2019-10-23T11:05:00Z

The Duchess of Sussex rewore a $49 dress from her maternity wardrobe for her first royal engagement since her documentary aired.

Meghan Markle stunned in the purple Aritzia number —currently reduced from $138 — at the One Young World summit at London's Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday.

Read more: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may have broken protocol by promoting their documentary while William and Kate were on tour

She completed the look with bouncy curls and minimal jewellery, opting only to wear her engagement ring and wedding band. 

Markle attended the event solo. Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images

The duchess previously wore the dress back in January to visit Birkenhead while she was heavily pregnant with baby Archie.

Markle wore the same dress while pregnant in January. Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images

Markle, who attended solo on Tuesday, was there to open the annual summit, an event attended by other young leaders from all over the world.

The royal appeared all smiles, despite rumors that she and Prince Harry could be getting ready to take a sabbatical — or a permanent departure — from their royal roles.

Surrounded by today’s generation of impactful young leaders, The Duchess of Sussex attended the 10th Annual One Young World Summit Opening Ceremony at the @RoyalAlbertHall in London along with 2,000 young leaders from 190+ countries. This is her third time in attendance as a counsellor for these extraordinary young leaders from around the world, and her first time attending as a member of The Royal Family and Vice President of The @Queens_Commonwealth_Trust. For more information, visit @OneYoungWorld or our previous post to see her support of this organisation in recent years. #OWY2019 Video © SussexRoyal

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The reports came after the couple expressed their unhappiness with royal life in a new ITV documentary, "Harry and Meghan: An African Journey," which first aired in the UK on Sunday.

The documentary, which gave a behind-the-scenes look at their recent tour of Africa, showed the pair opening up about the impact the media scrutiny has had on their mental health. 

Read more: Meghan Markle says her friends warned her not to date Prince Harry because 'the British tabloids will destroy your life'

"It's not enough to just survive something, right?" Markle said. "That's not the point of life. You've got to thrive, you've got to feel happy.

"And I think I really tried to adopt this British sensibility of a stiff upper lip. I tried, I tried. But I think what that does internally is probably really damaging. 

"The biggest thing I know is that I never thought this would be easy. But I thought it would be fair. And that's the part that's really hard to reconcile, but I don't know," she added.

Read more: 

Meghan Markle got emotional in a rare candid interview where she said she's struggling to deal with the fame

Prince Harry appeared to confirm rumors of a rift between him and Prince William. 'We're certainly on different paths at the moment.'

How the royal family would change if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave up their titles and quit forever

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