rumors in recent weeks as they appeared separately at work engagements.

The move, dubbed a “professional separation,” was reportedly part of a new “two-pronged” approach to revamping her image.

“Apparently we’ve bought a house or moved 10, 12 times,” Harry joked when asked about his marriage. “We’ve apparently gotten divorced 10 or 12 times. So it’s just like, ‘What?'”

“It’s hard to keep up, but that’s why you just ignore it. The people I feel most sorry for are the trolls,” he continued. “Your hopes get bigger and bigger and you say, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,’ and then it doesn’t happen. That’s why I feel sorry for them. Really, I do.”

After their appearance at the summit in November 2021, the Duke took over the baton from his wife.

This year, Markle participated in a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin called “Minding the Gap” about how women can achieve equal pay.

Harry’s trip to New York comes just two months after his last visit to New York, after taking part in a series of events as part of the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Week and Climate Week.

The couple’s separate, bicoastal appearances demonstrate what they call their new “two-pronged” approach to revamping their image.